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Not a lot of people know this...
SO, the biggest event of the snooker year is almost upon us. But before the women’s world championships kick off in Cambridge on May 3, the little-known but traditional curtain-raiser is taking place in an old theatre in Sheffield. Not many people realise
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Not a lot of people know this...
SO, the biggest event of the snooker year is almost upon us. But before the women’s world championships kick off in Cambridge on May 3, the little-known but traditional curtain-raiser is taking place in an old theatre in Sheffield. Not many people realise
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Saints on the relegation brink
SAINTS face a desperate battle to survive the drop from the Championship after a 1-0 defeat to Burnley at St Mary's. After this defeat and with results elsewhere Nigel Pearson's side are fourth from bottom with just two games remaining - away to West
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Guest appearance of £1m Roller
AT £1,400, it was what can only be described by today's prices as a bargain. The year was 1911 and Henry Guest, son of Viscount Wimborne, had just splashed out the money on a claret-coloured Rolls Royce to drive from his estate near Beaulieu. Now, nearly
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Zafira’s taking a caning!
IT'S amazing what kind of tests cars are put through these days both before they are launched and in everyday life. Before we get our hands on new cars there are of course miles of testing on different kinds of roads and there are the hugely important
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Fireworks for Maiden Voyage
Fireworks for Maiden Voyage taken from Woolston shortly before 9pm taken by J Casey
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Fireworks light the way for Ventura
Picture submitted by Echo reader Tony Bates
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Quaint pub for sale for under £100,000
A QUAINT village inn in the heart of the Test Valley may be going for a song. The White Lion, pictured, in Wherwell, was to be sold for £120,000 but at the last minute the potential buyers dropped out. The current owners Adrian Stent and Pat Fairman
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Mr Darcy wins readers' poll
Sixteen per cent of Southampton women voted Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, featuring Mr Darcy, as their favourite classic novel, while nine per cent of men chose Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, according to a survey by Blackwell bookstores.
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How to protect yourself and your cash
Most cases of counterfeit fraud involve skimming, where the genuine data on a card's magnetic strip is electronically copied on to another card without the legitimate cardholder's knowledge. Skimming can occur at retail outlets such as petrol stations
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Smith misses out on Australian final
WATERLOOVILLE'S Kerry Smith was beaten today in the semi-finals of the Srixon Australian Women's Amateur Championship. Smith, the number 30 seed, lost to Australia's Kristie Smith 2&1. The England international was one down with three to play, but
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It was this big!
AT 12in high and 5ft long she's a lot smaller than her big sister. But that has not stopped this miniature version of £300m cruise ship Ventura - which left Southampton on its maiden voyage last night - from taking to the water herself. Taking 11
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Dock Movements
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: WMS Harlingen, container, 0130, 203; Nedlloyd Marita, container, 0700, 205; Alexandersgracht, cargo, 0830, 102; Integrity, vehicle, 0830, 34/35; NYK Aquarius, container, 1100, 206; Charleston Express, container
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Return of the Woolston Ferry
FOR 140 years it was a convenient way to cross the River Itchen from Woolston. Generations made the journey aboard the floating bridge that carried cars and pedestrians across the water. Yet the service came to an end in 1977 when the newly opened Itchen
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Supermarkets should be fair
I am concerned about the abuse of power and the war on the poor that supermarkets are having on each and everyone of us. Whatever abuse they reign overseas ultimately comes back to haunt us. Everyone is affected. The charity Action Aid discovered that
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Activity centre wants aluminium foil
WE were sorry to see (Daily Echo, March 26) that Norman Hebdige had been unable to recycle a large bag of beautifully clean, compacted aluminium foil at a local metal merchant. Whatever the reason the merchant has stopped buying foil, it was not for
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This isn't justice
RECENTLY a woman drove through a red light and slammed into my daughter's car which was carrying two children, one of whom is disabled. My daughter is a nervous wreck and her car is badly damaged. My granddaughter suffered burns and spent a night in
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Don't ruin Woolston with flats
I DEFINITELY hope developers won't get their way in Woolston, which will tear the heart out of the community. Woolston must be the last shopping area which has kept its originality with its shops hardly changed in years. It has a bakery which makes
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Lymington needs ferry
IT is obvious that the ferries between Lymington and Yarmouth have to be replaced because they are more than 34 years old and users are lucky they are having a replacement. Lymington has lots of visitors, in particular those who go to and from the Isle
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Give students message
JUST as soon as there is some hope that students and other short-term residents in the Polygon will be more efficient at controlling their refuse and unwanted goods, we now find that the council refuse collectors no longer put the bins back in the gardens
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In search of the Clitheroe Kid episodes
ARE you able to help a group of Old Time Radio enthusiasts who are searching for missing episodes of the hugely popular comedy The Clitheroe Kid? The BBC only retains a small portion of the 290 shows broadcast between 1957 and 1972. A similar appeal
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Bus passes for the over 60s
THE reports and editorial (Daily Echo, April 7) on pensioners' bus passes are not entirely fair to Wilts & Dorset. The notices currently in Southampton buses state that, pending the issue of new passes, the old Southampton City passes are now valid on
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Shocked by attack on armed forces
JUDGING by teacher Glyn Oliver's remarks about the armed forces (Letters, April 11), he is the sort of person who makes people's feet itch for a clear run at the seat of his trousers. At a time when the lives of our service personnel are at risk daily
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Why is Brown picking the pockets of the poor?
GORDON Brown during 1998 told the British people he would, "introduce the 10p starting rate when it was prudent to do so". Apparently it was prudent in 1999, he told us proudly, it was the "lowest starting rate of tax since 1962". "People will see it
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Armed gang struck twice at jewellers in Winchester
AN ARMED gang of thieves twice targeted a Hampshire jewellers as part of a series of raids to net them £1.5m of jewellery. A court heard how a trio of robbers got "too cocky" by trying to raid Jeremy France Jewellers in Winchester for a second time
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Fat lady sings as Tower curtain falls
IT was an emotional night as a packed audience watched the fat lady sing for one last time. The Tower Arts Centre went out with a bang in its grand season finale that was marked with a fireworks spectacular that celebrated the end of an era. The Winchester
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Horses led to safety from fire
NINE horses were led to safety after a fierce blaze ripped through a barn near Eastleigh last night. Sixty tons of hay and straw were engulfed in the flames as the blaze swept through the 30 metre by 20 metre barn in Highbridge Road, Highbridge. The
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Family living in ambulance are told to move
A FAMILY who live in an ambulance at a Waterside beauty spot have been ordered to move in a boundary dispute that has cost taxpayers thousands. They conceded they had been camped on council land after a nine-month legal row which centred on the thickness
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Cash card ‘scam’ garage raided
SCORES of Hampshire residents have been left hundreds of pounds out of pocket by a card cloning scam that allegedly took place at a petrol station. Last night, police dramatically raided the Shell garage in Portsmouth Road, Woolston, Southampton, after
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Stars pledge to help £300,000 night for Sophie
THEY have already caught a pirate. Now they have their eyes on a treasure chest that will reduce the suffering of Hampshire's brain injury patients. For six months Sophie Wilkinson has fought hard to stay alive after a horror crash in Swanmore in which
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Les leaps into action for dam good cause
MISSION impossible? Not for plucky pensioner Les Spicer - Hampshire's very own 007. The fearless 65-year-old successfully recreated one of the most unforgettable James Bond film stunts when he launched himself off the top of the awesome Verzasca Dam
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Blue Diamond Award for The Country House restaurant
A HAMPSHIRE restaurant proved it had the recipe for success after being crowned garden centre restaurant of the year. The Country House restaurant at Brambridge Park Garden Centre received the Blue Diamond Group Restaurant Of The Year award. Much of
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Gallagher to be 'Legends' ref
FORMER Premier League official Dermot Gallagher has been appointed as referee for ITV4's three-game Legends Series, which kicks off at St Mary's on Thursday, May 15. The England v Scotland clash - The Alan Ball Memorial Cup - kicks off the series and
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'Sing a song for Saints' winner
SAINTS' crunch Championship clash with Burnley today will be kicked off with 20,000-odd fans blasting out a revised version of a favourite jive number! The winner of the "Sing a song for Saints" competition was announced yesterday with Ellen and Megan
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It’s joggers who are hurting the planet says DJ
A DJ has run into controversy by claiming that running is worse for the environment than driving. Campaigner Tommy Boyd has even started an organisation called Don't Jog, Drive, saying runners produced more carbon dioxide than the average car. "You
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Sporting day for James
FRIENDS of a popular teenager who died at his Hampshire home last year are holding an activity day in his memory. Sports-mad James Salisbury, 17, was found dead in bed by his mother last October. It was later discovered he had been suffering from an
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King John’s Morris hand out
A SOUTHAMPTON sports club for people with learning difficulties is celebrating after a city morris dancing troupe handed over a cheque for £700. Southampton's King John's Morris Men donated the money to Oaklands Team and Recreational Sport (OTARS), an
