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Totton Rec drunk on team spirit
IT’S a much over-used word but in the case of Southampton social clubs’ Premier champions Totton Rec A, team spirit is the side’s sixth player. Listening to the lads’ merciless mickey-taking after their final-frame triumph last Monday reminded me of
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Totton Rec drunk on team spirit
IT’S a much over-used word but in the case of Southampton social clubs’ Premier champions Totton Rec A, team spirit is the side’s sixth player. Listening to the lads’ merciless mickey-taking after their final-frame triumph last Monday reminded me of
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Lewis' mother demands changes to tagging system
THE mother of a teenager brutally stabbed to death by a youth who was on an electronically tagged curfew has pleaded for changes to the system that failed her son. Rikki Johnson was given a life term yesterday and told he would spend at least 15 years
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Your chance to quiz Southampton's top cop
THE man in charge of policing in Southampton wants to know what Daily Echo readers think of the service they receive in the city. Superintendent Matthew Greening will be taking part in his first ever live Web chat on Monday lunchtime to answer your questions
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Councillor's wife died of DVT after long haul flight
THE wife of a Hampshire councillor died after developing deep vein thrombosis just weeks after flying back from a Caribbean holiday. Pam Jennions, who was married to Milford-On-Sea parish councillor Peter Jennions, started showing symptoms of the travel-related
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Oscar-winner Anthony Minghella remembered at thanksgiving service
HUNDREDS of family members, friends and colleagues from the movie industry today attended a thanksgiving service for Oscar winning director Anthony Minghella, who died last month. The 54-year-old died on March 18 after suffering a fatal haemorrhage at
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Mascarenhas leaves struggling Hants for the IPL
Hampshire captain Dimitri Mascarenhas has demanded an improvement while he is playing for the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. Mascarenhas leaves for a fortnight with the IPL franchise tomorrow following an innings-and-27-run defeat for
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Election campaigner charged over rigging bid
POLICE have charged a political activist with attempting to rig one of Thursday's local elections. John Hall, who has been campaigning for the Conservatives in Whiteley, is accused of applying for a proxy vote without the person's permission. The fiercely-contested
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Dead dog may have been involved in organised fight
A BODY of a dog, thought to have been killed in an illegal dogfight, has been found dumped in a Hampshire lay-by. The 19-month-old Dog de Bordeaux bitch was covered with bite marks to her head legs and back and a vet confirmed it had probably died Thursday
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Animal shelter shut down amid turmoil
A POPULAR Hampshire animal shelter has closed to the public amid turmoil at the charity that runs it. Two members of staff at St Francis Animal Welfare were yesterday suspended and security staff brought in to guard the Fair Oak site around the clock
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Calls to do better promoting Southampton's heritage
They are the people at the forefront of Southampton's tourism push. Now a tour guide group battling to raise the profile of the city's "undersold" history has taken on six new recruits. The Southampton Tourist Guides Association welcomed its first new
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Humphrey Lyttelton's last interview
WHILE most of us are asleep Humphrey Lyttelton is dreaming up new tunes. For Humph, as he is affectionately known to his legions of jazz loving fans, cannot get music out of his head. This very youthful 86-year-old is celebrating 60 years as a trumpet-playing
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Independence of the Seas gears up for celebrations
SOUTHAMPTON had its most deafening early morning wake-up call ever when the world's largest cruise ship Independence of the Seas arrived in her first home port yesterday. At 5.50am the vast, £300m megaship announced her presence in port with three mighty
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Age no barrier for 90-year-old aerobics fan
SHE has just turned 90 but she is still dancing like a teenager. Every week Wynn Brown steps out for aerobic classes at the Hampshire Tennis and Health Club in West End. Wynn has always had a passion for dancing. For 35 years she ran Latin American
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Councillor’s duty
COUNCILLOR Ken Thornber, the leader of Hampshire County Council, stated he was not prepared to disclose to the Taxpayers' Alliance reference to specific job titles as this would mean that levels of remuneration of individuals would be identifiable (Letters
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Fanciful claim
I WAS puzzled by Conservative councillor Peter Baillie's complaint (Letters, April 3) that I was claiming credit for something he had done (bringing forward the Building Schools for the Future programme) when he was briefly in charge of the city's schools
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What is your position on BTC club's future?
LOCAL elections are on May 1. Before deciding which way to vote, my wife and I, friends, family and, I am sure, fellow co-signatories of the Save the BTC petition would like to know candidates' views. Recently more than 1,000 local people signed a petition
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Fluoridation helps reduce tooth decay
THE health and well-being of the people of Southamp-ton is of the greatest importance to Southampton City Primary Care Trust (PCT). Despite Dr Caroline Lucas's comments (Daily Echo, April 15), there is a lot of evidence that water fluoridation is effective
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City missed golden opportunity
THERE we had it, the Southampton wow factor, for so long searched for by our council. On Tuesday, all three Queens were in port at the same time! The council did nothing to take advantage of this once in a lifetime experience. No party. No music.
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Air your opposition to Totton plans
I URGE everyone living close to AFC Totton, BAT in Southern Gardens, and Little Testwood Farm, who oppose plans to develop these sites, to send your representations to Planning Inspectorate, Room 3/20, Eagle Wing, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Temple
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Benefits of traffic lights
THE article in the Daily Echo (April 14) concerning the traffic lights currently being installed at Millbrook roundabout was unbalanced and negative. Traffic lights at roundabouts can be a big help to drivers joining the main traffic flow from side
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Aircraft do not follow the correct flight path
IN reply to Mrs Saunders' letter about aircraft noise, as a resident of Midanbury for 20 years, I would like to point out that when we moved to this area the airport was here, but it was an internal flights airport only, now it is international, with
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Residents had no hint of airport's expansion
I HOPE Mrs Saunders can sleep well at night. She wrote (Letters, April 18) that she has lived close to a flight path but that it never bothered her and reminded readers that the airport had been there for 80 years. It is to be hoped that she and many
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Woman rescued from burning flat
AN elderly woman is in hospital today after she was rescued from her burning flat by firefighters. Two fire crews from New Milton and one from Lymington fought the blaze at Waverley House in Waverley Road, New Milton, between 4am and 5.10am. The woman
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Jazz legend Humphrey Lyttelton dies
HUMPHREY Lyttelton, presenter of the BBC Radio 4 comedy show I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, has died aged 86. Lyttelton, who had hosted the programme since 1972, was admitted to hospital earlier this week for surgery to repair an aortic aneurysm. Best
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Souness to lead Scotland at St Mary's
FORMER Saints boss Graeme Souness is on his way back to the south coast. The Liverpool legend has been confirmed as the Scotland Legends manager for the clash with England Legends for the Alan Ball Memorial Cup game at St Mary's next month. Souness
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TV Workshop tunes into Hants Open
HEDGE END company TV Workshop and Sky have tuned into the Hampshire Open. The television sales, repairs and independent Sky installation specialists are the new sponsors of the popular one-day event at Southampton's Novotel. Owner Tim Gallagher may
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Burglar jailed for trashing flat
A SOUTHAMPTON man who burgled and trashed a city flat has been jailed for 18 months. Malcolm Sims, 34, broke into the flat in Sturminster House, Millbrook, while the householder was out on January 3. Sims, of Clarence House, York Close, Northam, kicked
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Fears grow as more cats are stolen
PET owners have been put on alert after fears that catnappers have stolen pedigree animals for breeding. Two marble Bengals, worth about £500 each, have disappeared from homes in Weston in Southampton and Netley. It comes after cat owners in nearby
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Saints handed "advantage"
EX-Saints star Gordon Watson has admitted Nigel Pearson's men have been handed an "unfair advantage" in the race to avoid dropping into League One. Watson is surprised that officials have allowed Saints' trip to West Brom to kick off more than two
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Bransgrove welcomes EPL talk
Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove wants the England and Wales Cricket Board to ask supporters what they want from a competition to rival the Indian Premier League. The ECB wants to form its response to the IPL by 2010 but Bransgrove believes that thorough
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Ronaldo's not a patch on Bally and Sir Tom
At present there's a TV commercial to the tune of Catch a Falling Star'. This was one of Alan Ball's favourites and he actually used to do all the actions to the song. This week saw the anniversary of the loss of the great Alan and, when I hear that
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Gang jailed for conning pensioner out of £75k
A GANG of fraudsters who conned a Hampshire pensioner out of his £75,100 life savings for work on his driveway are today behind bars. The four men tricked their 81-year-old victim into handing over huge sums of cash on 11 occasions. Today they are starting
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Child porn pictures found on laptop
POLICE recovered sordid pictures of children when they examined the laptop computer of a Locks Heath man following a raid on his home. Officers discovered John Gorrod had installed software which could destroy indecent images. But they still retrieved
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Legend to open boxing club
BOXING legend Barry McGuigan will open the new Golden Ring Boxing Club gym in Southampton on Monday. The former world featherweight champion, pictured, will be offering inspiration and encouragement to the latest crop of fighters at the club's new home
