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Bond injured as Hants are crushed
Shane Bond is out of Sunday's televised Friends Provident Trophy clash against the Gloucestershire Gladiators after breaking down during a heavy defeat against the Somerset Sabres under the Rose Bowl floodlights. The injury-prone New Zealander suffered
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Saints legend Paine fears the worst
SAINTS legend Terry Paine fears for his former club's Championship status. Writing in his exclusive Pink column this weekend, the former England winger admits the fact Saints' destiny is out of their hands is a big concern for him. He writes: "If
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Man denies murder of partner and son
A WINCHESTER man has denied murdering his partner and her four-year-old son. James Conan, of Woolford Close, Stanmore, is charged with murdering Kirsty O'Connell, 21, and her four-year-old son, Patrick, in August last year. Kirsty died of multiple stab
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Police swoop on garage
THREE men were being quizzed by detectives this afternoon after police swooped on a garage forecourt. Officers closed off the area, which is used as a car wash and valet service, in Wilton Road, Southampton, for most of the day. The men - two in their
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Recalling seaport's clean and tidy past
Anyone born in the Southampton of the 1920s will have early memories of a home town radically different from today. In the 1920s in the main centre of the town, as it was then, there were not only shops as the streets also boasted many public buildings
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Taxing times ahead
VEHICLE Excise Duty rates are likely to become as influential on consumer used car choice as fuel economy and insurance costs. That's the view of experts at CAP as the company announces publication of CO2 figures and related car tax bands in the industry
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Free family fun
SILVERSTONE Grand Prix circuit hosts the UK round of the 2008 World Series by Renault, the free festival of motorsport that combines on-track thrills with off-track entertainment for the whole family. The event takes place on June 7 and 8 and you can
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Attractive spring deals from Seat
HOT on the heels of its most successful single sales month ever (in March, with registrations totalling 6,881, source: SMMT), and with a host of exciting new models just around the corner, Seat is cementing its position as a commercial success this
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Tyro Under 11 AGM
The next managers meeting is the AGM which is being held on Monday 12th May, 8pm at St Marys Stadium
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Gulf advice
GULF War veteran Paul Harrison, from Alresford, is urging other ex-solidiers to attend an information day held by the National Gulf Veterans and Families Association (NGVFA). The event, on May 16, is for anyone involved with either of the Gulf conflicts
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Mushroom Masterclass from Gregg
MASTERCHEF presenter Gregg Wallace, pictured, was in Hampshire to generate more interest in cooking with mushrooms. He gave a mushroom masterclass at Leckford Farm, near Stockbridge, and explained that the popular fungi can be a tantalising meal in
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Service held in memory of hanged firefighter
TRIBUTES have been paid to a young firefighter who made an outstanding contribution to the service. Hundreds of people attended a service of thanksgiving for the life of 22-year-old Rob Beazley, right, who was found hanged at his own fire station last
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Destroyer shoots through sea trials
THE world's most advanced warship, which was part-built in Hampshire, is due to finish a key stage of its sea trials ahead of schedule today. HMS Daring, jointly built by Hedge End-based VT and Farnborough-based BAE Systems as the first of six destroyers
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Dock Movements
Today's principal arrivals Independence of the Seas, passenger, 0515; Autostar, roro, 0615, 30; Ventura, passenger, 0630, 106; Queen Victoria, passenger, 0700, 38/9; WMS Harlingen, container, 0800, SC T; Socol 2, cargo, 0900, 201/2; NOR Feeder, container
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Warning after oil spill on beach
Visitors to a Hampshire beach are being warned to take care following an oil spillage. The spillage at Stokes Bay, Gosport, has left deposits of oil on the high water line between the Gosport and Fareham Inshore Rescue Service headquarters and the Alverbank
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Lucketti blow for Saints
Saints have been dealt a major blow ahead of Sunday's final day clash with Sheffield United with the news they will be without centre half Chris Lucketti. The 36-year-old defender has taken the decision that he doesn't want to be selected to face his
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£250m road contract win for Amey
CONSTRUCTION giant Amey yesterday took over the £245m contract to maintain Hampshire highways. Worth a massive £35m a year for seven years, the deal sees Amey replace Balfour Beatty on the job. And a possible three-year contract extension could
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‘Slick’ raiders steal £22K from cashpoint
MASKED raiders emptied a cashpoint and fled with £22,000 after a burglary at a Hampshire service station. The gang cut phone lines and alarms before using special cutting equipment to burn through the solid steel back of the machine in the daring early
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Nightmare showing for Labour across the nation
Gordon Brown is facing pressure from Labour MPs for a change in direction after a nightmare at the polls which saw the party slump to its worst results for a generation. With results in from 98 councils in England and Wales, the BBC put Labour's projected
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Inquest to hear how women died
THE harrowing details of how two women were murdered in a Southampton flat will be retold at an inquest this week. Susan Hale and Sarah Merritt died at the hands of David Tiley, who was on the sex offenders' register when he carried out the double
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Lost in the post . .
I BOUGHT a combined TV and DVD player for £170 for my brother who lives in Torquay. I took the parcel to Portswood post office who told me it would cost £7.25 to send first class. That was all I could afford to pay. My brother did not receive it, so
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Honour Titanic postmen
BY all means put the brass plaque honouring the five Titanic postmen in the city centre for safe keeping (Daily Echo, April 25), but the city council should place an inscription on the wall of Holyrood Church where all merchant and Royal Navy seafarers
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Get back to basics
AM I the only born and bred Soton-ian to be thoroughly sick and tired of reading such stupid and oft repeated sentences as "enormous, immense, huge, vast, gigantic, colossal, mammoth'' in relation to the Cunard Queens? Let's be quite honest, such organisations
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Spitfire was like no other aircraft
I DON'T understand the furore over the possible model of a Spitfire on its tail. I am 87 years old and remember pre-war flights of the plane flying at Eastleigh and the astonishment at its capability of taking off and then going straight up. Besides
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No one would help injured bird
I HAVE (or did have) two jackdaws in my garden every day, as we always feed the birds. However on Sunday last, they came as usual but one bird was badly hurt. My son phoned four different places but because it was a Sunday everywhere was closed. That
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Success of animal charities' bazaar
ON behalf of all the participating charities, may I thank all the animal-concerned people who came to our animal charities bazaar on April 26? Just under £1,000 was raised in the two hours by the very deserving causes attending (plus £100s in pre-bazaar
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Full marks to hospital staff
I WOULD like to thank the staff of the urology ward at Southampton General Hospital. The effort they make with skill and comfort is amazing, considering the amount of work they have. NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED.
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Boycotting Asda
I QUITE agree with Councillor Di Brooks (Letters, May 23) that Asda, Totton, has a fantastic record of achievement in its charity work and support in the local area. However, this does not detract from my letter (Letters May 10) accusing them of poor
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Andrew’s a credit to Saints
HOW wonderful it was to see Andrew Surman on Saturday night at our local boys' football club presentation (Hythe and Dibden). I'm sure that a lad of his age would have rather been doing something else but he made the effort and took time out to present
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Ensure you use correct fuse
AFTER reading about the low energy light bulb that started to smoke (Letters, April 24), I emphasise the need to ensure that the correct fuse is fitted into the plug before connecting any electrical equipment. Over the years I have come across 13amp
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We're losing more of our architectural past
I NOTE with sadness that the last surviving original building, currently called Bar Coda, in Canal Walk, Southampton, is being demolished. From Kelly's Directories I have found that in 1907 it was the Lord Roberts pub and Henry Rogers was the licensee
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No encouragement
ALTHOUGH I live 20 miles from Winchester, I regularly visit the Theatre Royal. It was extremely disappointing to find that no-one answered the box office telephone on Monday. I rang many times between 10am and 12.30pm but the phone was left ringing or
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OIl refinery strike was fully justified
I TOTALLY support the strike action of the Grangemouth oil refinery workers, undertaken to defend their pension rights. It's a fine example for others whose pension schemes are threatened by their employers. As for Hampshire-based billionaire and owner
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Perpetrators of violence
RAPISTS, wife-beaters, child-molesters. The majority in the home, the rest outside. Is there one cause for their behaviour, or many? Is it inadequate parenting, reinforced by peer pressure and a hypocritical media? Are you registered to vote? Do you
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Over-priced public transport is MP's responsibility
IF MP John Denham and co were doing their jobs properly, it would not be down to 14-year-olds to tackle over-priced public transport! J DENTON, Sholing, Southampton.
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The wonder of human memory
IN later years it becomes an interesting exercise to occasionally test memory recall. It is surprising just how much your memory has stored over the years. Many people will tell you that they have some difficulty in remembering what happened yesterday
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Drugs cash laundered in family restaurant
A SOUTHAMPTON businessman used the restaurant he ran with his brother as a front to launder money made from peddling drugs. Today Jehangir Beg was starting a 21-year sentence after he admitted heading a drugs gang that dealt heroin and cocaine in London
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Gang spraying ketchup over city homes
HOODED youngsters are causing terror in a Southampton community - by breaking into homes and spraying them with ketchup and oil. The brazen gang have been ransacking the properties and in some cases have also stolen water tanks and boilers, leaving them
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Men burned in bonfire accident
TWO men suffered serious burns to their legs after kicking petrol onto a bonfire. The two men, aged approximately 18 and 30, had used the petrol to light a bonfire on Merryoak Green last night. But after the fire was lit, a canister was kicked onto
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Pompey boss launches court action over corruption arrest
Harry Redknapp is launching a High Court action over his arrest as part of a corruption inquiry. The ex-Saints boss and his wife, Sandra, are challenging the City of London Police decision to issue a warrant to raid the couple's home in Sandbanks,
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Election results put pressure on PM
Gordon Brown is facing pressure from Labour MPs for a change in direction after a nightmare at the polls which saw the party slump to its worst results for a generation. With results in from 98 councils in England and Wales, the BBC put Labour's projected
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Bubbly for the Conservatives
Champagne flows as the Tories celebrate
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Congratulations
Councillors Fitzhenry and Edward Daunt congratulate each other
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City turnout results
OVERALL turnout in Southampton was 29.7 per cent, slightly down on last year's 30.3 per cent but higher than the last time the seats were contested in 2004, when it was 28.0 per cent. Lowest turnout was in the city centre Bargate ward on 16.1 per cent
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Salsa fun to get fit for Race for Life
TOP class salsa dancers are helping a team of budding runners get in shape for this year's Race for Life in Southampton. A team of girls and women from the Justdance Club, which meets at the Hampshire Tennis and Health Club in Hedge End, will be swapping
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Harry Potter heads to St Trinians for a night
IT will be a spooky combination. St Trinians and Hogwarts - the Harry Potter school of witchcraft and wizardry - will be brought together for a special fundraiser. Crosfield Hall was transformed into a riot of fun to raise funds for the Winchester-based
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Dimi out in the cold in India
DIMITRI Mascarenhas will have to wait to make his Indian Premier League debut - but Shane Warne's Rajasthan Royals did very well without him in Jaipur yesterday. Hampshire captain Mascarenhas is available for the Jaipur franchise's next four games
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White double gives Saints the title
TWO-goal Jamie White celebrated his recovery from a serious knee injury by firing Saints reserves to the league title last night. The former Harefield School pupil started his first game for Saints reserves since suffering a cruciate ligament injury
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Cockerill spots Sheffield weakness
FORMER Saint Glenn Cockerill ranks Sheffield United as one of the best-organised teams he has seen all season. But he thinks there is still one glaring weakness Saints can exploit. Cockerill now conducts scouting work for Saints and watched their
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Le Saux backs Saints to survive
GRAEME Le Saux is backing Saints to survive on Sunday, but says the club desperately needs stability behind the scenes if they are to have a chance of future success. The 39-year-old was a member of the Saints team relegated from the Premiership in
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Full house to roar on Saints
SAINTS will be backed by their first full house of the season in their massive final day game with Sheffield United on Sunday. The club have one last chance to try and avoid relegation to League One while United will be hoping for a win to try to squeeze
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New vaccine to help fight bluetongue
HAMPSHIRE farmers are being urged to obtain supplies of a new vaccine that aims to combat bluetongue disease. One million doses of BTV8 have been made available to livestock owners in bluetongue protection zones, which include the New Forest and neighbouring
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Backlash over quad bike ban at fun day
COUNCIL chiefs have come under fire after banning a church from staging quad bike rides as part of a family fun day. Totton and Eling Town Council has imposed the ban because it fears it could be prosecuted if someone was killed or seriously injured
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Gun blasts to mark war’s end
FAREHAM's Fort Nelson will highlight the nation's immense debt of gratitude to those who liberated Europe on Victory in Europe (VE) Day with a Second World War salute and gun firing. The immense achievement of the Allied forces who freed Europe from
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Election Night 2008
The massed ranks of Lib Dems celebrating in Eastleigh
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Election Night 2008
Eastleigh - Keith House and MP Chris Huhne celebrate the announcement of Sue Ingram's victory.
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Election Night 2008
Labour agent Andy Wilson, left, with John Denham MP, at Southampton.
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Election Night 2008
The victorious Conservative group with front row, (left to right) Cllrs Terry Matthews, John Hannides, Royston Smith, Jeremy Moulton and Amy Whiskerd, at Southampton
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Election Night 2008
Cllr Ben Walker celebrates in Southampton
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Grim night for Labour in local elections
LABOUR was today heading for an electoral bloodbath, as early analysis of local council polls put Conservatives as many as 20 points ahead nationally. After about 50 results, David Cameron's party had a 44 per cent projected national share of the vote
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Fareham remains true blue
FAREHAM remained true blue in a night of local election stalemate. Not one ward changed hands leaving the Conservatives with an advantage of 13. The Tories stay on 22 seats with the Liberal Democrats on nine. Despite the lack of change in Fareham,
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Tories cling on to power in Winchester
THE Conservatives clung on to power in Winchester in a tight election contest. Two Tories lost their seats but the ruling party picked up two other wards to maintain their wafer thin one-seat majority. The Liberal Democrats enjoyed a net gain of one
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Lib Dems increase grip on Eastleigh
THE Liberal Democrats increased their iron grip on Eastleigh Borough Council by taking another seat from the Conservatives. Hamble and Butlocks Heath was the only ward to change hands last night. Veteran Tory councillor Bill Pepper was beaten into second
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Tories sweep into power in Southampton
TORIES last night swept back to overall control in Southampton for the first time in 24 years in a sensational victory that cost the seats of both the Labour and Liberal Democrat leaders. It was the first test for the joint Labour and Lib Dem administration
