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Scrappy Saints win delights Jan
DELIGHTED Jan Poortvliet said he was happy to take wins however they come after seeing his side pick up a crucial three points at Barnsley. The win at Oakwell certainly wasn’t pretty, possibly not even deserved, but nonetheless it was secured by David
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Saints stun Barnsley at Oakwell
Saints bagged a vital 1-0 win against relegation rivals Barnsley at Oakwell to give their survival hopes a huge boost. At times Jan Poortvliet’s team rode their luck but after keeping the game goalless David McGoldrick popped up with the winner
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Hundreds protest in city over Gaza conflict
HUNDREDS of protesters have taken to the streets of Southampton today in a united front to call for a ceasfire in Gaza. The city centre was brought to a standstill as more than 500 people marched from the Peace Fountain in East Park towards
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Saints v Barnsley - the line ups
Barnsley: Muller, Hassell, Moore, El Haimour, Souza, Macken, Van Homoet, Cureton, Campbell-Ryce, Rigters, Foster Subs: Steele, Odijayi, Butterfield, Potter, Hislop Saints: Davis, James, Saeijs, Perry, Molyneux, Surman, Schneiderlin, Holmes,
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Pensioner with broken leg waits 70 minutes for ambulance
FREEZING cold and in agony, a pensioner was left waiting 70 minutes for an ambulance when she suffered a suspected broken leg slipping on an icy pavement. With the temperature below 0C (32F), worried Good Samaritans did all they could to keep
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Family pays tribute to ‘avid Saints fan’ who died outside stadium
TRIBUTES have been paid to a life-long Saints fan who died just before his beloved team’s FA Cup clash against Manchester United. Club shareholder Barry Heys, pictured, had been making his way to St Mary’s to see the game when he suffered a
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Restoring the Winnall Moors
A £1.3M restoration project to turn Winnall Moors into one of the county’s foremost nature reserves is now under way. Two years of painstaking planning and a tremendous response to a fundraising appeal came to fruition in August last year thanks
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Feuding bus firms both cancel route
FOR months they have had two rival bus firms fighting for their fares on services running just three minutes apart. Now bewildered passengers who want to travel between Southampton and Eastleigh face having no buses at all from next month.
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Thatched cottage in flames
FIRE crews from across the county last night tackled a blaze at a thatched cottage in the New Forest. Eight crews were called to the fire at Woodside Cottage in Minstead Road near Lyndhurst. Fire chiefs said the entire roof was in flames
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Mum defied the odds to survive aggressive cancer
IT IS a new year that medical marvel Yvonne Sheppard did not expect to see. Just months ago, the grandmother- of-two was battling aggressive pancreatic cancer that doctors had predicted would kill her within weeks. When Yvonne was diagnosed
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Look out for the next Clough and Fergie generation
BEFORE the Cup tie at St Mary’s last Sunday I spent 15 minutes with Sir Alex Ferguson. I commented on how relaxed he looked, but I suppose after being in the business for so many years he now knows every aspect of the job. We talked about how
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Has Marek got goal-den touch?
MAREK Saganowski is seen by many as Saints’ main hope of avoiding relegation. The Polish international striker has returned from loan at Danish club Aalborg and could feature at Barnsley this afternoon. But the forward he could replace as the
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Saganowski back and desperate to impress
MAREK Saganowski is back at Saints and hungry to prove he is committed to the cause. The Polish striker has returned from his loan spell with Danish club Aalborg keen to show he still has what it takes at Saints. There will be massive
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Graduates to be offered paid internships, suggests city MP
UNIVERSITY leavers who fail to find work at the end of their courses could be offered modestly-paid internships under a scheme being drawn up by skills minister and Southampton MP and John Denham. The Government have already signed up four top firms,
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Chains of office are stolen in break-in
THEY are steeped in the record books of Southampton’s business community. Adorned with the names of the countless business leaders who have been chosen to wear them, their historical value is incalculable. Now police are hunting the thieves who
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City centre stores score record sales
SAVVY Southampton bargain hunters have been out in force, helping many of the city’s shops to land record sales over Christmas. Sales at Southampton’s John Lewis store shot up 28 per cent last week, making it one of the two best performers
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Cigarettes stolen in shop raid
RAIDERS got away with thousands of pounds worth of cigarettes after smashing their way into a Co-op store in Romsey. Police say the break-in happened at Co-op’s Dukes Mill branch off Broadwater Road during the early hours of yesterday.
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Arch project grant
THE key decision to support a major new piece of public art in Winchester has been taken by the city council. The grant of £15,000 to artist Marzia Colonna will trigger the creation of the kite flyer sculptural arch for the entrance to Parchment
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Astra hit by a lorry
POLICE are trying to trace a lorry driver involved in an accident with a car in Romsey. Officers say the flat-bed lorry was making an overtaking manoeuvre near the junction of the A3090 and the A27 at Mainstone when it hit the rear offside of a
