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Cribbage champions for nine hours
SALTERNS Working Men's Club hold the record for the shortest reign as cribbage Division 1 champions - about nine hours in fact. While watching his Salterns side lose 5-4 from 3-0 up at Ford Sports & Social Club, Andy Mitchell, captain of
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Mary Mills
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Poortvliet quits as Saints boss
JAN Poortvliet sensationally quit as Saints boss last night. The Dutchman walked out of St Mary’s after just eight months in the job and with Saints lying second from bottom in the Championship. A club statement said he had taken the
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Nicola Cox
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Le Tissier surprised by Wotte appointment
MATT Le Tissier has spoken of his “surprise” that Saints opted to appoint former academy director and reserve team boss Mark Wotte as Jan Poortvliet’s sucessor. Poortvliet’s decision to quit due to the club’s poor home form was announced late
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Make a date with our Calendar Girls contest
COMPETITION is hotting up in the search for the south’s very own calendar girls. Mother-of-four Sarah Penfold, pictured left, has donned a feather boa to take part in the contest. She is the latest candidate in our competition with The Mayflower
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Baby joy for Saints star
HE IS one Saint with something to celebrate – Andrew Surman has become a dad. The 22-year-old midfielder, pictured, is a proud father after his fianceé and childhood sweetheart Laura Howard gave birth to a 7lb 1oz baby boy at Southampton’s Princess
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Changing face of the Solent’s grazing marshes
BEFORE the growth of the great cities of the Solent our coastal landscape was very different. On the coast of the Solent were industries such as iron works, salt manufacturing and shipyards. These industrial enterprises were set amongst woods and
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Prepare to welcome the Year of the Ox
SOUTHAMPTON will be awash with oriental colour when a Chinese festival takes place tomorrow. The feast of celebrations will see in the Chinese Year of the Ox. Revellers will enjoy a market, music and dance, a martial arts display, a dragon and
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Svensson joins Saints backroom staff
MICHAEL Svensson is to become a member of the St Mary's coaching staff. The Swedish centre half has accepted an offer from Mark Wotte to become assistant first team coach, joining Dean Gorré. However Svensson will also continue his rehabilitation
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Pop group scrap their entire UK tour
HAMPSHIRE pop duo Same Difference have scrapped their entire UK tour. Earlier this week it was announced the brother-and-sister act, who found fame on TV show X-Factor in 2007, had pulled out of a gig at Southampton Guildhall on April 8.
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Haggis is a hit on the Southampton’s streets
IT is the pride of Scotland and it is selling like hot cakes in Hampshire. More than 500 haggis are expected to be sold at Uptons of Bassett in Southampton this week ahead of Burns Night celebrations tomorrow. Hampshire residents will be donning
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Chairman speaks about Jan's departure
SAINTS chairman Michael Wilde has spoken after the shock resignation of Jan Poortvliet. The club's football chairman said how Poortvliet made a great contribution to the club, but how ultimately home form had let him down. In the statement, Wilde said
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Ikea boxes clever with Blaine-style marketing campaign
IT ECHOES a stunt by street magician and performance artist David Blaine. A man will live in a glass box on the back of a lorry. But this is not a world record attempt. It is the latest quirky marketing stunt unveiled by Swedish furniture
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Drunk driver jailed after 80mph chase and 106 offences
A DRUNKEN tearaway downed vodka and 13 pints before stealing a car and leading police on a high-speed chase through the streets of Hampshire. Gary Tudor was banned from driving and even sitting in the front seat of any car because of his prolific
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Headline was unnecessary
Headline was unnecessary I AM writing to say (a little late, I'm sorry) about the Daily Echo’s headline on Tuesday 13th Fathampton. I thought it cruel and bullying and can imagine a lot of people were hurt by it. Yes something has to be done, but the
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Support for Morrisons
I WOULD like to support PC Aslett, regarding a Morrisons shop in Shirley. With the building of so many flats in Freemantle and Shirley and the vast increase in the population of these districts, I think it would be a good idea to have a Morrisons shop
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Losing freedom of choice to the EU 'monster'
FOLLOWING the EU dictate that we shall not use conventional light bulbs and our government scramble to be first in line to ‘obey’ where other more sensible countries take it with a pinch of salt. I now hear that Plasma TV's are to be 'Verboten' on the
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Calling old RAF mates
I AM trying to form the above association with the view to putting old Royal Air Force Mates/Comrades mostly senior citizens back in touch with each other. No doubt many of these ex RAF personnel could be living alone or housebound and feeling quite lonely
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Ditching the dogma
‘DITCH the Dogma’ says nameless (Echo January 17). I’ve news for you. UNITARIANS ditched the dogma 400 years ago. We know many share our views. Join us in Bellevue Road (off London Road) 10.30 Sunday mornings or ring Soton 8055 5333. Incidentally
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Calling the Class of '79
WOOLSTON Secondary School Class of '79 Reunion: We have arranged a school reunion for any ex-pupils who left Woolston Secondary School 30 years ago in the summer of 1979. The reunion is being held in the function room of The Grove Tavern pub, Swift
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Congratulations to the Echo!
I AM always pleased when readers respond to my own either in a newspaper itself and also in the post. My letter of Dec 30 seems to have ruffled the feathers of several staunch supporters of the Conservative party, including one whom accused me of a vendetta
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Woman refused ambulance
A SOUTHAMPTON woman who was found dead hours after refusing to go to hospital by ambulance, died after a long history of alcohol abuse. An inquest heard how Debra Coleman, 45, from Howard Close, in Mansbridge, was treated by paramedics but refused
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Jan hits back after end of a "beautiful adventure"
JAN Poortvliet walked out of Saints last night, after being overwhelmed by fan criticism, but described his time at the club as a “beautiful adventure.” The Dutchman said he had been stunned by the “negativity” from the crowd during last Saturday
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Myfanwy was pillar of the community
A COMMUNITY stalwart who helped to raise vital funds for a Southampton hospital has died aged 78. Myfanwy White was a dedicated member of the Royal South Hants Hospital League of Friends and helped to make improvements for the benefit of staff,
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More time for chalets fight
A GROUP of Hampshire residents fighting to be allowed to stay in their “holiday homes” all-year-round have been given more time to prepare their case. As revealed in the Daily Echo, the owners of chalets at Solent Breezes, Warsash, need special
