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Hundreds to say goodbye to young father
HUNDREDS of mourners are expected to gather today for the funeral of a popular young Southampton dad who died of a heart attack aged just 27. Sukhwinder Singh Rathor, who was known as Danny, was driving home from playing football with friends
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Blackstock joins Forest on loan
Dexter Blackstock is set to face his former Saints teammates on the final day of the season after joining Nottingham Forest on loan deadline day. The QPR striker has scored 12 goals this season but has not netted for nine games and has been
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Show bosses aim to help cash-strapped families
ADMISSION prices at the New Forest Show are being frozen for the third year running to help families beat the credit crunch. Held at New Park, Brockenhurst, the three-day spectacular attracts more than 90,000 visitors a year. However
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Man beaten unconcious in city centre attack
A MAN was left unconscious after he was attacked in Southampton city centre. Shoppers watched in horror as a man stamped on the head of the victim after beating him to the ground. Police were called to Above Bar Street at 2.30pm today
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Lily Allen to appear at Bestival
Lily Allen is to appear Bestival 2009. The It's Not Me, It's You singer, whose Dad Keith grew up in Gosport, has joined Kraftwerk and Massive Attack on the bill at the festival, which takes place on the Isle of Wight on September 11, 12
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Emergency landing for plane after technical problems
A PLANE which was at the centre of a drama after a pilot reported technical problems has landed safely at Southampton Airport. The Flybe flight BE1614 was travelling from Chambery in France when it experienced technical problems early this
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Man cleared of manslaughter dies in sailing accident
A TRAIN driver who had his manslaughter convictions quashed following the Purley rail disaster has died in a river accident on the Isle of Wight. Robert Morgan, 66, drowned while sailing on the River Medina on Saturday. Five people died and more than
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Titanic auction recalls heroic dad who saw family to safety
THE story of how a dad died on the Titanic after helping his wife and children to safety can be told for the first time. Arthur West had helped wife Ada and daughters Constance and Barbara onto a lifeboat before dashing back to their cabin to
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Woman falls from hotel roof
A woman was airlifted to hospital after falling from the top floor of a Hampshire hotel this morning. The 38-year-old fell from the second floor of the Grosvenor Hotel in Stockbridge. The woman, a live-in housekeeper at the hotel in
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Banking giant to create 200 new jobs for city
BANKING giant HSBC is to create 200 jobs in Southampton – despite major job cuts elsewhere in the country. The firm is planning to axe 1,200 UK jobs following a review of the business, although unions put the number closer to 3,000. However
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Drugs factory uncovered in house
POLICE have uncovered a cannabis factory in a Hampshire town. More than 40 cannabis plants at an advanced stage of growth were discovered when officers raided a house at Buckland Gardens, Totton. A 31-year-old man was arrested on suspicion
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Hospitals treat more women drunks than men
HUNDREDS of people in the South were admitted to hospital with alcohol poisoning last year, the majority of them women and girls. However, official figures revealed that the total number of patients in the region who were hospitalised for
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Mourners pay tribute to the life of Tugboat Bill
Bill “Tugboat” Collingwood was one of the most respected and skilled captains ever to take the helm on Southampton Water. Today mourners gathered to pay their last respects to 82-year-old Captain Bill, a seafarer who, for more than four decades
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Festival spirit in Salisbury
THE newly-announced 2009 Salisbury International Arts Festival promises to deliver a diverse programme of over 100 concerts, gigs, exhibitions and plays including world premieres, Festival commissions and special one-off exclusives. Artists
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Staff were 'killing' patient at Hampshire hospital
AN elderly man who died at a controversial hospital told his son in his final words to him that the staff were ''killing'' him, an inquest heard today. Robert Wilson was admitted to the Gosport War Memorial Hospital (GWMH) in October 1998
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Billy Liar at the Theatre Royal Winchester
IN REAL life, against a backdrop of global financial disintegration, it would be hard to muster much sympathy for a compulsively lying workshy layabout like Billy Fisher. But our films and theatre have always looked rather forgivingly on the romantic
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Great citizens this way...
GET your nomination forms to us! Only days remain to put an unsung hero forward for a special thank you and the chance to get a taste of the millionaire’s lifestyle. Dozens of amazing prizes will be given out to the amazing people in our communities
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Seven people charged with drugs offences following dawn raids
SEVEN people were due in court today charged with drugs offences following dawn raids across Eastleigh, Southampton and London. Leon Burnett, aged 23 from Chiswick London has been charged with four counts of supplying a Class A drug and Tara Wilson-Gallagher
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Police raid uncovers drugs worth £8,000
POLICE recovered drugs worth £8,000 when they raided two houses in Southampton. In an airing cupboard at the home of Timothy Jones’s girlfriend, they found a bag containing about £2,700 in cash and five separate amounts of amphetamine. During a
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Police name woman whose body was found in garden
Police have named a woman whose body was found in her front garden. Katherine Gaynor Ishigaki, who was aged 54, of Victoria Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, was identified using fingerprint samples after she was discovered on Tuesday. Police are not treating
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New academy tops table for exclusions
ONE of Southampton’s new academies accounted for more than one third of the pupils permanently excluded from city secondary schools in the past year. The city council has revealed that 11 pupils have been expelled from Oasis Academy Mayfield
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Spyski (or The Importance of Being Earnest)
IF a play which begins as an Oscar Wilde classic and moulds into a tale of espionage sounds a little bizarre, that’s because it most certainly is. Arriving at The Nuffield, you are handed a programme which leads you to believe that you will be seeing
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Hampshire race team turns to Dame Ellen
A HIGH-profile Hampshire offshore racing team has turned to sailing star Dame Ellen MacArthur in a bid to get its campaign back on track. Southampton-based Artemis Ocean Racing have put Dame Ellen’s company Offshore Challenges in charge of
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Back on dry land for Hampshire sailor
A ROUND-the-world sailing team were given heroes’ welcomes as they returned to Oman after completing an historic circumnavigation yesterday. There were jubilant scenes in capital city Muscat as the five-strong crew of Oman Sail’s 75ft trimaran
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PSP partner for round the world race
HAMPSHIRE freight forwarding company PSP has been announced as the Official Logistics Partner of the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Race. The company, based at Segensworth, will provide logistical support for the seventh edition of the race
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Travelling showpeople get go ahead to live in woods
TRAVELLING showpeople have been given the go ahead to move on to a clearing in an area of Hampshire woodland. Two families have been given permission to use a site off Gardeners Lane in East Wellow – despite fears the move could cause traffic
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Money with no strings attached
ONE Hampshire village is still celebrating the return of its famous carnival as the cash rolls in with no strings attached. Despite being axed two years ago, the comeback of the Titchfield Carnival was a huge hit, leaving organisers able to
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Thursday 26 March
Today’s principal Southampton arrivals: Autoprogress, roro, 0830, 102; Hong Kong Express, container, 1000, 207; Global harvest, refrigerated, 1030, 104; Vega Stockholm, container, 2330, 204 Today’s principal Southampton sailings: NYK Apollo, container
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Celebrity eclipsed by Equinox
This is the first glimpse of Southampton’s new luxury cruise ship, Celebrity Eclipse – no, not the nearly-completed vessel in the background but the unglamorous collection of metal sections in the foreground. The ship you can see in the
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Fluoride: It's fruit n veg for our teeth!
IN my family, one member especially, is so fussy about his teeth and over a period of 30 years has, twice a day used fluoride toothpaste, anything else that is advertised 'cleaner, whiter, flossed and less yellow and he has all these products in his bathroom
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What happened to Mulberry wall?
THE article in the TV&Leisure magazine dated Saturday March 21st regarding the Mulberry Harbour was interesting, but why has it taken so long for someone to write about this? It has been known for many years that ‘B’ Berth, Red Funnel, Town Quay was
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Fluoride: Our views do not seem to count
DR Steve George “In My View’’ March 20 assures us that fluoridation is good for us by regurgitating the same half truths that the British Fluoride Society and the British Dental Association chant as a mantra. The ignorance of those who think they know
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Profits slump at major Hampshire firm
THE impact of the consumer downturn on sales of new kitchens and bathrooms contributed to a £25m slump in profits at Hampshire based DIY chain B&Q today. Retail group Kingfisher - the world's third largest home improvement business and
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Who is teacher's pet?
TOMMY Mac is one of the naughty boys. At the moment he’s hunched over his desk in a maths lesson, working on fractions, but his punishment book is a catalogue of bad behaviour from repeatedly swearing at teachers through being caught stealing cider
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Just not good enough, says star man Smith
Ryan Smith declared yesterday’s 4-0 reserve team thumping by Reading as “just not good enough”. The winger was one of the few players to escape from the game with any credit and earned praise from boss Mark Wotte who was watching on from the sidelines
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We fancy Echo's chances in big French race
HIS racing career has already seen him win the Hampshire Two Bird race from Saintes in France and come fifth in the Open Poitiers National. So far he has won his owner, Southampton pigeon fancier Robert Jones around £1,000. And this year Mr
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Gorre at a loss to explain reserves' horror show
Dean Gorre couldn’t put his finger on why Saints reserves performed so poorly in their 4-0 loss to Reading. The assistant first team coach, who was taking charge of the second string along with Michael Svensson, was stunned by some of the displays
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Wotte sees he has little in reserve
Ryan Smith has played himself into Mark Wotte’s plans for the final seven games of the season – but a few others are in danger of doing the opposite. The Saints head coach had challenged some of his fringe first teamers to prove they have what it takes
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Anti terror laws used by councils to spy
HAMPSHIRE councils have used controversial spying powers designed to tackle terrorism in order to catch people committing minor offences, it has been revealed. Fareham Borough Council came fourth in a nationwide poll of authorities who used
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Kate survives her Apprentice debut
A HAMPSHIRE high-flyer has survived the first firing in the new series of The Apprentice despite being on the losing team. Kate Walsh avoided a board room showdown with tycoon Sir Alan Sugar after her all-girls team lost the show’s first task
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Air festival set to soar again
Details have been revealed of Britain’s biggest free summer spectacular in the south this August. More than one million people are expected to enjoy breathtaking displays of aviation acrobatics from the Red Arrows, RAF Falcons, Royal Navy and
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Red Funnel restores its axed lunchtime sailings
A SOUTHAMPTON ferry operator is restoring the lunchtime Isle of Wight sailings it axed during last summer’s fuel price spike. Red Funnel blamed the soaring fuel costs for its decision to cut four high speed crossings a day from its timetable. Its new
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Diamond day for Bob and Norah Martin
A Hampshire couple have danced their way to their 60th wedding anniversary. Bob and Norah Martin, who celebrate their diamond wedding today, will enjoy a hog-roast party with family and friends. Until last year, the couple had continued
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Showaddywaddy set for Ferneham show
THEY have been rock ‘n’ rolling for more than 30 years. But the legendary 70s band Showaddywadddy have never appeared at Fareham’s Ferneham Hall. Now they are set for their debut visit on Sunday at 7.30pm. Showaddywaddy have had 23 top 40 hit
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Sales assistant held by throat
A WOMAN assaulted a shop assistant by putting her hands around her throat and poking her in the face, Southampton magistrates were told. Kathleen Nolan was in the Zara store in WestQuay, Southampton, when she took exception to the way the sales
