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Young Aaron to lead out England at Wembley
IT IS any little boy’s dream – to walk out on to the hallowed turf of Wembley alongside your footballing heroes. So Hampshire’s Aaron Prior will be the envy of thousands of youngsters when he steps out alongside John Terry, Steven Gerrard,
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Passengers revolt on ‘cursed’ Aurora
ANGRY passengers staged a revolt on a luxury Southampton cruise ship after the vessel visited just two ports in 22 days. Furious holidaymakers compared their round-the-world voyage on P&O Cruises’ luxury ship Aurora to being in prison after
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A history of bad luck for Aurora after naming ceremony bottle failed to smash
AURORA has had a chequered history since she was launched in 2000. At her naming ceremony, by the Princess Royal, the champagne bottle did not break as the vessel was blessed which was considered a bad omen. On her maiden voyage, the ship broke down
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Barton Farm homes edge a little closer
PUTTING 2,000 homes on Barton Farm in Winchester has edged a step closer. City council Cabinet members backed a strategy that would make it available if alternatives cannot be found. The authority must identify where to build 12,000 properties across
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My heartache after hospital baby op ‘error’
A MUM has spoken of her anguish at having to abort her child that she conceived despite being sterilised. Just three months after undergoing the operation to ensure she wouldn’t have any more children, Nicole Casey was stunned to discovered
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Sinking feeling at Captain Barnard
THE future of the last pub in a Hampshire village is hanging in the balance. A planning inquiry took place to decide if the Captain Barnard pub, at Compton, near Winchester, could be demolished. Highwood Residential, based in Chandler’s Ford, wants
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Police close road after hit-and-run
POLICE have shut a quiet Hampshire cul-de-sac at its junction with a busy main road following a hit-and-run incident last night. A man is today receiving treatment in the neurological unit at Southampton General Hospital, after suffering "serious
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Help for Heroes
It began with a charity bike ride to help soldiers seriously hurt on the frontline in Afghanistan and Iraq. Now it is one of the most recognised charities in the country. JENNY MAKIN talks to Bryn Parry, founder of Help for Heroes, about his passion
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First Butterfly Convention walk of 2009
THE Butterfly Convention is holding the first of its seasonal walks on the April 1 at Magdalen Hill Down Nature Reserve in Winchester. On show will be many butterfly species just set loose from hibernation. These include comma, red admiral
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Surgery waiting lists at Southampton Hospitals shortened
SOUTHAMPTON has just failed to meet a Government target to ensure that 90 per cent of all hospital operations are carried out within 18 weeks of a patient seeing a doctor. The city’s primary care trurst managed 89 per cent of in-patient
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£20m boost for rapid bus scheme
WORK on a rapid bus scheme to whisk passengers across south Hampshire will step up a gear after the Government awarded the project £20m. The South East Hampshire Bus Rapid Transit network, the first stage of which will connect Fareham and Gosport
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Airport to mark flight centenary
SOUTHAMPTON Airport has officially launched a year of celebrations planned for 2010 which will mark the centenary of flight in south Hampshire. In 1910 pioneering pilot Edwin Rowland Moon flew his homemade Moonbeam II aircraft from the fields
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Switch off the lights for World Wildlife Fund’s Global Earth Hour
HAMPSHIRE council chiefs are backing today’s global one-hour switch off by plunging their buildings into darkness. The county council is backing the World Wildlife Fund’s Global Earth Hour by switching off lights at 11 of its buildings including
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Clinic’s baby boom
A SOUTHAMPTON fertility clinic has recorded its highest ever annual pregnancy success rates. Wessex Fertility at the Freya Centre has reported significantly higher rates than the national average across the UK. The clinic recorded an
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MoD vows to tackle poor housing
HUNDREDS of service families in Hampshire are forced to live in shoddy homes needing “major repairs” to roofs, walls and bathrooms, a watchdog has warned. The county is “named and shamed” as having some of the worst military accommodation in
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I just want to learn to walk on my own
ALL they want is to see their daughter walk on her own two feet. But with money running low, Lesley and David Williams will be forced to abandon the intense physiotherapy that could make that dream a reality. Little Lucy Williams was diagnosed with
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Yob is jailed after breaching his Asbo
A CYCLIST sent a pensioner crashing to the ground and then hurled abuse at a man who went to her aid. Joshua Noke, 21, had collided with the 80-year-old on the pavement after she had come out of a shop in Southampton, a Southampton Crown Court
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Keeper Jason happy to stay
GOALKEEPER Jason Matthews says that signing a new contract with Eastleigh this week was as much about enjoyment as financial security. Matthews – the man tasked with keeping out the might of Blue Square South leaders AFC Wimbledon at the Silverlake
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Perry to stay a Saint
Chris Perry will be a Saints player next season after notching up the required number of games to have his contract extended by a further year. The veteran 35-year-old centre half has been a rock at the heart of the defence, particularly under Mark
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Wotte happy to miss out on loan option
Mark Wotte believes his side are better off without loan players as Saints prepare for the final run-in. As many Championship clubs scrabbled around for players to try to boost their survival hopes before last Thursday’s loan deadline, Wotte was able
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Drink-driver fined for leaving crash scene
A SALES assistant drove off after crashing into the back of a car while drink-driving, a court was told. Daniel Emery, 27, drove into the back of another car at traffic lights at Athelstan Road, Southampton, before driving off without stopping,
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Drive for more care workers
COUNCIL care bosses in Southampton have revealed they plan to hire about 25 more social workers and five managers to tackle a sharp rise in child protection cases, particularly domestic violence. Councillors have budgeted an extra £800,000
