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My husband was a Saints Wembley hero
The football world was shocked to learn that former Saints star Kevin Moore has a rare form of dementia – at just 52. Kevin made 185 appearances for Saints from 1987 to 1994, scoring 13 goals. He scored the second in Saints’ 3-2 defeat
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Warne criticises Strauss - but backs Carberry
Australia legend Shane Warne has accused Andrew Strauss of disrespecting Test cricket by resting for the tour of Bangladesh - and he has tipped his former Hampshire colleague Michael Carberry to take full advantage. Warne believes appointing
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Two rescued from blazing boat in the Solent
TWO men were plucked from the wreckage of a luxury motorboat after it caught on fire in the Solent today. The pair had just taken delivery of the new 34ft Meridian motorboat when a blaze broke out just off Calshot Spit shortly before 1.30pm
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Warne unveils Royals2020 franchise
Shane Warne's Rajasthan Royals today announced a groundbreaking alliance between the Indian Premier League giants, Hampshire Cricket and other teams from around the world at a Lord's press conference. Warne, Rajasthan chairman Manoj Badale
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Fisherman rescued after Solent sinking
A HAMPSHIRE fisherman had to be rescued two miles off the Isle of Wight when his boat sank. Adrian Dann, 49, of Lee-on-the-Solent, contacted coastguard officers and launched a life raft when water started gushing aboard his boat. He
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Pensioners living in an 'ice box'
ELDERLY residents say they are living in cold flats and enduring icy showers because of faulty heating in their council-run sheltered home. Pensioners living in the 35 warden-controlled flats are resorting to wrapping themselves in blankets
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Ex Saints striker arrested after nightclub incident
Former Southampton striker Ricardo Fuller was arrested after an incident at a nightclub yesterday morning, it wqas revealed today. Fuller, who now plays for Premiership Stoke City, was accused of assaulting a 21-year-old man. T is alleged
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Ex-Saints star arrested
Stoke City have confirmed that former Saints striker Ricardo Fuller was arrested in the early hours of yesterday morning following an incident in a Hanley nightclub. Fuller was accused of assaulting a 21-year-old man in the bar area of JFK nightclub
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Pompey hope for winding-up order delay
Portsmouth chief executive Peter Storrie admits the club's best hope for Wednesday's court date with HM Revenue & Customs is to delay the winding-up order. HMRC issued the petition over unpaid debts at the end of last year and the club failed in their
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Ethel Austin in administration again
THE future of one of the biggest stores in Shirley is under threat again after the Ethel Austin budget fashion chain collapsed for the second time in two years. The 76-year-old discount retailer is uncertain with administrators warning buyers may be
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Body found in River Itchen
AN investigation is underway after a body was pulled from the River Itchen in Southampton. The body was spotted by a passing vessel near Shamrock Quay marina around 3.20pm yesterday. Hamble Lifeboat was launched after the alarm was raised
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Government admits blunder over school ratings
RED-face Government education chiefs have admitted they were wrong after labelling Southampton one of the worst places for learning in the country. Minister Ed Balls threatened to take drastic action if city education chiefs didn’t dramatically
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New online hospital appointment cancelling method
IT’S always busy with outpatient clinics running throughout the week. Now Southampton General Hospital’s Eye Unit is the latest department to back The Daily Echo’s “Turn Up or Tell’Em” campaign. Senior sister Shelley French took some
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Tributes paid to GP and charity activist
TRIBUTES have been paid to a Winchester GP and charity activist who has died after a battle with cancer, aged 62. Dr Anna Wilson, a former partner at The Gratton Surgery in Sutton Scotney, died at her home in St Giles Hill. Born in Gosforth, in Newcastle
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Lizzie keeps on dancing
HAMPSHIRE dance sensation Lizzie Gough has made her way into the final of TV show So You Think You Can Dance. Performing three different dances – a vaudeville and a hip-hop number with partner Robbie White and a solo routine, she stormed her way
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£2.25m investment to spoil insects’ sex life!
THE pest control company from Hampshire that uses insects’ sex drive as a weapon against them has won £2.25m investment to create new products and expand overseas. Colden Common based Exosect won the backing from expert technology investment firms
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Southampton mums brawl in front of shocked children
A HEAVILY pregnant woman and another mum were involved in a foul-mouthed brawl in front of shocked parents and toddlers in a Southampton playground. Astonished mums and dads watched on as the pair hurled threats and insults at one another in
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Comic Stephen K Amos’s antidote for misery . . .
STEPHEN K Amos is struggling with the onset of a sore throat – not the greatest news for a stand-up comedian coming to the end of a mammoth 72-date tour that arrives at the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth, today. “It’s been through the driver,
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The Vernon Theatre, Lyndhurst
IT’S Christmas in Margaret and Martin Duggan’s house in the north of England, and the house is full: full of seldom-seen relatives, inappropriate gifts, family feuds and resentments, alcohol and culinary disasters… let the festivities commence
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics renew Jaguar contract
CAR shipping giant Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has renewed a key contract with Jaguar Land Rover to ship tens of thousands of the luxury vehicles out of Southampton. The deal extends the decades-old relationship between the two firms for a further
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Monday 8 February
Today’s principal Southampton arrivals: CMA CGA Azure, container, 0630, 205; Elektra, roro, 0700, 34/35; Aniara, roro, 0800, 43/44; Sea Ems, cargo, 0800, 107; CMA CGM Nabucco, container, 2100, 206; Oocl Southampton, container, 2100, 206; NYK Artemis
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Jazz club boss pays tribute to musician
THE owner of Eastleigh’s Concorde Club has paid tribute to jazz great Sir John Dankworth, who has died at the age of 82. The legendary musician, who was musical director to the likes of Nat King Cole and Ella Fitzgerald, was a popular draw
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‘Ring of steel’ targeted motorists across Southampton
HUNDREDS of motorists were pulled over by police in a “ring of steel” operation to take illegal drivers and suspected criminals off the roads. To coincide with a weekend of action across the UK, Southampton’s force of volunteer Special Constables
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New drivers offered a safer route
MORE than 2000 newly qualified young drivers in Hampshire will be safer on the roads. New motorists aged 17 to 24 took the Driving Standards Association’s Pass Plus scheme to take advantage of a £75 subsidy towards the cost of the course from Hampshire
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New Forest Market landfill waste reduced
COUNCIL chiefs in the New Forest have achieved another reduction in the amount of market waste sent to landfill sites. All the paper and cardboard generated by stalls at the popular weekly market in New Milton will now be collected and recycled. Similar
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Hoping for success in a big week for Saints
First published in The Pink on Saturday February 6, 2010 THE ONLY seven days of more importance than the coming week involved Le Tiss creating the universe and having a kip, as sort of described in the book of Genesis. We’re on the cusp of
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Nursing home for dementia patients opens in Merryoak
DEMENTIA patients are today moving into a brand new state of the art care home in Southampton. Bupa's 71-bed Oak Lodge nursing and residential home in Merryoak will be dedicated to those suffering from the condition. The home will also include
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Scrap your old bolier scheme
A HAMPSHIRE council is continuing its fight to reduce carbon emissions by urging residents to scrap their old boilers. Gosport Borough Council wants its residents to join the Government’s Boiler Scrappage Scheme to eliminate all inefficient systems
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Pardew hits out at Saints quality
Alan Pardew said he could fault the quality but not the endeavour of his players as they battled out a 1-1 draw at Exeter. It was tough going for both sides on a dreadful St James’s Park pitch that made any kind of passing game virtually impossible
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Hats for Haiti Day at Tiptoe
CHILDREN at a Hampshire school held a Hats for Haiti Day to raise funds for victims of the earthquake disaster. Pupils at Tiptoe Primary School, near Lymington, gave a donation in return for being allowed to wear unusual items of headwear in class.
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Charity makes runners appeal
A TEAM of ten runners are needed to take part in the Winchester City 10k Run on February 21. The fundraisers will be running for Southampton charity The Rose Road Association and its Change My Life Appeal. Entry is £12 and each runner is asked to
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Lallana: we ran out of ideas
Adam Lallana insists Saints were not distracted ahead of their massive cup games this week when they took on Exeter. The Saints midfielder produced a bit of genuine quality on an awful pitch to score his first goal since late November to give
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Cortese puts Pardew under pressure
SAINTS chairman Nicola Cortese has told manager Alan Pardew the club's league form must improve. Cortese publicly put pressure on the Saints boss this morning on Radio Solent by stating he is not satisfied with the team's results in League
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Local shop forced to close after 20 years
FOR more than 20 years it has provided a valuable local service to residents. A family-run local shop, it had customers who began popping in as children to buy sweets who continued to use the community store as adults. But now its owners
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Motoring misery is on way for major route
MOTORING misery is set to sweep across a Hampshire town as one of its busiest roads is closed for resurfacing. Eastleigh’s major route into Chandler’s Ford, Leigh Road, will be closed for up to two weeks, sparking huge delays for motorists
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Shout to save your post office, says MP
MP Mark Oaten is supporting the campaign to save his local post office in Cheriton. Mr Oaten, pictured, who lives in nearby Bramdean, is urging people to write to the county council for the retention of the outreach service at the village PO.
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Alcohol led to woman’s death at 50
A HAMPSHIRE woman died after years of alcohol abuse, an inquest heard. Southampton Coroner’s Court heard Lesley Early, who would drink a strong bottle of cider every day, was found lying dead on her bedroom floor on the morning of December 2.
