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Woman cut free from car following crash
A FEMALE motorist had to be cut free from her car following a crash on a Southampton road this afternoon. The driver was involved in a collision with another motorist in Shirley Road at its junction with Millbrook Road East shortly after
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KP guides England to Twenty20 win
Eoin Morgan and Kevin Pietersen shared England’s best ever stand in Twenty20 cricket to down world champions Pakistan by seven wickets in Dubai today. Dublin-born Morgan hammered 67 not out from 51 balls, including a match-winning six, and Pietersen
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Tearful Tiger says sorry
Tiger Woods fought back tears today as he issued a full and frank apology for cheating on his wife. The world number one, speaking for the first time in public about his affairs, gave a lengthy statement to an invited audience of friends, family and
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Motorcyclist dies in road accdient
A PENSIONER has died after his motorcycle was involved in an accident on a Hampshire road. The 72-year-old Southampton man was riding from Corhampton towards Bishops Waltham at about 1.20pm today when he was in collision with the rear of a silver Mercedes
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Plonker Sludge out of intensive care
A HAMPSHIRE musician who suffered serious head injuries in a road accident five weeks ago has come out of his coma. Guitarist Gary Leport, pictured, of the Plonkers Agricultural Orchestra, even managed a smile after he regained consciousness
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Police hunt attackers after brawl
POLICE are hunting a gang of thugs who sparked a booze-fuelled brawl at a Hampshire pub. Officers in Gosport have released CCTV images of four men they believe are responsible for assaulting a number of punters at the Whit Hart pub in Stoke Road. The
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Pompey slammed as 'amateur' by their own player
PORTSMOUTH midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng has described the medical care he has received at the club as ''amateurish''. Boateng, who said he will be out for weeks with a torn ankle ligament, claimed in a German magazine interview that the injury was
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Manor Farm Country Park
We were determined not to spend another weekend trapped inside by the cold and snow so we decided to venture out on an arctic Sunday afternoon to Manor Farm Country Park. Snugly wrapped up in scarves, gloves and hats, we arrived at the farm just in time
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The Right To Remain…Tupac Shakur
Direct from Miami, USA, The Right To Remain…Tupac Shakur is an explosive exposé of one of the world’s most compelling yet misunderstood musicians of rap and hip-hop. In a newly developed transatlantic collaboration, The Right to Remain is a co-production
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Festen - CCADS
CCADS start their 2010 season with a major regional premiere of Festen. Helge is sixty. It is a time of celebration. A time for the family to gather and smooth over the cracks left by the suicide of Linda, twin sister to Christian. As Helge’s eldest
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Vomiting bug hits more hospital wards
MORE than two-dozen people have been hit by a vomiting bug at Winchester hospital forcing the closure of two wards. The Norovirus outbreak has "spread to a number of beds and wards" at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, according to a spokeswoman.
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Hampshire taxpayers to bail out city's museum plan
A SECRET deal is being hatched for taxpayers across Hampshire to bail out Southampton’s £15m Titanic museum. The Daily Echo can reveal that Hampshire County Council is being tapped up by civic chiefs to provide the missing millions after a sale
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Romeo and Juliet - ROADS
RAODS brings to the Plaza stage one of the greatest love stories of them all – Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare’s tale of doomed teenage passion is set against a background of simmering rage and clan rivalry which explodes into violence at the slightest
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Bloodshot at The Nuffield
THE Nuffield presents the world premiere of American writer Douglas Post’s gripping and intelligent one-man thriller Bloodshot from Thursday until March 6. Simon Slater, well known from TV dramas such as Inspector Morse, Monarch of the Glen and Spooks
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Dancing In The Streets returns to The Mayflower
CELEBRATING Motown’s 50th anniversary year and the greatest Motown hits, West End hit show Dancing In The Streets returns once more to The Mayflower from 8 – 13 March 2010. More than 40 years after Diana Ross and the Supremes, Martha and the Vandellas
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Home care is back on the agenda
IT was one of the biggest protest campaigns ever mounted in Hampshire. Health bosses sparked outrage by devising plans to axe beds at the New Forest’s community hospitals and treat elderly patients at home. Backed by the area’s two MPs, protesters
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Wild Young Hearts run free on Noisettes’ tour
LONDON three-piece The Noisettes have lined up a UK tour to support their top ten second album Wild Young Hearts. Singer/bassist Shingai Shoniwa, guitarist Dan Smith and drummer Jamie Morrison were marked as rising stars after 2007 debut What
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Vital supplies for Haiti arrive from Hampshire
VITAL supplies needed to help rebuild earthquake-hit Haiti have arrived from Hampshire. The Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship Largs Bay has made it safely to the devastated country, ready to unload essential aid needed by the survivors of the devastated
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Local Bands with Xan Phillips from Amazing Radio
LAST weekend a sold out Talking Heads welcomed home Band of Skulls. This excellent Southampton trio has just completed American and European tours picking up many accolades for their brilliant album Baby Darling Doll Face Honey. To cap it all their
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Don Letts – the Rebel Dread
THE original clash reggae DJ, Big Audio Dynamite frontman, film director and BBC Radio 6 host is in town tonight. The Soul Cellar welcomes Don Letts – the Rebel Dread – for an unforgettable party. He is credited as the man who through his DJing at clubs
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Graham Fitkin Group at Turner Sims
TURNER Sims welcomes the Graham Fitkin Group to Southampton on Thursday. This stunning nine-piece band features some of the best musicians working in the UK today, exploring new and rhythmically intricate music with pulse, energy and minimalism. Fresh
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Mugabe and the White African, Harbour Lights
MICHAEL Campbell is one of a handful of white farmers still left in Zimbabwe since President Robert Mugabe began enforcing his controversial land seizure program, an initiative intended to reclaim white-owned land and redistribute it to poor
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Lightspeed Champion – Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You
This is the second album released under the Lightspeed Champion moniker by singer/songwriter Devonte Hynes, formerly the frontman of dance-punk band Test Icicles. Famed for his outrageous dress-sense and bizarre interviews Hynes samples a wide range
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MP’s pledge on hunt ban
HAMPSHIRE MP Desmond Swayne has promised he will vote to repeal the hunting ban if the Tories win the election. Mr Swayne, who represents New Forest West, said: “I voted against it and I will vote for it to be repealed.” The Tories have said they
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Heavy Rain (PS3)
Genre: Heavy Rain Platform: Sony PlayStation 3 Publisher: Sony Classification: 15 (BBFC) Heavy Rain is forecast and there’s never been a better time to get drenched. Quantic Dream’s new slice of Interactive Drama
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Convicts boost drive for lido
A HAMPSHIRE town has launched a campaign to reopen its lido in time for the summer. The open-air seawater baths in Lymington are normally open between May and September but remained closed last year after failing health and safety checks.
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Blaze family save their baby girl
A BABY girl was carried to safety by her parents yesterday after a blaze broke out at a Hampshire bungalow. The 14-month-old child was among the occupants of a property in Morant Road, Ringwood, when the fire started in a utility room. Everyone
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Gonna party like it’s 1999
AND the winners are…The Spice Girls, Oasis and Robbie Williams. Forgive me for wondering whether I had suddenly been transported back in time to 1999. I know the BRIT awards have never claimed to be particularly avant-garde, but this week’
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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers (Wii)
Genre: Action Platform: Nintendo Wii Publisher: Square Enix Classification: 12 (PEGI) There's little doubt that the Crystal Chronicles franchise is the offal of the Final Fantasy world. They’re never quite as good as the
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Aliens Vs Predator (PS3)
Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PlayStation 3 Publisher: SEGA Classification: 18 (PEGI) They say that its a dog-eat-dog world, but in the world of AvP, it’s clearly dog-eat-dog-eat-dog. Play is available taking on
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Over 3,000 unsolved sex cases to be re-opened
MORE than 3,000 unsolved sex attacks and rapes in Hampshire are being re-opened, the Daily Echo can reveal. A specialist team of officers will review cases dating back as far as the 1960s to try and catch some of the county’s most dangerous
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Fastest XKR yet
JAGUAR will unveil the latest dramatic evolution of its supercharged XKR coupe at the Geneva Motor Show in just over a week’s time. This XKR delivers a significantly raised maximum speed – up to 174mph from 155mph – and bold styling changes that create
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VT spurns Babcock’s £1.2bn raised bid
THE ill-tempered takeover battle between Hampshire’s VT Group and rival Babcock turned “increasingly hostile” last night as a second, improved £1.2 billion offer was firmly rejected. It is the second rejection of the week after VT said on
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Pompey 'should not be allowed to sell players now'
Burnley boss Brian Laws claims it would be "ridiculous" to allow relegation rivals Portsmouth to sell players outside the transfer window. Cash-strapped Pompey have requested permission to be able to move on players in a desperate attempt to ease crippling
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Inquest to open into Rose Bowl death
AN inquest has been opened after a man was crushed to death in an industrial accident at Hampshire’s Rose Bowl. Philip Carsley, 34, from Thurnscoe, North Yorkshire, was working on the construction of a new spectator stand at the cricket ground
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Teenagers charged after woman held captive
THREE youths - including two schoolgirls - have been charged with inflicting grievous injuries and sexually assaulting a woman who they allegedly held against her will. The girls aged 14 and 15 and the boy aged 17 were charged by police last
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49 caught in seatbelt and phone blitz
POLICE caught more than 40 drivers not wearing seatbelts in just three hours in one Hampshire town. Road safety officers also caught nine people using their mobile phones while driving when they monitored traffic in Bishopstoke Road, Leigh Road
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Murder accused cried on phone
THE mother of a man accused of murdering a Southampton teenager told jurors how her son was crying and panicking in a middle of the night telephone call. Caroline Coombes described how she had been woken up by a call from Scott Townson’s girlfriend
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Saints' FA Cup run might not be over
POMPEY’S woes could see Saints being reinstated to the FA Cup. The cash-strapped Premier League club are due back in the High Court on March 1 for their winding-up petition hearing. The hearing, demanded by Her Majesty’s Revenue and
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Saints can crash Norwich’s party
SAINTS are bidding to stop Norwich equalling a club record tomorrow. And Iain Dowie, who was part of Saints’ most famous win at Carrow Road, has backed them to do it. Norwich are on a superb run of form, which has catapulted them to the top
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Bottomley handed Eastleigh chance
ROSS Bottomley has scaled another rung of the non-League ladder by agreeing non-contract terms with BS South play- off chasers Eastleigh. Following a fall-out with Zamaretto South & West side AFC Totton, the tall, power- fully-built
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Man was ‘kicked like a football’ in racist attack
A RESTAURANT owner has described how he thought he was going to die when a gang of men dragged him into the street and kicked him “like a football" in a racist attack in Southampton. Mohammed Mazumder, 41, was closing the Rajdhani restaurant
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Jewellery stolen from home
A JEWELLERY box, Sony head phones, a camera and a laptop worth £250 were stolen from a house in Primrose Road, Bassett, Southampton. The theft happened last Friday between 3pm and 9.30pm. Anyone with information should call PC Simon Drive on
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Laptop theft
AN IBM laptop worth £700, an MP 4 player and a Nokia mobile phone were stolen from a property in Mayfield Road, Swaythling, Southampton. Anyone with information about the theft that happened on Saturday evening should call PC Simon Driver Southampton
