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Florist’s anger as road closure costs £1k in trade
IT SHOULD have been her busiest time of the year. But instead florist Samantha Moore has been left with a shop full of wilting blooms after controversial roadworks drove her clients away, costing her more than £1,000. The owner of Floral Art in
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Pompey 'no longer own Fratton Park'
PORTSMOUTH no longer own Fratton Park, it has been reported today. It is claimed that Balram Chainrai has written off £10m of the £17m Pompey owe him. In exchange, he has taken ownership of the ground. Mr Chainrai has leased the
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Norwich 0 Saints 2 - full time
Click here to make this page automatically refresh AN EMPHATIC win at league leaders Norwich took Saints back to winning ways. Lee Barnard scored a brace to secure the victory - his first goals for Southampton. Pardew opted to
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Yacht saved from grouding by lifeboat
A LIFEBOAT stopped a family's 26ft yacht from grounding on a shingle bank this morning. The RNLI Yarmouth lifeboat was launched at 7.15am to rescue a crew of two adults and two children after their boat had engine failure and was drifting dangerously
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Ex-gravedigger’s gun threats to Hallowe’en kids
A FORMER gravedigger pointed a gun at two trick-or- treaters and threatened to shoot them when they knocked on his door at Hallowe’en, a court heard. Darren Drodge held the air rifle at the two girls and swore at them before saying: “You are
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Council votes for tax freeze
PEOPLE living in Fareham will not see a rise in their council tax after councillors voted in favour of a freeze. But it will come at a price, with the cost of burying loved ones and hiring sports pitches set to rocket. Last night councillors
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Woman trapped in car following crash
A DRIVER has been trapped in her car after leaving the road and crashing into a tree by the side of a lake. Specialist fire crews are trying to free the female motorist after the incident on the B3055 near Sway in the New Forest. The woman has been
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Driver taken to hospital after motorway accident
A MOTORIST was taken to hospital after an accident on the M3 near Winchester. It occurred at junction nine at Winnall at around 6.30pm on Friday, last night. An ambulance service spokesman said two vehicles were involved and one person was left with
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Pompey's transfer bid rejected
POMPEY'S financial crisis took another turn for the worse today after the Premier League rejected their desperate appeal to sell players outside of the usual transfer windows. Portsmouth, who are reportedly £60million in debt and facing
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Railmen balloted over strike action
HUNDREDS of railway engineers in Hampshire are to be balloted over strike action in the run up to the Easter holidays. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union have confirmed they will ballot on Thursday on taking action over
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Lambert hails Norwich hotshots
Paul Lambert knows whether Saints or Norwich have the more potent attack – but he’s not telling anyone. The Canaries boss has sung the praises of his deadly strike pair of Grant Holt and Chris Martin while Wes Hoolahan has also been a massive
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Florist’s anger as road closure costs £1K in trade
IT SHOULD have been her busiest time of the year. But instead florist Samantha Moore has been left with a shop full of wilting blooms after controversial roadworks drove her clients away, costing her more than £1,000. The owner of Floral
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Grassroots official slams vets football
A WELL known grassroots official has claimed that veterans football is contributing to a major problem in Hampshire. The Daily Echo has recently revealed that one of the oldest clubs in the county, Lyndhurst, could be facing extinction if they
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Kurt’s marathon
A HAMPSHIRE man is in training to raise thousands of pounds for sufferers of a rare disorder in this year’s London Marathon. Kurt Baldwin will be running to raise cash for Ataxia UK, the national charity for sufferers of the degenerative neurological
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Ball fundraiser
A CHARITY ball near Winchester looks set to raise a five-figure sum for two local charities. A Better Life Masked Ball on February 27 at Norton Park Hotel will raise money for the Naomi House hospice. Sharing the proceeds will be the Better Life charity
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Letters from Prestatyn (day 7)
ADAM Bobat is a Pontin’s winner! The under-15 finalist took £4 off England junior captain Sam Craigie and friends at Texas Hold’em. After six days of snooker competition, it was a clean sweep for Scotland. Ross Muir took the under-15
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Pedigree pups stolen in break-in
THREE Staffordshire bull terrier puppies have been stolen from a Southampton home. None of the puppies are wearing collars and all of the missing dogs were too young to be microchipped. Owner Teri Walker, 30, is desperate to find the three and a
