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Hampshire pair help England become cricket World champions
England stormed to a seven-wicket victory over Australia at the Kensington Oval to break their 35-year duck in International Cricket Council tournaments. The ease of England's success in the final of the ICC World Twenty20 made a mockery of previous
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Council to axe 65 library jobs
SIXTY five library posts are the be slashed across Hampshire in a bid to save up to £2m. Hampshire County Council unveiled the cost cutting plan to avoid a predicted £1.3m overspend in its £18m libraries budget. But it has pledged not
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30,000 potholes fixed since winter
HAMPSHIRE'S highways workers have fixed more than 30,000 potholes since the coldest winter in 30 years. As soon as the snow had melted away, Hampshire County Council doubled the number of its Pothole Busters gangs to 50. They have also
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Closure of UK airspace extended over volcanic ash cloud
PASSENGERS flying from Southampton Airport are being advised to check with their airline over any flight disruption after the closure of Britain’s airspace has been extended. The Civil Aviation Authority's no-fly zone was extended at 1pm
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Netley Tower's spectacular views
FOR 150 years it has looked over the Solent and the changing landscape of southern Hampshire. The chapel tower at Royal Victoria Country Park was the heart of the largest military hospital of its time It has endured fire, the blitz, harsh weather
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Police dismiss rumours of child abduction
POLICE have dismissed rumours sweeping Southampton that a boy was abducted from a city street. Detectives have reassured worried parents that they have investigated a claim of kidnapping made by another child but found no evidence that a crime
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Pensions fund investing millions in tobacco trade
HAMPSHIRE councils are investing millions of pounds of public money from their pension fund in the tobacco trade – at the same time as trying to cut smoking levels. Hampshire Pension Fund has £20.3m invested in British American Tobacco, which employs
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Fire crews tackle kitchen blaze
FIRE CREWS were called to tackle a blaze in a semi-detached home in Winchester last night. The blaze started in the kitchen of the house in Imber Road in the Winnal area of the city just after 10pm. Fire fighters from Winchester and
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Backdated port taxes to be ditched
PORT companies in Southampton are breathing a sigh of relief after the Government said it would keep pre-election promises to cancel millions of pounds worth of rates bills. A total of 24 firms in Southampton found out in late 2008 that they faced a
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Southampton Morrisons store raise £11,000 for Cancer Research
BEATING hundreds of similar supermarkets across the UK they helped raise thousands of pounds to combat a life threatening disease. Staff from a Southampton Morrisons store have helped raise £11,000 for Cancer Research UK through a number of
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Chaplaincy at Southampton University is saved
SOUTHAMPTON University chaplaincy has been saved from the axe after months of campaigning. Its future was in doubt after a £1.6m cost cutting exercise was announced. The threat came as the Diocese of Winchester battled to balance its books when churches
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Traffic blitz near Botley school
POLICE have launched a crackdown on drivers committing traffic offences near a Hampshire school. A woman was found guilty in her absence at Lyndhurst Magistrates’ Court for driving through a red light outside Botley Primary. She received a £175 fine
