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Alex is a joy to watch - Adkins
NIGEL Adkins described Alex Chamberlain as "a joy to watch" after the 17-year-old scored two goals to help fire Saints into the top six for the first time since they were relegated to League One. Chamberlain netted the first two as Saints
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Chamberlain puts Daggers to the sword
TEENAGE sensation Alex Chamberlain was once again the star of the show, as Saints beat Dagenham & Redbridge to breach the League One playoff positions. The 17-year-old was in scintillating form, scoring twice and setting up another as Saints
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Saints 4 Dagenham & Redbridge 0 - as it happened
Saints Davis, Richardson, Seaborne, Fonte, Harding, Chamberlain, Chaplow, Hammond, Lallana, Barnard, Lambert. Subs: Bialkowski, Jaidi, Dickson, Schneiderlin, Puncheon, Guly, Bignall. Dagenham & Redbridge Lewington,
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Vaughan predicts end of Ponting era
Michael Vaughan has ramped up the pressure on Ricky Ponting ahead of the Ashes by predicting he will not survive as Australia captain if his side fail to regain the Urn this winter. England touched down in Perth on Friday with captain Andrew
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Prior promises end to verbal warfare
England intend to avoid sledging tactics and let their cricketing ability do the talking for them in the Ashes this winter. Wicketkeeper-batsman Matt Prior insists that if sledging is to have any prevalence between them and Australia over the next
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Broad expects England to thrive in heat of battle
The gloves will be off from the moment England begin their Ashes tour in earnest against Western Australia this week. Stuart Broad has acknowledged that he needs to be measured with his own aggressive streak, but makes no secret of the fact either
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Half price deal for under-18s at Goodwood
GOODWOOD has announced provisional dates for next year’s Festival of Speed and Goodwood Revival – the hugely popular annual events that have drawn millions of fans over the years. The dates have been announced now so that fans buying their tickets before
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Woman airlifted to hospital following Hampshire crash
A WOMAN has been airlifted to hospital with serious head injuries after the car she was in crashed with an articulated lorry. The 30-year-old was taken to Southampton General Hospital after the collision just after 1.15pm today. The road is now
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ExchangeandMart.co.uk to power Daily Echo online motoring pages
DAILY ECHO publisher Newsquest has partnered with Exchange and Mart, one of the UK’s leading motoring websites to power all of its motoring websites, including the Southern Daily Echo, for a faster, easier – and safer – way to sell and buy your
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Hants handed long CB40 away trips
Hampshire will be given several doses of Groundhog Day next season following today’s Clydesdale Bank40 draw. Following the decision not to reduce domestic cricket’s congested schedule, Hampshire have drawn several sides who were in their
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Hampshire TA soldier killed in Afghanistan
A TERRITORIAL Army soldier from Hampshire who was shot dead in Afghanistan was described by his widow today as "wonderful". Sapper William Blanchard, 39, from Gosport, leaves behind a large family including his wife and two children.
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Novelty of sleepless nights has worn off
WELL it’s a couple of weeks in and the novelty of sleepless nights has worn off, I can report. As gorgeous as she is the little lady is not in the mood for sleep when all goes dark. It does bring back memories of the first time around, pondering in
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Was it all just an act?
A PROSTITUTE, a murder and a tiny vial of blood. All in all this was one of the most bizarre but thought-provoking first dates I had ever had been on. This was my half hour of Etiquette at the Nuffield theatre. The unique experience
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Terry Butcher nets an honorary degree
HE’S famous for wearing a bloodied bandage around his head, but yesterday former England football legend donned a cap and gown as he picked up an honorary degree from Southampton Solent University. Days after celebrating becoming the first
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'Pure hatred' of Saints fans in derby clashes
SAINTS fans were “a picture of unadulterated aggression’’ using threats and gestures of violence to intimidate Pompey supporters after last season's FA Cup derby, a court heard. They displayed “pure hatred’’ toward the opposition fans and
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Hallowe’en calls down
POLICE received nearly 1,000 fewer calls over the Hallowe’en weekend than the same period last year. Some 5,479 non-emergency phone calls were made to Hampshire’s force between Friday and Sunday. The 999 service was called 2,598 times. The figures
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Thug breaks cabbie’s jaw
DETECTIVES are hunting a thug who attacked a Hampshire taxi driver leaving him with a fractured jaw. The 40-year-old driver was punched in the face several times when he asked the male customer for the fare, in the early hours of Saturday. The violent
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Raymarine support for Round the Island Race
Cowes, Isle of Wight: The Island Sailing Club, organisers of the world-renowned J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race, is delighted to announce that Raymarine, the world-leading marine electronics manufacturing company, is continuing
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We Love .... Lush Lip Scrubs!
LIP SCRUBS (£4.50 for 25g) … each made with Fair trade castor sugar and organic jojoba oil to soften and smooth. Exfoliating your lips with a lip scrub helps the skin hold more moisture and prevents chapping, it also rids them of dry flaky skin
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Model Lucy faces surgery after losing teeth in brutal beating
A TEENAGE model is lucky to be alive after she was chillingly told she would die during a savage beating on her way to a fashion shoot. Sixteen-year-old Lucy Roberts fears her modelling hopes have been ruined after an attack in which her two
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Businessman mourned
A HAMPSHIRE businessman who ran an independent garden centre in Winchester has died aged 84. Dennis Sparkes with his wife Betty owned the centre behind the shops in Oliver’s Battery Road for more than 30 years before they retired in 2009.
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Structured investment projects
Perhaps the single biggest question I am asked about is structured investment products and they bore me senseless. These are the products you will see listed in bank windows or sold over the phone/direct mailers. They are sold as protecting the
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Duty free just got better
SHOPPING at South-ampton International Airport is about to get better with a £1.5m overhaul of its duty free facilty. The store will be increasing in size by a quarter and offering new products like sunglasses, watches and jewellery. The work will
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Our own Dragon’s Den forHampshire
HAMPSHIRE entrepreneurs hoping to start their own firms may soon be pitching their investments to the county’s own version of Dragon’s Den, pictured. The new initiative was launched today with Southampton and Portsmouth universities announcing they
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Price war looms after free flights bonanza
CRUISE company Royal Caribbean, which operates Independence of the Seas, pictured, from Southampton, looks likely to spark a price war with the unveiling of £2m of free flights for fly-cruise passengers next year. The 10,000 flight give-away includes
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Tuesday November 2
Today’s principal Southampton arrivals: Eems Delfia, cargo, 0530, No 7 Dry Dock West Side; Arcadia, passenger, 0630, 46; Coronel, cargo, am, 45; Auto Bay, ro/ro, 2030, 31; NYK Altair, container, pm, 205; Fri Wave, cargo, pm, 109. Today’s principal
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Recalling our darkest hour
A SPECIAL service will be held to mark the 70th anniversary of the Southampton Blitz at St Mary’s Church, in St Mary Street, on November 30 – the day the church lost its roof during a German bombing raid. The service starts at 7pm and will include
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Groups hoping for place in arts quarter
TWO major arts groups are still hoping to play a significant role in the centrepiece of Southampton’s new Cultural Quarter. Art Asia, the group behind the Southampton Mela festival, and the Nuffield Theatre had both found themselves written out of the
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Poppy petals to remember the fallen
POPPY petals were sprinkled to honour our fallen heroes. Eastleigh’s war veterans were joined by schoolchildren, as different generations came together to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. Members of the Eastleigh, Chandler
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Ritchie concerned that Totton lack depth
STUART Ritchie agrees with Dave Diaper that Sholing have more strength in depth than Zamaretto South & West promotion rivals AFC Totton. In the build-up to tomor row’s heavyweight clash at Portsmouth Road (Wednesday,7.45pm), Sholing
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Road lights timing and M27 misery. . .
Check the latest local traffic reports TRAFFIC lights that brought chaos to a Hampshire motorway in yesterday's morning rush hour were back to normal today. The Daily Echo revealed how thousands of angry motorists were yesterday caught
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From The Jam – ‘Live’.
From The Jam – ‘Live’. Southampton Guildhall. Saturday 20th November. 2010 marks the 30th Anniversary of the release of ‘Sound Affects’ by The Jam. It also marks the first single release by From The Jam, ‘Later Day’ - available for Download via
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Jeremy Hardy – Nuffield Theatre
IT WAS familiar territory for Jeremy Hardy when he returned to his old university campus for a sell-out evening of comedy. Nothing was off-limits as the comedian well known for his Socialist views attacked the coalition government, had a go at religion
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High School Musical 2 - Centrestage Productions Youth Theatre, Chandler’s Ford
The sentiments of “We’re all in it together”, plus the show’s theme of comradeship, could be seen to reflect the ethos of a company that takes a show from rehearsal to performance in one week. CPYT certainly pulled together the production and the
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Lark Rise to Candleford, The Mayflower
FLORA Thompson’s trilogy lends itself to the lavish dramas the BBC has been able to produce in recent years, but has proved difficult to reproduce in just a couple of hours on the stage. The play was around long before the TV adaptation, but this
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'M27 light phasing was all wrong'
Daily Echo motoring correspondent Glynn Williams, pictured, last night challenged the Highways Agency claim that the traffic lights were not to blame for yesterday’s traffic chaos. He said: “The queues were far worse than normal, even after
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Building for the future
Winchester preservation watchdogs last night hailed the best recent examples of local architecture. The City of Winchester Trust acclaimed the Trinity Centre and the University Centre on Sparkford Road as the best new buildings. A sustainability
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Seaborne urges Saints not to be complacent
SAINTS defender Dan Seaborne insists there is no complacency among the squad ahead of tonight’s game with Dagenham & Redbridge. Nigel Adkins’ team is expected by many to turn the League One strugglers over with a fair degree of comfort at St
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Anti-nuclear sub report ‘is barred’
ANTI-nuclear sub campaigners claim they have been barred from presenting a damning report to a public meeting about Southampton’s nuclear disaster plan. The Solent Coalition Against Nuclear Ships (SCANS) wanted to highlight concerns about the
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First poppy for for first citizen
SOUTHAMPTON’S first poppy of the year was handed to mayor Carol Cunio. Secretary of the Southampton branch of the Royal British Legion Archie Parsons presented the red flower at WestQuay shopping centre to mark the start of the 2010 Poppy
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Adkins warns: There is more to come
Nigel Adkins insists there is “so much more to come” from his Saints side. Saints have been on terrific form of late but have actually only played in patches rather than consistently throughout that period. It’s an encouraging sign that
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Memorial for Cllr Spender
A MEMORIAL service will be held for Councillor David Spender, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 56. He had represented Oliver’s Battery and Badger Farm on Winchester City Council since winning a 2005 by-election. Replacing Lib Dem colleague Robin
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Three big runs for Southampton fundraiser Gus
A Southampton fundraiser went across the pond to take on his latest charity challenge. Gus McKechnie, 35, took part in the Chicago Marathon to raise money for a number of charities, including The Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust. But not
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Hamble nurse’s trek to help ‘dancing’ bears
A veterinary nurse from Hampshire has completed a gruelling trek to help wild bears held captive in Romania. Sue Pell, 43, from Satchell Lane, Hamble, walked 50 miles over the tough terrain of the Carpathian Mountains in Eastern Europe to raise money
