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Saints draw Blackpool in FA Cup
SAINTS have been drawn at home to Premier League side Blackpool in the third round of the FA Cup. The tie is reward for yesterday's 3-0 victory over League Two outfit Cheltenham. Ian Holloway's men, who won a shock promotion to the top
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Pensioners win fight to reopen path
ELDERLY campaigners are celebrating after winning their right-of-way battle with a supermarket giant. Hundreds of residents from Lordshill, Southampton, backed the campaign to force their local Sainsbury’s store to remove a barrier that blocked
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Robins lose sense of adventure
CHELTENHAM Town boss Mark Yates had vowed his side would arrive at St Mary’s with the intention of attacking Saints. But that message never seemed to filter through to the Robins players, as Nigel Adkins’ men strolled to a 3-0 FA Cup second
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Yates - we were beaten by the better team
CHELTENHAM manager Mark Yates admitted his team were second best in their 3-0 FA Cup defeat to Saints. The Robins were dumped out of the competition at the second round stage in a one-sided affair at St Mary’s yesterday. And Yates was left to rue
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City hairdresser crowned best young stylist
ONE young hairdresser in Southampton has proved she’s definitely a cut above the rest. It was scissors at dawn, as Becky Hunt, fought to be crowned the BBC’s best young stylist, in a gruelling reality TV competition. Under the eyes of hairdresser-to
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Landlord’s fear after stab threat
A SOUTHAMPTON publican told police he was terrified for himself and a customer’s safety after a teenager pulled out a five-inch knife. Colin Day had been ordered to leave The Castle Inn after shouting comments at customers in the car park.
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Arson probe after house blaze
AN arson investigation has been launched after a fire at a Hampshire home in the early hours of this morning. The blaze ripped through an outbuilding at the semi-detached property in Barnfield Road, Weston, before spreading to the exterior
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Woman's body found in lake
AN investigation is underway this morning after a woman’s body was discovered floating in a Hampshire lake. A member of the public made the grim discovery of a woman’s body lying face down in the water close to Wellstead Way in Hedge End.
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Murder jury due to go out
THE jury in a double murder trial is set to consider its verdict on Monday. The judge, Mr Justice Holroyde, started his summing up on Friday after the end of the defence counsel’s speech by Anthony Davies QC. The seven-men and fivewomen jury
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Gobern - I want Man United
OSCAR Gobern wants another shot at Manchester United in the FA Cup, after starting for the first time since facing the Red Devils nearly two years ago. The 19-year-old midfielder got on the scoresheet yesterday, as Saints cruised into the third
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Methadone use on the increase
ALMOST 30,000 prescriptions for methadone were handed out across the region last year, Government records have revealed. According to the Department of Health doctors in Southampton signed off 4,000 scripts between April 2009 and March this year