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Cyber Monday Follows Black Friday
Black Friday when Christmas shoppers start pouring into the high street is quickly followed by Cyber Monday when they begin to order en masse online. It's interesting that four weeks before Christmas is always the time when Christmas shopping
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Battlefield Bad Company 2 Vietnam release details (PC, XBOX 360, PS3)
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Sony's PlayStation Move sells more than 4.1 million units (PS3)
There’s little doubt that the PlayStation Move peripheral has been well received by many and now the sales figures show just that. Just two months after the motion controller’s release, Sony have announced that the worldwide sales figure has moved
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Students take to the streets to protest once more
SCHOOLCHILDREN and college students have taken to the streets of Hampshire again today in protest over Government education cuts. In Southampton, youngsters from several city colleges and schools marched through the city centre after meeting
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Dead Rising 2: Case West creeps into sight (360)
For Xbox playing Dead Rising 2 fans that are eager for some more of the flesh gobbling, brain munching zombie action from Capcom – their prayers have been answered. Coming to the Xbox LIVE Marketplace this December is Dead Rising 2: Case
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More Gears of War 3 footage inbound (360)
As gamers bathe in the warm fallout of a stupendous pre-Christmas gaming shower, the dawning of 2011 brings with it not only the handsome prospect of new IP, but the promise of a sequel or two. One of those highly anticipated sequels is of course Microsoft
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Calls to end Carnage nights
A SOUTHAMPTON MP has urged civic chiefs to call time on mass student pub crawls in the city. Itchen MP John Denham wants to ban private companies, such as Carnage UK, from running the controversial events which see hundreds of university revellers
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Saints legend to join panel
SAINTS legend Matt Le Tissier will be among the judges of a new awards contest to celebrate Southampton’s unsung community heroes. The Daily Echo-backed I Am Southampton Awards will be recognising exceptional residents whose determination to
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Destination Triumph
THE new Destination Triumph showroom has opened its doors for business, inviting customers old and new to join them for the exciting unveiling – and to witness the launch of the 2011 Triumph Speed Triple. Formerly known as Rafferty Newman, Destination
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2011 Product launch at Dolphin Motorhomes
Dolphin Motorhomes will be showcasing the new range of 2011 Autotrail, Elddis, Swift and Tribute Ford coachbuilt models at their recently refurbished showroom this weekend. The family run firm are offering the chance to see a large selection of the
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Theatre needs help to double cash for education
STAFF at The Nuffield are hoping to give a £12,000 boost to their acclaimed educational work – but they need your support. There’s less than a week to go until the launch of the Big Arts Give Christmas Challenge, a new scheme which aims to
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Romsey's Winter Carnival and lights switch-on
ROMSEY went carnival crazy as shoppers and traders began the countdown to Christmas. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the town’s Winter Carnival was hailed as bigger and better than ever by organisers. Wrapped up against freezing temperatures, people
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The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus – Copythorne Amateur Theatrical Society
WIZARD of Oz author L Frank Baum’s little-known work, set in a Tolkien-like world, introduced us to several more interesting characters. Director Rosina Brandham and producer Laurel Bowen combined to treat the audience to a colourful evening with
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The Flint Street Nativity – Portchester Players,
IT would be easy to dismiss as actor-proof this extremely funny and acutely observed play, with music by Tim Firth (Calendar Girls), about primary school children putting on their annual Nativity play. But for adults to play children credibly
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Murder victims' family speak after guilty verdict
THE FAMILY of Stephanie Bellinger and her baby daughter Lili have spoken out following Anthony Marsh being found guilty. In their statement, they said: "We are happy with today's verdict. The severe trauma suffered by all the family over
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Flybe to float on stock market
Flybe has today revealed plans to take the company public in a bid to raise £60 million in new shares. Southampton Airport’s largest carrier, which was one of only a few European airlines to report profits since the financial crisis, said it
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Residents plea against student housing U-turn
By Sam Lister THEY have been blamed for the rise in so-called 'student ghettos' in parts of Hampshire’s university cities. Today fed-up residents are making a last ditch plea to ministers to rethink a change in the law that allows councils to
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Fashionista meets Hampshire fans
SHOPPERS queued for up to eight hours to ensure a meeting with style guru Gok Wan when he visited Southampton. The star of Channel Four’s How To Look Good Naked was in the city’s WestQuay shopping centre to sign copies of his newly released autobiography
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Poor turnout for health centre meeting
ONLY eight members of the public turned up to the first in a series of consultation meetings on the future of an NHS walk-in centre in Southampton. Health officials staged last night’s meeting to gauge public views about cutting the hours of the
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New contracts for Hants quintet
Five Hampshire players, including Friends Provident t20 winners Danny Briggs, James Vince and Chris Wood, have agreed contract extensions. The talented trio have agreed three-year deals which will see them remain at the club until 2013. Also joining
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Warning over climate change catastrophe
STEPPING outside it feels more Baltic than Bahamas at present – but University of Southampton experts are predicting a much warmer future. However the outlook is not forecast to be bright. Melting ice sheets, rising seas and hellishly hot weather
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Former FA chief on child sex charges
THE former head of grass roots football in Hampshire committed sex offences against children stretching back as far as the 1960s, a court heard. Ray Barnes, who was head of Hampshire Football Association, faces allegations that he indecently
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Vince selected for India trip
HAMPSHIRE star James Vince has been chosen for a specialist spin coaching course on the sub continent next year. Vince will be one of four players at the spin clinic in India, along with fellow teenage batsman Jos Buttler (Somerset) and young slow left
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Hants youngster included in England party
Hampshire's Jack Sheppard has been included in the England U19 squad for their new year tour of Sri Lanka. Sheppard, a seam bowler who played several games for Hampshire seconds last season, is the only Hampshire player in the party, which
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Woman charged with murdering mother
A WOMAN has been charged with the murder of her mother. The body of retired New Forest teacher Rosemary Armstrong, 69, was found stabbed to death on August 25. Mrs Armstrong worked as a teacher at Fordingbridge Junior School for 12 years, leaving in
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Record levels of customers at shopping centre
IT’s a record. The Swan Centre in Eastleigh is booming and hitting the highest number of customers yet. This year’s footfall records show the town centre shopping mall has just overtaken last year’s 5.5million shoppers with a remaining five busy
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Father tells how he reacted to daughter having under age sex
What would you do if you discovered your 13-year-old daughter was sleeping with her 15-year-old boyfriend? A Southampton father of four tells Sarah Jones how he reacted. “IT was about four or five months ago that my 13-yearold daughter started
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Christmas With The Rat Pack: The Mayflower
I NORMALLY try not to utter the festive C-word until December itself, so I was somewhat dreading spending Christmas with the Rat Pack in November. And it was festive overkill for a production which was so enormously successful in the original
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Disease 'could not have caused baby’s injuries’
A SENIOR doctor who treated a baby allegedly left with brain injuries after being shaken ruled out a disease as a possible cause, a court heard. Dr Michael Roe, consultant paediatrician at Southampton General Hospital, rejected a claim the baby
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Cow brings road to a standstill
A RUNAWAY cow stopped the traffic on one of Hampshire's busiest roads this morning. Police held back cars and lorries on the A31 while the animal was ushered off the westbound carriageway between Castle Malwood Hill and Stoney Cross just before 11am.
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Commoners face a rise in fees
GOVERNMENT funding cuts will lead to commoners paying more for the privilege of allowing their cattle and ponies to graze in the New Forest. The New Forest Verderers will have to cope with a reduction in grant as a result of 29 per cent budget cuts
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Winter Draws On for Garmin fleet!
With the air temperature barely climbing above zero degrees on this penultimate day of the Garmin Hamble Winter Series, thankfully the north-easterly breeze never got much above 10 knots. Even so it was shifting widely, and enough to delay
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New Flag Officers elected at Royal Southern Yacht Club
The Club is delighted to welcome its new Flag Officers, duly elected at the AGM held on Saturday 27th November 2010. The youngest Member ever to hold this post, Mark Inkster is the newly elected Commodore of the Royal Southern Yacht Club. Mark has
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Top tips for parents this Christmas
Registered childminders have been offering tips to families this Christmas who may be wondering what to do with their children during the school holidays, once the big Christmas Day excitement has passed. According to the National Childminding
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Marsh guilty of murdering his girlfriend and baby
A MAN has been found guilty of brutally murdering his girlfriend and their baby daughter. Anthony Marsh was today found guilty of the murders of Stephanie Bellinger and baby Lili at the family home in Totton in February this year.
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Paul Weller – Bournemouth International Centre
IN 1977 Paul Weller emblazoned his amplifier with the slogan “Fire and Skill”, and it is a maxim that he has lived his life by to this day. As most of the punk generation have disappeared into the ether, or are advertising butter, Paul Weller
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Saints fan's inquest due
AN inquest will be held this week into the death of a father-of-four and avid Saints fan. Che Baker, 39, from Southampton, was found dead in a wooded area near Lyndhurst, in the New Forest, in September. A hearing at Southampton Coroner’s Court
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Arrest in 30-year-old murder investgation
A HAMPSHIRE man has been arrested in connection with a murder over 30 years ago. The 58-year-old man from Fareham was arrested this morning following the murder of Sally McGrath in Peterborough. Her naked body was discovered in March
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Mother and daughter killed in car crash
AN ELDERLY woman and her daughter have been killed in a horror car crash, which has also left a man in intensive care. Patricia McDonald, 86, from Fareham, and her 52-year-old daughter Sarah Fisher, from Gosport, died when their red Vauxhall
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Rail services to get 2,000 extra seats
MORE than 2,000 extra seats will be provided across train services in Hampshire to cater for a surge in popularity of rail travel. Services will be increased by 40 per cent – or 11 extra trains a day – in the county from Monday to Saturday
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Ex-Saint on the move again
FORMER Saints defender Jelle van Damme has left Premier League side Wolves after less than six months. The Belgian has signed for Standard Liege in his native country. Van Damme only joined Wolverhampton Wanderers in June, in a deal
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Owner pledges to save Banksy artwork
THE owner of a Banksy masterpiece painted over by a vandal has vowed to restore it as a local landmark. Joe Sidhu was left devastated after white paint was daubed over an image of a child by world famous guerrilla artist Banksy – art worth more
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Titchfield boxer 'robbed' in Finland
Sammy Couzens felt robbed after a controversial stoppage that had even the home fans booing on his trip to Finland. The Titchfield based boxer was stepping up to take on his first eight-round contest against German Artur Hein in Helsinki, Finland
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Marwood makes Totton switch
Totton & Eling top-scorer Chris Marwood will play his last game for the club tonight – before making the short trip across Little Testwood Farm to join AFC Totton. The 29-year-old striker, whose weekend double against Brading Town took his
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Demand for new cycle lane
A CYCLE path is needed to link Marchwood and Totton, Hampshire County Council was told. The appeal was made by Keith Elcoate who told councillors that many residents in Marchwood, including him, were worried about riding towards Totton and Eling
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Ormerod hopes Saints injury jinx doesn't strike again
BLACKPOOL’S Brett Ormerod is hoping an injury jinx which has stopped him playing at Southampton for nearly five years does not strike again ahead of his side’s FA Cup clash with Saints. Ormerod has not played at St Mary’s since returning with
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MP supports planning charity
MEON Valley MP George Hollingbery has agreed to support an organisation that advises people about planning issues. Mr Hollingbery will become a patron of Planning Aid England. Mr Hollingbery said: “It is my pleasure to become a Parliamentary
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Jewels stolen in burglary
BURGLARS have raided a house in a village near Winchester, stealing jewellery worth more than £2,000. The raiders got in by smashing a window at the rear of the house in Downs Road, South Wonston between 11am-7.30pm on Friday. A 22in Queen Victoria