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Ex-Hampshire star Afridi produces sensational performance to rout West Indies
Former Hampshire star Shahid Afridi returned to the Pakistan team today with a stunning all-round performance as West Indies were routed by 126 runs in the opening one-day international in Guyana. Afridi, whose last appearance for his country was
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Labour selects General Election candidate for Southampton
LABOUR’S candidate to succeed outgoing Southampton MP John Denham has been decided. Rowenna Davis will fight to hold the Southampton Itchen seat for Labour at the next general election after Mr Denham stands down after 23 years. The selection contest
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Upton wins New Forest 10
Gus Upton won today’s New Forest 10. The unattached runner finished the ten-mile course in a time of 56 minutes and 49 seconds. Sabastian Bazeille was second, 21 seconds back, while Mark Worringham (Reading Roadrunners) was third in 57:22.
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New Orleans Heat in Eastleigh
RECREATING the music of the crescent city, be it a stomp, blues, hymn, spiritual or pop song of the day, New Orleans Heat are the band that continue to play honest and real jazz music. The seven-piece formerly known as The Grout Band, play in the style
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Hants go top after thrashing Middlesex
MOMENTS after one of the closest matches in Ashes history, one of Hampshire's most comprehensive Twenty20 wins began. It was thanks largely to the efforts of Michael Carberry and James Vince, England batsmen of the past and the future, that they
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Iain Percy struggling to cope with great friend Andrew Simpson's tragic death
HAMPSHIRE sailing ace Iain Percy has revealed how he is struggling to cope with the tragic death of great friend Andrew Simpson. And he has even confessed that it would have been “better for practical reasons” had he passed away rather than family man
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Dinosaur Pile Up at The Joiners
EXPECT heavy aplenty riffs and yelps when three-piece band Dinosaur Pile Up comes to The Joiners on Thursday. Inspired by early Foo Fighters their sound could be likened to Seattle Grunge. Forming in Leeds, 2007 and hailing from the band recently
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Andy Morgan-Lee wins Wyvern 10k
Andy Morgan-Lee won today’s Wyvern 10k road race in 33 minutes and 26 seconds. The former Southampton AC runner, now a member of Thames Hare & Hounds, finished nine seconds clear of second-placed Stuart Holloway (City of Salisbury A & RC
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Family pays tribute to biker
THE family of a motorcyclist who died in a crash with a car have paid tribute to man who was "never happier than when riding his bike". Mark Ashdown, 24, of Hardings Lane, Fair Oak, died at the scene after the collision at a crossroads in Botley
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Pole dancing class in Sholing
There’s a new class on the south coast which combines elegance and fitness with acrobatics and choreography. Pole Silks is a brand new discipline fusing Pole Fitness with aerial silks, in which two silks are clamped to the top of a pole, providing
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Anderson stars as England claim victory in first Ashes Test
James Anderson secured victory for England by 14 runs in the first Investec Ashes Test in a gripping encounter against Australia at Trent Bridge. Tireless Anderson (five for 73) bowled 13 successive overs on an agonising final morning, his burst
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Heatwave cuts numbers at Salisbury racecourse
THE refreshment queues readily outnumbered the paucity of runners at a sultry Salisbury on Saturday evening when seven horses were withdrawn from the 43 acceptors on the six-race card. However, the executive is not considering a reframed fixture in a
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Anderson bowls England to victory in first Ashes Test
James Anderson secured victory for England by 14 runs in the first Investec Ashes Test in a gripping encounter against Australia at Trent Bridge. Tireless Anderson (five for 73) bowled 13 successive overs on an agonising final morning, his burst
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Builders hide Pompey shirt at Saints' training ground on video
A VIDEO appearing to show workers hiding a Pompey shirt in a wall at Saints’ training ground has angered fans. The 47-second video starts with a man panning a camera across the pitch at the club’s new Staplewood training ground development in Marchwood
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Rose back in 'work mode' and ready for Muirfield
Justin Rose believes his children could be the key to his Open Championship hopes this week - because they have kept him grounded following his US Open success. A month on from winning his first major, Rose knows his golfing life will never be
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Adult dance classes
Serious Shapes Dance Company is continuing its adult contemporary dance classes at The D@rt Centre, Wildern School, Wildern Lane in July, August and September. The next five-week course runs from 7.30pm until 8.30pm on Thursday, August 1 and costs
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Show of the week: Barnum
CHICHESTER Festival Theatre will unveil its temporary state-of-theart auditorium, Theatre in the Park, with a major new production of the musical Barnum, presented in association with Cameron Mackintosh from Monday. The production will be co-directed
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The resistance men ready to fight Hitler if the Nazis had invaded
THEY were to be Churchill’s top-secret, and last-ditch, weapon. Now, after more than 70 years, a Hampshire man is spearheading the project to reveal the hidden secrets behind the British resistance – and the search has revealed several operational
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Scorching weather set to last until next weekend
The recent blazing temperatures welcomed by the UK are set to linger into the start of the school summer break, weather experts have said. Yesterday saw the hottest day of the year so far with the mercury peaking at 31.9C (89.4F) in Southampton
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Parents warned of dangers of measles
HAMPSHIRE parents are being warned of the dangers of measles this summer and are urged to get their children vaccinated before jetting off on holiday. Measles is a highly infectious disease and a high number of cases have already been confirmed
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Cancer sufferer backs fundraising campaign
A HAMPSHIRE man with incurable cancer has thrown his weight behind a national fundraising campaign. Brian Orange, 67, founder of Winchester-based Orange Chemicals, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma bone marrow five years ago and wants to raise
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Wealthy homeowners 'face bills of £36,000'
AT least 1,000 Hampshire homes will be hit with an average £36,000 bill under plans for a “mansion tax”, it has been claimed. Labour and the Liberal Democrats are both drawing up proposals to target homeowners with properties valued at more than
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Tributes to entrepreneur and scout leader
HE was a pioneering entrepreneur and much-loved Scout leader who “made the impossible seem possible”. Walter Hogg, who founded Southampton’s famous Blue Funnel Ferries company and led the popular 14th Eastleigh Scouts group for a decade, has died
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Inside the world of pro cycling
“YOU should have met me years ago – I was absolutely raging,” says Rob Hurd. The words are arresting on paper, but in person they are all the more striking because they’re delivered from the mouth of a man who is calm, polite and impeccably turned
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Winchester's hidden oasis
WITH its reed beds, chalk streams and cows grazing in flower-rich meadows, you could be in the middle of the countryside. Yet Winnall Moors, which has its main entrance at Durngate, is only a short walk from busy Winchester centre. The beautiful
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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall reveals his Hampshire restaurant plans
HE’S known for his dedication to ‘real food’, local producers and back-tobasics approach. Now Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall wants to instil those ethics in Hampshire through a new restaurant. The chef, mastermind of the River Cottage series on
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Chris Evans: why I love the south
IT’S as if Chris Evans is at home. Well he is – almost. He’s strolling around the gardens of his regular haunt – the luxury country house hotel the Chewton Glen in New Milton – with a glass of coke in his hand. He’s so relaxed he’s sporting
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Man's body found on rocks beneath cliff
A man’s body has been found on rocks beneath a cliff. At 3.50pm yesterday, members of the public who were off-shore in a dinghy called the Coastguard and reported seeing the body of a man at the base of the Culver Cliff near Bembridge on the Isle
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Carnaby Street swings into Southampton this autumn
CARNABY Street is a stunning new musical, set against the backdrop of London’s West End in the 1960s, its iconic clubs, trendy fashions and eccentric characters, at a time full of hope and freedom, when the world is changing and anything seems possible
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New jobs plan at business centre revealed
THE refurbishment of a business centre could provide benefits for decades to come, it has been claimed. Southampton City Council chiefs are set to approve £386,000 spending on an overhaul of the Acorn Enterprise Centre. The centre contains
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Low-paid staff set for a wages boost
THE wages of Southampton City Council’s lowest-paid employees could be set for a boost. The city council could introduce the Living Wage for its employees by the end of the year. That means staff will have their hourly rates raised to £7.45
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Les Miserables at Perins School
PERINS School presents Les Misérables next week. The story of the classic musical follows former prisoner Jean Valjean who, after being released from the watchful eye of police officer Javert, is unable to find work because of his status as an
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Fine for using dead grandma's blue badge
A SOUTHAMPTON man has been fined for using his dead grandmother’s blue badge to avoid paying parking charges. Inder Sandhu pleaded guilty to nine charges of unlawfully using a disabled person’s badge in relation to use of a vehicle and was fined
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New parent and toddler group for city
A NEW parent and toddler group is being set up in Lordshill, Southampton. The group are looking for parents interested in taking part in this new community group, which will meet in the Lordshill Community Centre, Andromeda Road, Lordshill. The
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Overgrown paths draw complaints
COMPLAINTS are growing about vegetation crowding on to footpaths across Alresford. The town council heard that the county council is usually responsible for maintaining clear ways but that it was often failing. Councillor Roy Gentry said: “
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Grass cutting branded "a disaster"
GRASS cutting in Bishop’s Waltham is a “disaster”, a council meeting heard. City Councillor David McLean said Tangier Lane was the worst affected area. “Grass cutting is yet again a disaster. There are areas which, I would guess, have not been
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Appeal for private foster carers
PRIVATE foster carers in Southampton are being urged to come forward and tell the council about their arrangements. Under the law, carers must inform their local authority about private fostering arrangements where someone is not a step-parent,
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Thousands took part in city's Race for Life
Click here for more pictures IT is the charity fundraising event that has raised a staggering £490 million in its battle against cancer. And in just five years alone women in Southampton and Winchester are responsible for £3.5 million of that
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Police step up hunt for woman's attacker
POLICE have issued an e-fit of a man they want to find after a young woman was assaulted and robbed in Southampton. The 18-year-old woman was walking in East Park from the direction of Charlotte Place roundabout when the incident happened in the
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Southampton man's bid for Euro Parliament seat
A SOUTHAMPTON man has launched his bid to represent millions of people across the south in Europe’s biggest parliament. Del Singh, pictured, has been selected as one of ten Labour candidates to represent the South East in the European Parliament
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School needs new governor
WANTED: A new governor to help shape Micheldever Primary School. In the latest school newsletter, it says the role required “commitment and ability to contribute to strategic development of the school. But it is also a rewarding role that makes
