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Hayward fires South Wilts to cup final win
James Hayward stole the show with a superb 130 as South Wilts beat Burridge by 72 runs to win the Southern Electric t20 Cup at the Ageas Bowl. The South Wilts captain hit 10 sixes and 10 fours in a blistering 130 scored off 50 balls as the Bemerton
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Saints beaten in Austria
Click here for more pictures Saints slipped to their first pre-season defeat as two second half defensive errors saw them beaten 2-0 by Schalke in Austria. The game was a massive step up in opposition for Mauricio Pochettino’s men, whose
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Royal Baby named
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announced tonight their baby son would be called George Alexander Louis. William and Kate's baby will be known as Prince George and as third in line to the throne will one day be king. Kensington Palace said
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Dry spell reveals past life of abbey
THE heatwave has brought the past a little closer at a tourist attraction. As the hot weather has dried out the grass at Mottisfont Abbey, near Romsey, it has revealed the remains of the old priory hidden below the ground. Mottisfont Priory
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Buoyant future for the city’s oldest boatyard
ITS owners believe it is Southampton’s oldest boatyard, having been set up during the reign of Queen Victoria. Run by five generations of the same family, Dyer Bros (Marine) Ltd has this year celebrated its 110th anniversary of being at its current
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£1m grants up for grabs to revamp village halls
AN extra £1m worth of grants to revamp or repair community centres and village halls is now up for grabs. Money will be granted to those who can prove their project would boost usage. A maximum of £25,000 is available for projects meeting certain
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Tallship runs aground
A TALLSHIP has sunk off the coast of Ireland, just days after leaving Southampton. Twenty-three teenagers and seven crewmen have been rescued after the Dutch tallship Astrid ran aground. The vessel foundered on rocks near the port of Kinsale
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Minibus crash shuts motorway
THREE people were left with serious injuries following a crash involving a minibus on a Hampshire motorway. The M3 was closed in both directions between junctions five and six, following the incident at 9.48am this morning. The crash happened
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Feeney will bring "massive value" - Harris
MIKEY Harris believes the appointment of Warren Feeney as player/assistant boss will bring “massive value” to Conference National new boys Salisbury City. The 32-year-old former Northern Ireland international and AFC Bournemouth striker has moved
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QPR close to deal for former Saints target
Celtic have accepted a bid for striker Gary Hooper from QPR, according to reports. Essex-born Hooper – linked with a move to Saints last season – could now be on his way to Loftus Road after making clear his intentions to return to England.
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Ex-Saint joins New York Red Bulls
Bradley Wright-Phillips has joined Major League Soccer franchise New York Red Bulls, pending a successful visa application. The 28-year-old former Saints forward, son of Ian Wright and brother of Shaun Wright-Phillips, was released by Charlton
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My conspiracy theory about climate change science
ANTHROPOGENIC (man-made) Global Warming (AGW) is the core dogma of the Green movement, which believes that industrial civilisation will cause catastrophic global warming. From the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change downwards,
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Rubbish staff stopped for a break
I sympathise with Mr E Goodal with respect to the emptying, or non-emptying, of bins on the specified day. To my suprise I observed two collection vehicles parked up in Sainsbury’s Lordshill car park at 10.45am on Tuesday, July 16. They were
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Disappointment over MPs’ view on new gay marriage law
THIS month the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act became law. This was a great day for equality and a move supported by the overwhelming majority of the public. I was deeply disappointed to see our Conservative MP on the wrong side of history and
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UKIP supporters in a timewarp
How dare Pearline Hingston (Letters, June 26) imply that those of us who oppose UKIP, and support the UK’s continued membership of the EU are not loyal citizens, as evidenced by her sarcastic reply to Richard Grant’s recent “In My View” column?
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Confused about immigration numbers
Like many other people I am bemused to see that, according to Euro rulings, we may get 20,000-plus Romanian and other eastern unemployed flooding into our pleasant land in January looking for jobs. As we have 2.7 million people out of work already
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Insane to want to leave EU
IN repsonse to Dane Cloustan’s view point (Letters, July 8) – no, Mr Cloustan, it is not right wing to want to leave the EU, rather insane. And you claim to be a member of a Liberal Party. UKIP is not right to want to leave the EU, it is just plain
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Poor response to ‘no cold calling’ bid
Re; Mr R Newman’s letter concerning cold calling. Two years ago, I contacted Southampton City Council about the cold calling and getting it stopped. I was sent all the information, First job was to walk along my street, counting how many properties
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Teach not test, Mr Gove
TESTING five-year-olds is an obscenity. In the 1950s I entered the teaching profession to teach not test children. I am disgusted to hear of plans to test fiveyear- olds. So all the fun and excitement of school is to be overshadowed by tests that
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Threat to cities by man-made climate change
RALPH Prothero, anthropogenic climate-change sceptic (see letter today and in reply to his letter of July 11), Venice is sinking. A friend of mine had this to say about Venice after returning from there last week. Venice floods worse every year
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Specialist dementia unit must not close
I WAS appalled to learn of the threatened closure of Cranleigh Paddock, an irreplaceable specialist dementia unit in Lyndhurst. A decision of closure would be mindless destruction, targeted at the most vulnerable in our society. Where is the
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Jane Austen to appear on new £10 note
Pride And Prejudice author Jane Austen will appear on £10 notes from 2017, the Bank of England said today following a public outcry over a lack of women on paper money. Campaigners hailed the move as ''a brilliant day for women and a fantastic
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Rookie Turner called up by Australia
Australia have called up rookie off-spinner Ashton Turner for the tour match against Sussex after deciding to rest senior players on the back of successive Ashes Test defeats. Turner, who will make his first-class debut in the three-day match at Hove
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Totton sunk by Winchester fightback
WINCHESTER City beat Calor Southern Premier League side AFC Totton 3-1 in last night's pre-season friendly at the Denplan City Ground. The visitors raced ahead inside two minutes through Nathaniel Sherborne as he continued his comeback from a season-long
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Paraglider crashes into cliff
A PARAGLIDER has crashed into a cliff on the Isle of Wight. Emergency services were called to the scene of the accident that happened at cliffs at Chale on the south of the island just after 1.20pm this afternoon. According to early reports
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Solar farm 'will look like a prison camp' say protestors
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to halt plans to build Britain’s biggest solar farm in the heart of Hampshire. Residents in the Test Valley are to fight the scheme by German green energy giant Kronos Solar Projects. They say that the proposal
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MP towards bottom of Twitter poll
A HAMPSHIRE MP is one of the country’s worst Tweeters according to a poll. Steve Brine (pictured), MP for Winchester and Chandler’s Ford, placed third in politics.co.uk’s ‘Worst MPs on Twitter’ list. Politician’s tweets were marked on whether
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Film buffs tie the knot at city cinema
IT was the perfectly scripted Hollywood ending for a distinctly familiar cinema audience. Ian Buckman and Michelle Curley got their real life happy ending tying the knot in front of family and friends – and the silver screen. The film buffs
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Boys' school prepares to welcome the girls
IT was the end of an era. St George’s Catholic School in Leaside Way, Southampton has been an all-boys school for more than 30 years. But now the school, which has more than 530 pupils, is preparing to welcome its first intake of girls in September
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Offender a ‘seasoned campaigner’
A SOUTHAMPTON man, described by a judge as “a seasoned campaigner” in offending, is again today waking up behind bars. Stuart Wort, who has 33 previous convictions, appeared at Winchester Crown Court. Wort, 41, of Honeysuckle Road, Bassett,
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Mark's back to make mischief
A POLITICAL comedy favourite is back making mischief this autumn – and includes three south coast stops on his tour. Over the decades, Mark Thomas has poked his nose into enough things to cause a politician to resign, arms deals to collapse, reform
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‘Stupidity may take you back to prison’
A TEMPORARY manager, who stole thousands of pounds from a New Forest sub-post office, has not paid a penny in compensation – more than two and a half years after he had been told to do so. William Giles, 62, was jailed for 27 months in 2008 for
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Redundancy made me a happier and healthier person
REDUNDANCY is a word that fills most people with dread. But for Emilie Drew losing her job was the best thing that ever happened to her. As a customer services manager for a battery company, her BlackBerry telephone would ring around the clock
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Big Names Set for Portsmouth Guildhall
SOME of the biggest names in music, theatre and comedy grace the Portsmouth Guildhall stage this autumn and winter. The East Endcomedian Micky Flanagan will be bringing laughs on October 2 and everyone’s favourite Northerner Jason Manford will
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The Rumour Mill - Wednesday July 24
A round-up of the day's transfer news, once more domninated by Cesc Fabregas, Wayne Rooney and former Saints Gareth Bale... New Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino's first job will be to persuade midfielder Cesc Fabregas not to leave the club and join
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Rare wild ass born at Marwell
IT MAY look like a donkey or a young zebra but this is one of the rarest animals in the world, and it has been born in Hampshire. A new Somali wild ass has been born at Marwell Zoo – a species which is critically endangered in the wild. Born
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Band just can't wait to headline all-dayer festival
SOUTHAMPTON band Forever Can Wait is to headline this year’s Hijack All-Dayer at Salisbury Arts Centre a week today. The female-fronted rock band, which was shortlisted to play the Red Bull stage at Download Festival earlier thisyear, was topof
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Plea to use Ford site for jobs
THE site of Ford’s doomed Southampton plant must be used for jobs. That is the view of ward councillors from Swaythling, where the plant is located, who have a range of ideas on what it could be used for. The plant will close on Friday after
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Driver watches in horror as lorry rolls down hill
By Paul Williams ALL he wanted was a little help to find his way. But after a lorry driver jumped down from his cab to ask for directions, his worst nightmare was about to unfold. The driver, from Southamptonbased Lambert Brothers Haulage
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Dejan to face his biggest test yet
Dejan Lovren will get his first meaningful test as a Saints player tonight as he attempts to keep quiet a striker who has cost more than £50m. The Croatian centre half will be entrusted with marking prolific Dutch striker Klass-Jan Huntelaar, whose
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Horses killed in horror lorry crash
HORSES were killed after two lorries collided on a busy Hampshire road. A trailer carrying ten horses was in a collision with another lorry on the eastbound carriageway of the A303 near Thruxton just before 4pm yesterday. Drivers are expected
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Near miss fires Mears up for individual events
CHRIS Mears may have missed out on a synchro medal at the World Championships yesterday but the Southampton diver insists he will take great confidence into his individual final later in the week. Going into the sixth and final round of the 3m
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‘Burglary conspiracy’
A MAN, charged with conspiring with others to burgle houses in Hampshire, was further remanded in custody until August 5 at Winchester Crown Court. Andrew Wooff, 20, of no fixed abode, made no application for bail. Mr Justice Royce heard a
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Cocaine was hidden in shoes
WITH his head bowed for much of the hearing, a Southampton man left the dock facing a seven-year sentence. It was the minimum term a judge could impose after Peter Austin had been convicted of his third offence of possessing hard drugs with intent
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Mum told to insure trampoline - for £3m
IT’S a popular garden toy enjoyed by millions of children up and down the land. But one Hampshire mum has been told to either insure her back garden trampoline for £3m – or it will be confiscated and possibly destroyed. Stephanie Brett from
