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Hill sets record straight on Green's red card

RICHARD Hill took some stick from fans for not defending Eastleigh crowd favourite Michael Green after his sending-off against Gateshead last weekend. But the Spitfires boss insisted: “It’s not a case of not defending Greener. “I thought at

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Stags all set to welcome Sholing

AFC TOTTON’S new executive club is up and running and ready to welcome local rivals Sholing on Bank Holiday Monday (3pm). Since concluding the sale of their Testwood Stadium home to AFC Totton Leisure Limited, the Stags have wasted no time wiping

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Spitfires suffer first defeat

Dover Athletic made light of having to play the entire second-half with ten men as Nathan Elder’s 78th minute goal condemned Eastleigh to the first defeat of their Conference Premier campaign. The striker’s decisive intervention came when Craig

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Yate come on strong to shock Sholing

Co-boss Dave Fear professed himself “very disappointed” as Sholing blew a 2-0 lead against table-topping Yate Town in the Southern One South & West at the Silverlake Arena this afternoon. Leading through summer signing Braiden Hamilton and

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Koeman: We needed more tempo

Saints manager Ronald Koeman said his side did not play with enough tempo to trouble West Brom during today’s goalless draw. Neither team was able to create much during a fairly drab afternoon at St Mary’s, with Koeman frustrated his men were not

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T20 Finals Day - Hampshire v Lancashire

Follow @EchoPics The Natwest T20 Blast Finals Day was between Hampshire and Lancashire. Our photographer was there to take pictures - in and out of the rain.

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Saints held at home by West Brom

Saints and West Brom played out a goalless draw in Ronald Koeman's first home Premier League game in charge of the club. Both sides resisted the urge to bring in their big-money summer strikers as Shane Long and Brown Ideye were left warming

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Saints v West Brom - The Pictures

Follow @EchoPics Pictures from Saints' first home game of the season where they faced West Bromich Albion.

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More than 100 march in Southampton against violence in Gaza

MORE than 100 people marched through Southampton today to protest against the violence in Gaza. The peace march was organised by the Muslim Council of Southampton but was joined by various other community groups as they gathered by the city's peace

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T20 Finals Day - Hampshire v Lancashire

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New hospital parking rules announced by government

RELATIVES of chronically ill patients at a Southampton hospital must be given free or cheap on-site parking under new rules announced by the Government. Patients with disabilities and those with frequent appointments as well as staff working shifts

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Men remanded in custody over container death charges

TWO lorry drivers have been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged in connection with the death of a man found in a container. Stephen McLaughlin, 34, and Timothy Murphy, 33, are accused of conspiring to facilitate illegal entry into

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Saints 0 West Brom 0

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Severe weather warning issued for Hampshire

IT looks set to be a washout Bank Holiday with warnings of heavy rain. Weather experts at the Met Office have issued a severe weather warning for Hampshire and other parts of the south east for rain as well as strong winds up to 40mph on the south

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Workers to prove they have the X-Factor in charity challenge

THEY are the Southampton colleagues who have the X-factor when it comes to challenges. Staff at AndersElite recruitment agency in Ocean Village are preparing for one of their biggest challenges yet by scaling the 1,000m Mount Snowdon. Among

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House burgled while owners on holiday

BURGLARS have taken jewellery from a house while the owners were on holiday. They got in by forcing a window on the ground floor of a property in Queens Road, Hiltingbury, then searched all the rooms and took jewellery, two Dell notebooks and a

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Dizzee Rascal heads to Hampshire music festival

CROWDS will be going b-b-b-b-bonkers tonight when one of the country’s best-loved rappers takes to the stage at a Hampshire music festival. London rapper Dizzee Rascal will be setting the stage alight at Southsea’s Victorious Festival at the same

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Port bosses pledge to keep fighting smugglers

IT IS the gruesome discovery which has laid bare the lengths smugglers go to transport people into Britain. The footage of stowaways emerging from a shipping container at Tilbury Docks, Essex, huddled in blankets and desperately breathing for air

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Two car motorway crash causing delays

MOTORISTS are facing queues after a two-car crash on a busy Hampshire motorway. A Nissan QashQai and a Mercedes collided in the outside lane of the northbound M3 between junctions 13 and 14. No-one was injured but two lanes were blocked by

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RUMOUR MILL, August 23 - Arsenal line up Saints midfielder

Arsenal are reportedly lining up a bid for Saints midfielder Victory Wanyama with captain Mikel Arteta out with an ankle injury. The Gunners have already raided St Mary's for Calum Chambers this summer, who has proved his quality in several assured

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Daily Echo reporter takes on ice bucket challenge

DAVID Beckham has done it, Justin Bieber has done it and even Jose Mourinho has done it. And now I have done it. Yes, I'm talking about the ice bucket challenge which has been doing the rounds in the celebrity world. While Cristiano

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Ice bucket challenge comes to county

THOUSANDS of people around the world have been pouring litres of icy water over themselves and filming the result. In fact, it’s fair to say the ice bucket challenge has taken the Internet by storm. Celebrities and sports stars from far and

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City sea celebration kicks off in style

SOUTHAMPTON’S two-day nautical extravaganza celebrating the city’s naval past kicked-off in style. With the sounding of a ship bell from the First World War, hundreds of people flocked to the city docks for the start of the Southampton Maritime

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Men charged after death in container

TWO men have been charged in connection with an investigation into the death of an immigrant found in a container. Stephen McLaughlin, 34, and Timothy Murphy, 33, both of Londonderry, have been charged with conspiring to facilitate illegal entry

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Supermarket staff pedal power helps charity

WORKERS at a Hampshire supermarket have played their part in a ‘Round the World Cycle Challenge’. Staff at Morrisons in Spruce Drive, Totton, pedalled 223 miles on a static bike as part of a wider challenge. It will see staff from all 112 of

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Fresh opposition to major wind farm plan

THE fight to stop a major wind farm from being built off the coast of Hampshire has been stepped up. Navitus Bay Development Ltd (NBDL) wants to erect 194 turbines on a 60 square mile site west of the Isle of Wight. But now Dorset County Council

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Firefighters tackle house blaze

FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze at a Hampshire home last night. A fire broke out in a bin store in Windermere Avenue, Stubbington, near Fareham, and spread to a nearby house, damaging its side. Two appliances attended from Fareham Fire Station

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Athletics club rack up nine medals over two championships

Matthew Callaway and Lucy-Jane Matthews both took regional titles last weekend as Southampton AC nabbed nine track and field medals. Crystal Palace was hosting, the South of England U15 & U17 championships where Callaway took the U17 men’s

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Woman tells how she was dragged into car and assaulted

A police appeal has been issued after a woman told how she was dragged into a car and assaulted, Detectives are appealing for witnesses and information following the incident where a woman has reported that she was aattacked. The 25-year-old

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Virgin boss to name plane in honour of cabin crew member killed in road crash

IT IS a fitting tribute to one of Virgin Atlantic’s most popular cabin crew members. Sir Richard Branson has vowed to honour the memory of Hampshire’s Quinton Garrathy by naming a plane after his four-month-old daughter, Olivia-Rae. The touching

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Car crash shuts lane on A31

A lane of one of Hampshire's busiest roads has been closed after a car crash this morning. Part of the the outside lane of the A31 westbound between Cadnam and Ringwood was shut after a crash at about 7am. The lane was closed while the Ford

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A long road for county's darts squad

Hampshire are on the road when players in the British Inter County League toe the oche in two weeks’ time – and it is a long road at that. The county squad of 24 men and 12 women face their longest trip of the campaign on September 6/7 as they

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It’s sink or swim for top flight’s new bosses

I have always said that when the fixtures came out I used to hope the first game would be away from home. Basically every team is up for the first game because of all of the training they have done in the pre-season, but if you happen to lose away

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Wood will keep it simple if he gets another chance to bowl for T20 glory

CHRIS Wood will keep it simple if he has another chance to bowl Hampshire to T20 glory tonight. Wood (left) was the final-over hero when Hampshire won their last T20 title in 2012, when he took three wickets in a thrilling climax against Yorkshire

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No sign of Big Mac

Whilst abroad I was asked if I wanted to go and watch Toto and what I thought was Malcolm Macdonald play. I know senior players like Frank Lampard, pictured, are making their way to America to finish their careers, but I was amazed to hear Malcolm

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You can do it, Franny!

Franny Benali was always up front in the pre-season workouts, whether it was running around the track, going up hills or in the gymnasium. But the task he is setting out to do this Sunday is monumental compared to what any other sportsman has attempted

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Investigation after teen dies in crash

POLICE are investigating the cause of a head-on crash between a car and a lorry in Hampshire that left a teenager dead and a man in hospital. Emergency services were called into action following the crash between a black Vauxhall Corsa and a white

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Bland recovers to comfortably make cut in Czech Masters

Stoneham pro Richard Bland is safely into the weekend at the Czech Masters, as he closes in on securing another European Tour card. Bland recovered from a bogey-bogey start yesterday at the Albatross Golf Resort, in Prague, to card a two-under-par

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Motorsport legend set for return

Motorsport legend set for return A Southampton motorsport legend will be driving through the pain barrier when he returns to the British Rallycross Championships this weekend. Ian Shelley has suffered from arthritis for many years and, after having

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Franny's finish line fantasy

Franny Benali can already picture the moment. In less than 24 hours, the Saints legend will begin his epic challenge of running between all 20 Premier League grounds. Yet, as he stands on the brink of this daunting and gruelling task, it is

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Gang trick pensioner out of cash

THIEVES have duped a Hampshire pensioner. A group of four rogue traders called at the home of a 71-year-old man over a period of two days offering to do unnecessary repairs to his property in Oak Road, Fareham. The victim was duped into withdrawing

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Dover ’keeper turns up heat on Spitfires

DOVER Athletic goalkeeper Mitch Walker has tried to turn the heat up on Eastleigh ahead of today’s Vanarama Conference clash at Crabble. While Richard Hill’s Spitfires have thrived since winning promotion as Conference South champions in May, Dover

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Boxer Chris floors Ashlett in snooker victory

AMATEUR boxer Chris Moulsdale landed the knockout punch as Woolston Trades & Labour Club B clinched their first Summer Bonanza snooker trophy for 19 years. Squad member Neil Wittig, who skippered the 1995 side, described the 3-1 win over Ashlett

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Smith desperate for T20 medal win

WILL Smith is desperate to make up for his previous Finals Day disappointment. Smith, Adam Wheater and Matt Coles are the only Hampshire players without a T20 winner’s medal having been signed since the county’s last triumph in 2012. But Smith

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Lloyd's Saints dream 12 years in the making

For Lloyd Isgrove, it was a moment that had been 12 years in the making. The 21-year-old Saints winger realised a dream at Liverpool last Sunday, when he ran onto the famous Anfield turf for his Premier League debut. Arriving on the pitch as

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Yachtsman hit by boom suffered fatal head injuries

A YACHTSMAN died of traumatic head injuries after he was hit by the boom of his vessel in the Solent, an inquest has heard. Craig Michael Platt, 30, of Wellington Street, Leeds, suffered a brain haemorrhage as a result of a fractured skull after

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Historic monument being 'neglected'

IT is a monument to one of the most important moments in history. But at the moment you could be forgiven for driving or walking past the impressive structure to the iconic ship The Mayflower and miss it altogether. Heritage enthusiasts say

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House prices continue to rise

AVERAGE asking prices by house sellers in Hampshire have continued to rise since the financial crisis struck, according to new figures. The average asking price for houses across the county stands at £283,217 – a rise of more than four per cent