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Second cup final beckons for Team Solent
TEAM Solent are through to their second cup final of the season. But James Taylor’s Students had to do it the hard way tonight with a 2-1 extra-time win over Division One leaders Portland United in the Sydenhams League Cup. With full-time approaching
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CRICKET: Crane takes wickets in pre-season friendly
Mason Crane took three wickets on the second day of Hampshire's pre-season friendly against Cardiff UCCE. The students closed on 258-9 in reply to Hampshire's 369-8 declared. After resuming on 270-5, which included Joe Weatherley's 83 on his
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Billy Taylor returns to the Ageas Bowl - as an umpire
Former Hampshire star Billy Taylor is in action at The Ageas Bowl for the first time in seven years - as an umpire. Southampton-born Taylor, who lives a short walk from the ground in Hedge End, has started his first season on the full umpires'
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Mayor opens new Matalan store
A MAJOR chain store has opened its second new store in Hampshire within a week. Fareham mayor Councillor Mike Ford cut the ribbon at Matalan’s new branch in Collingwood Retail Park. The new 24,699sqft store, in the former Go Bowling premises
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Working man priced out of football
What a smashing letter from Mr David Collins all about loyalty. It was absolutely true what he wrote from the heart. My four brothers and sisters and their families were very loyal supporters as are the fans, which pass my home in Bitterne Road
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'Moron' says obvious things on TV
Many programmes have been spoilt by over-loud background music, mumbling, and subtitles that are out of sequence with the spoken word. Now we have another distraction, what I call ‘the background voice’. This comes in the form of some toneless
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Peter Cooper agrees sponsorship deal at Ageas Bowl
A LEADING Hampshire motor dealership is backing the county cricket team. The Ageas Bowl has announced Peter Cooper Motor Group as the new Executive Club Sponsor for the next two years. The agreement will see the VW dealership sponsor the ground
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GOSSIP: Southampton keeping tabs on attacker
A round-up of the transfer stories making the headlines across the rest of the media today... SAINTS are keeping tabs on Nurnberg winger Guido Burgstaller, according to the national press. The Daily Mail report that St Mary's scout Bill Green
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Tomato farm is top of the crops in awards
AN ISLE of Wight tomato grower has scooped an international Champion of Champion award. Wight Salads grower manager Brian Moralee, pictured, won the prestigious farming award from Marks and Spencer. The annual M&S Farming for the Future
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End of first year for store
CUSTOMERS from across Southampton flocked to Starbucks in Nelson Gate to help celebrate the store’s one year birthday in style with live music, magicians, cupcakes, party bags and a latte fun. The all-day party saw hundreds of children, adults
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Time to bid a fond farewell to Alf
THE funeral of former AFC Totton and Sydenhams Wessex League chairman Alf Peckham will take place on Friday week (April 15). The service will be at East Chapel, Southampton Crematorium, at 1.15pm. All are welcome back to AFC Totton's Testwood
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Trant staff rewarded for their long service
TEN staff at one of Hampshire's leading private companies are among 123 who have loyally worked for the same firm for more than 25 years. Patrick Trant, the chairman of multi-disciplinary contractor Trant Engineering, paid individual tribute to
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Hampshire village's role in seaplane industry
IT is the Hampshire village with an impressive maritime history. But what is less well known is that Hamble played an important part in the UK’s seaplane industry. The opening of the air station at Calshot in 1913 led to a plethora of firms
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PHOTOS: Do you remember these Southampton buses?
FOR decades they have ferried Sotonians from A to B, making sure they get to work in the morning and home in the evening. More than a century has passed since the first buses and trams were introduced to Southampton, with the Southampton Tramways
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Ring through to doctors
REGARDING your article on missed doctors/hospital appointments, are these surgeries aware of the problems trying to liaise with them? The phones just ring endlessly at all times of day whether trying to book or cancel an appointment. People get
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Taxi troubles
FURTHER to your editorial regarding taxis in Southampton a few weeks ago – I have been trying to apply for a taxi license, but I am finding it a struggle. I have sat the one in Portsmouth which is at least 50 per cent easier to pass, and even the
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I'm against human rights
I SEE my letter on human rights has stirred up a right furore. OK, it is better to be over exposed than ignored. I still maintain that with all its grandiose and high-falutin protection it is regularly abused. If you don’t accept that you cannot
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I think homeless in city centre are fake
REGARDING the so called homeless people on the streets of Southampton, I have seen these people being dropped off in East Street by a car and then collected later in the day so please do not think that they are homeless and if this council had any
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Safer in the EU
THE three most important world events in my life time have been the release of Nelson Mandela, the Good Friday Agreement (Northern Ireland) and the fall of the Berlin Wall. All of these great achievements involved co-operation between governments
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Laid off twice in a month
AS A TUSC member, I see no future for working class people who can see the NHS being sold off. All because of the EU bosses, the US and the English governments, all thick as thieves. I have been laid off twice in one month, what life is this
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Love our NHS
I KNOW I have several times wrote about the NHS but I have recently come back from America and would like to share an experience with you. My partner had to have emergency treatment. We had to be rushed to the nearest hospital which was an hour
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Election vows
I WISH to respond to the Echo’s comment piece on Thursday, March 31 re: 20mph limits. It is exactly because there are upcoming elections, that can genuinely see a change in who runs the council, that 20mph limits are now at the forefront of discussion
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Joy for Zara as she finds stem cell match
IT was the worst nightmare imaginable – but hope is on the horizon for a Hampshire teenager with leukaemia. Zara Al Shaikh is bravely battling blood cancer and her family had appealed to members of the public in the Daily Echo to register as potential
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Saints match selected for TV
SAINTS' Premier League match at Tottenham has been selected for television coverage, with the game put back a day from its original date. The reunion game with former St Mary's boss Mauricio Pochettino will now take place on Sunday, 8 May, rather
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Thousands of dog owners face fines one day before new rules come into force
THOUSANDS of dog owners could be fined for failing to microchip their pets when a new law makes it compulsory. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said that more than one million dogs have not yet been microchipped. From
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Star striker wants out of Gosport Borough
STAR striker Justin Bennett is to leave Gosport Borough at the end of the season. Borough's all-time record goalscorer is no longer enjoying his football amid all the off-field problems that have plagued the Vanarama National League South club.
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Councillor demands investigation after 15,000 voters get wrong polling cards
A VOTING card printing error has affected thousands of people in Hampshire. Poll cards for proxy and postal voters for the Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner and the local elections were hit by the error. It is believed to have affected
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Four Olivier awards for Chichester's Gypsy
CHICHESTER Festival Theatre’s West End hit Gypsy took home four Laurence Olivier Awards, including the coveted Best Musical Revival award. Imelda Staunton was crowned Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Momma Rose, and Lara Pulver triumphed in the
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Attempted murder arrest: Police bail woman after man found with life-threatening injuries
A WOMAN arrested on suspicion of attempted murder has been bailed by police. Police detained the 21-year-old woman after a 25-year-old man was found with life-threatening injuries at a house in Timpson Road, Portsmouth. The victim is in a critical
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Southampton theatre audiences to get first glimpse of world premiere
THE world premiere tour of Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes will visit Southampton next year, the Daily Echo can reveal. A beloved fairy-tale and Academy Award-winning movie, The Red Shoes has seduced audiences and inspired generations of dancers
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Warning over Facebook page advertising "summer waterpark" event in Southampton
MEMBERS of the public are being warned about a Facebook page advertising a "Summer Safari Waterpark" event in Southampton. The page advertising the event says it will take place in the city on July 30, and claims that 2,800 people are already signed
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Fake speed camera returns
A CONTROVERSIAL fake speed camera has reappeared by the side of a Hampshire road. Hampshire Constabulary confirmed last month that the camera, which was attached to a lamp post beside the northbound carriageway of the A343 in Enham Alamein, did
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Overnight motorway closures set to continue
OVERNIGHT closures of a motorway are set to continue. The slip roads at four junctions of the M3 motorway will be closed again after shutting last night. The roads are due to be closed for one night each from 10pm-6am for repainting of the
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Live news from Hampshire - April 5
5:32pm A335 #Eastleigh - Slow southbound on Wide Lane between South Street and #M27 J5/#Stoneham Interchange.
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Revealed: Companies in the Southampton area made £20.9 billion - but which came out on top?
The Southampton area supplied almost ten per cent of the region’s top 500 companies according to a new list published this week. Taylor Made Computer Solutions Top 500 Companies in the South report, which includes 42 businesses in the Southampton
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Exhibition says 'thank you' to Naomi House and Jacksplace
A YOUNG art student is saying 'thank you ' to Naomi House and Jacksplace with a fundraising exhibition.Kate Mellor has Congenital Muscular Dystrophy and has been attending Naomi House and Jacksplace since she was five-years-old. Based in Sutton Scotney
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Southampton fundraiser and book collection to help Cambodian children
Southampton woman Tori Green, who works in Cambodia, is holding a 'book raiser' for The Hand in Heart Project."The event is being held in memory of Papa Eng who died in March and whose final wish for his community was to ask me to build a library
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Tadic denies Koeman rift but hints at Southampton future
DUSAN Tadic has insisted that he is happy at Saints but will not rule out a potential move away from St Mary’s in the summer. Reports in the national press suggested that the Serbian was considering his options after complaining of heavy-handed
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Race against time to save autism support service
HEALTH chiefs are in a race against time to save an autism support scheme helping more than 1,500 people. Adults with the condition face a "completely preventable crisis" if funding is not secured within weeks, a user group has warned. An £88,000
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No investigation after £10,000 of public money used for Queen's birthday party
GOVERNMENT chiefs have refused to launch an investigation into how £10,000 of public money is going towards a street party at a time when children’s centres could be axed in Hampshire. Concerns over the party in Winchester being part-funded by
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UK's longest serving councillor to stand down
IT’S the end of an era for one Hampshire councillor. Godfrey Olson, the longest serving councillor in the country, has revealed he will not be seeking re-election this year. After 61 years in service the conservative councillor has officially
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Company criticised for writing to employees to tell them about "risks" of leaving EU
AEROSPACE giant Airbus has written to its 2,000 Hampshire employees warning of the risks of leaving the European Union, prompting criticism from Southampton’s pro-Brexit MP. Royston Smith said it was inappropriate for the firm to tell workers that
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Father and daughter's battle after both are diagnosed with cancer
CANCER is a huge blow to any family – especially when two people are diagnosed within months of each other. But John Armstrong and his daughter Tracy Edwards are fighting back – and their family is joining in too. John, 74, from Lordshill,
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Rare disease sufferer's warning after 260 per cent increase in cases
SHE suffered debilitating symptoms for 11 years before finally receiving a diagnosis. Now a Lyme disease victim from Hampshire is spearheading a campaign to raise awareness of the condition following a 260-per-cent increase in cases in the past
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Race organisers in talks with crew members who buried teammate at sea
CLIPPER Race organisers are now "in talks" with the crew who buried their teammate at sea. Officials have said it is still very early days as they try to comfort the crew as they grieve the loss Sarah Young during the Clipper Round the World Yacht
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Meet the woman who buys nothing except food and toiletries
IKEA, famed for its low cost home furnishings, recently caused ripples in the business world when one of its bosses declared that we had hit ‘peak stuff’. His message was that in the west we just have enough home furnishings. While some wondered
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Popular pub on the market as landlords move on
THEY secured the future of a much-loved Southampton pub. But now the landlords of the Bitterne Park Hotel have themselves decided to move on. According to company bosses, current operators and siblings Gina Coulson and Raymond Raynor wish to
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MP backs Daily Echo campaign to tackle missed GP appointment crisis
A HAMPSHIRE MP is throwing his weight behind a Daily Echo campaign to tackle the crisis caused by more than 6,300 of patients missing GP appointments every month in Southampton. Southampton Itchen MP Royston Smith, pictured, is among politicians
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New care rules to cost council £1m
NEW care rules have piled “extreme pressure” on budgets to protect Hampshire’s most vulnerable people, a meeting heard. Safeguarding costs have soared by £1m at Hampshire County Council since it was forced to process thousands of applications to