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  • Thousands expected to welcome record-breaking sailor home

    THOUSANDS of wellwishers are expected to greet yachting heroine Dee Caffari when she arrives at Southampton's Ocean Village tomorrow. The Princess Royal, yachting legend Sir Chay Blyth and the city's newly elected mayor, John Slade, are among the high

  • Winter takes its toll on the forest ponies

    ONE in ten animals have been removed from the New Forest this year because they were too sickly. A prolonged cold winter and late spring meant more than 400 animals, largely ponies, were sent back to their farms and holdings to regain their health with

  • Marwell-ous Bill marks 40 years in zoo world

    HE'S seen it flourish and grow into one of the country's top zoos, but after four decades Marwell veteran Bill Hall says the next ten years should be even better. This month 57-year-old Bill Hall celebrates 40 years since he first started working in zoos

  • Wedding bells for star Saints defender

    IT'S the icing on the wedding cake. Fresh from the triumph of signing a new three-year deal with Saints and being voted the club's most improved player, defender Chris Baird will have another reason to smile when he ties the knot today. The Southampton

  • Shockwaves over Walcott's World Cup selection

    SAM ALLARDYCE has accused Sven-Goran Eriksson of taking a "massive, massive gamble" by selecting former Saints starlet Theo Walcott for the World Cup finals. Allardyce and former England boss Terry Venables were united in their "shock" at the ex-Saint's