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England win at The Ageas Bowl
England completed a comfortable win against the West Indies in today's Natwest Series opener at The Ageas Bowl. Ian Bell set up the 114-run Duckworth/Lewis win with his second one-day international century after being promoted to open the batting
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Warne thanks Hants for Ageas Bowl tribute
Shane Warne has thanked Hampshire for naming the Ageas Bowl's West Stand after him. The East Stand has been named after the late Colin- Ingleby Mackenzie, another charismatic former Hampshire captain, who led the county to the 1961 County Championship
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Tory police commissioner hopefuls chosen in public vote
The final two Conservatives hoping to become Hampshire's new £80,000-a-year police commissioner have been chosen in a public vote. A shortlist of six candidates addressed 400 members of the public at Ferneham Hall in Fareham. Michael
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Police fears for missing man
POLICE are growing increasingly concerned for the safety of a Hampshire man who has not been seen since for more than a week. Ben Hilton, 33, of Sopwith Road, Eastleigh, had attended a wedding reception at the Roebuck pub in Winchester on Friday
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Dozy parker gets £530 bill for trying to avoid £8 ticket
HE thought it was a clever ploy to save himself just £8. Benjamin Evans believed he had got round the daily fee in the car park near his work – by planting a fake ticket on his dashboard instead. But the serial cheat didn’t count on the eagle-eyed city
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Taxi numbers capped as cabbies struggle in recession
THERE will be no increase in taxis on Southampton’s city streets – after cabbies said more competition would ruin their livelihoods. Cabbies, who complained to councillors about already overflowing ranks from a lack of work, feared even more
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Ford staff prepare to strike over pay and pensions
Staff at Southampton’s Ford plant are preparing stage a 24-hour strike in a row over pay and pensions. Unite, which represents about 1,200 white collar employees at the carmaker, said the walkout will start at 6am on Monday, affecting sites
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Waterlitz postponed for 24 hours
A SPECTACULAR music, acrobatics and fireworks event in Southampton has been postponed for 24 hours. Organisers have decided not to go ahead tonight with Waterlitz, a spectacular music, dance, acrobatics and pyrotechnics street theatre show
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Paralympic teams visit uni campus
BRITISH Paralympians are currently visiting the University of Winchester ahead of the Games later this summer. Both the men’s and women’s GB goalball teams are at the university this weekend preparing for the Games, which begin at the end of August.
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Concert kicks off Freemantle Music Festival
MUSIC will be filling the aisles of a Southampton church for the next seven days as the first ever Freemantle Music and Arts Festival is launched today. Performers from professional and amateur backgrounds will be coming from as far afield
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Shop owner loses bid for alcohol licence
THE owner of a Southampton shop that repeatedly flouted the law by selling booze to underage youths has failed in her bid to get her licence back. Councillors had taken away the alcohol licence for the premises at the start of the year after
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Queen honours unsung heroes in her Diamond Jubilee year
THEY are the unsung heroes of Hampshire who have been honoured by the Queen in her Diamond Jubilee year. From accident inspectors to teachers, first aiders to fundraisers, people across the county are celebrating being named in the Birthday Honours
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Churchills in The Pink
WHAT challenges are left for Churchills? Perhaps they’d like to have a crack at solving the Euro crisis or the Syria conflict or are they simply seeking world domination? The Eastleigh club added to their impressive trophy cabinet at the Winchester
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Clipper crews begin final leg of round the world race back to Southampton
THE crews of the gruelling Clipper Round the World Yacht Race yesterday began the voyage back to Southampton as they set sail across the Atlantic from Nova Scotia, Canada. The fleet of ten identical 68ft racing yachts have some 3,000 difficult
