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Happy Chinese New Year
Ever wondered how Chinese New Year is celebrated? VICKI GREEN visits the local Chinese community to find out just that... Chinese New Year is an important celebration in its country of origin, but for the Chinese community in Southampton it is not always
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Southampton duo a cut below the rest
SOUTHAMPTON neighbours Richard Bland and Matt Blackey were left to cry into their beer after missing the cut in the Heineken Classic at the Royal Melbourne GC. As Paul Casey set a red-hot pace at 12 under, Bland missed his second successive cut after
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Versing kids in poetry
Last week Eastleigh pupils were given the option of coming along to the poetry class I was offering as part of the Daily Echo Kids Verse 2003 competition or doing another activity. Overwhelmingly, they opted for poetry. When I walked in the classroom
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Time to make piece of history
There's still time to enter the local history competition in the Daily Echo. Entries can be on any aspect of local history in the region and up to 1500 words long. You can write about anything, from a relative's memory to a piece of in-depth research:
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Is second big cat on the prowl?
A SECOND "panther" could be on the loose in Hampshire after a sighting of a big black cat with white markings near an area where a number of people have spotted a mystery beast. Pensioner Caroline Gilbert was left shocked when the animal with white hind
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Council tax hike
HAMBLE Parish Council has agreed a precept of £118,000 for the 2003/04 financial year. The move will mean a rise of just over two per cent for Band D council tax payers - an increase in line with inflation. Band D householders will pay £67.80 for the
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Leading a charmed life
The Luck Factor by Dr Richard Wiseman, published by Century, priced £9.99, is available now Can there really be such a thing as luck? And can it favour some people while ignoring others? According to psychologist Dr Richard Wiseman, author of The Luck
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TOP TWENTY BOOKS:
with Waterstone's of Southampton 1 Schott's Original Miscellany - Ben Schott 2 Stupid White Men ... and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation! - Michael Moore 3 What Not to Wear - Trinny Woodall, Susannah Constantine 4 Night Watch - Terry Pratchett
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SAINTS 0 - MANCHESTER UTD 2
Two brilliant first half goals from Manchester United sent Saints crashing to their second home league defeat in three weeks. Sir Alex Ferguson's men won for the 16th time in 19 league and cup matches thanks to goals from Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ryan
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Boxing: Woollas will provide tough test for Kenna
HEAVYWEIGHT hope Colin Kenna faces one of the toughest tests of his career when big-time boxing returns to Southampton Guildhall later this month. The unbeaten Lordshill boxer will meet Lancashire dangerman Chris Woollas - a veteran of nearly 50 professional
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Basketball: Stars can't get caught with guard down
SOLENT Stars are in danger of being caught 'off-guard' for this weekend's home double-header in the National Conference. The south coast club have fitness doubts over court commander Mark Jackson and his fellow guard Anthony Rutter. Team captain Jackson
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Judge blocks Greenpeace boarding Gulf-bound ships
A HIGH Court judge has granted the Ministry of Defence a temporary injunction banning Greenpeace anti-war protesters from boarding or attaching themselves to British military supply ships bound for the Gulf. But Mr Justice Thomas refused to order the
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Answers demanded as hospice snubbed
AN MP is demanding an explanation after a lottery grant was awarded to one Hampshire hospice while another was turned down. The New Opportunities Fund (NOF) has rejected a £260,000 application from Oakhaven Hospice, Lymington, but approved a £644,000
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Nuffield nights to remember
Casualty heart-throb Clive Mantle and Marion and Geoff star Rob Brydon are among the big names coming to Southampton's Nuffield Theatre over the next few months. Mantle takes the title role in the first production of the spring season, the 1960s comedy-drama
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Review: Songs and laughter
Sleeping Beauty - Esso Music and Drama Group, Waterside Theatre (ends tonight) Sleeping Beauty is staged in the more traditional mode and gives the company - with 11 scenes and 17 musical numbers - an opportunity to entertain both young and old. The sets
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CHURCH CHOICES
DIVORCED couples who want to remarry in church will have to meet strict Church of England guidelines before being allowed to wed, the Daily Echo can reveal. Breaking with centuries of tradition, the Church of England has published a series of pastoral
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It's plane crazy!
ANGRY Southampton residents are launching a campaign to save more than 30 protected trees earmarked for the chop because they have been dubbed a danger to aircraft. Airport bosses claim the trees, all in the Townhill Park area, are encroaching on aircrafts
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Hi-tech trains are put back on track
DOZENS of hi-tech new trains that had been delayed in being introduced because of power problems in the south are set to come back on track. Industry regulator the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) is expected shortly to announce the award of a £1 billion
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Spider bites pensioner
A PENSIONER is recovering at home today after she was bitten by a giant spider which crawled out of a bunch of bananas. Supermarket bosses at Tesco have launched an investigation after 83-year-old Ena Woodthorpe from Cowes, Isle of Wight, was bitten on
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Officers tell of Solent rescue
OFFICERS involved in the rescue of a man who jumped into the Solent on Thursday evening have spoken of the moment they pulled him to safety. The officers saved the 23-year-old man as he began to lose consciousness. PC Barber was on shift when the call
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FERGUSON: 'The best sports pyschologist I have ever seen in my life' - Strachan
LIKENING any manager to Sir Alex Ferguson is brave - but many can at least see similarities with Gordon Strachan. The Saints boss has a fiery reputation, an all-consuming passion for football and he is also constructing a team at St Mary's capable of
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Woman named in marina death probe
DETECTIVES investigating the suspicious death of a woman found floating in a marina on the Isle of Wight have confirmed the victim's identity. Police named her as 58-year-old Faye Mary Wilson, of Redshank Way, Binfield, Newport. Her body was found floating
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FULL-TIME SCORES
Full-time results from the top clubs in the South SAINTS 0 - MANCHESTER UTD 2 PORTSMOUTH 3 - GRIMSBY 0 BOURNEMOUTH 2 - BOSTON UTD 1
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Will Craig be the flava of the Brits?
ANOTHER year, another set of Brit nominations for Craig David. This year the Southampton superstar has picked up two nominations, for Best British Male and Best British Urban Act, as easily as he has done for the past two years. But actually winning a
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Andover leave it late at Hamble
A late strike from Steve McNulty saw Andover squeeze past Hamble at Folland Park on Saturday, after Danny Sullivan's goal had been cancelled out by Hamble's Rob Ackroyd. Elsewhere in the Jewson Wessex League, Whitchurch's game against Lymington &
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Rough start to record attempt
Ellen MACARTHUR's catamaran Kingfisher 2 passed Cape Finistere after a rough night in the North Atlantic on its epic non-stop round-the-world Jules Verne record attempt. Winds average 30 knots from the north east pushing Kingfisher 2 to sail slightly
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Goodwood, vehicle carrier, 0001, 201 link; Autosky, ro/ro, 1000, 201 link; Asian Breeze, ro/ro, AM, 43; Turandort, ro/ro, AM, 34/35; Montlhery, ro/ro, PM, 201 link. Today's Principal Sailings: Goodwood, vehicle carrier, 0400
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Sea Scouts rise to the Daily Echo Scouting Challenge
SEA SCOUTS from the 13th Southampton Group are making sure everything is shipshape for a Daily Echo challenge which is going out to Hampshire's Scouting community. Scouts have always relished a challenge and the Daily Echo is setting a "green goal" which
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Darts: Pompey is the place for stars of the oche
Stars of the oche will be toeing the line in Portsmouth over two days as professionals and pub players mingle in a top competition. The Golden Hind in Copnor Road, the Good Companion in Eastern Road and the Heron in Havant, all part of the Laurel Pub
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Mark drops in on his folks
A WORLD champion in an extreme sport has paid a flying visit to his family home in Milford on Sea - almost literally. Mark Shinn, the current world champion in kite surfing, swooped in from Dusseldorf to say hello to his parents, Di and Mike, bringing
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Review: Good versus evil
Aladdin - Lyndhurst Drama & Music Society, Vernon Theatre, Lyndhurst Good battles evil in rhyming couplets at the Vernon Theatre. This colourful pantomime is alive with lights and glittering costumes and the society has some impressive talents in
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Early finish to road misery is predicted
MAJOR roadworks that have caused misery for thousands of motorists driving into Southampton will be finished two weeks earlier than planned. City council transport bosses and gas pipeline company Transco have acted to cut the time work on the A33 Redbridge
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Readers say 'no' to new school terms
DAILY ECHO readers have given plans for a six-term school year a resolute thumbs down. We asked readers to let us know their opinions by letter, by phone and on the Internet - and the result is a resounding NO. A crushing 71 per cent of parents opposed
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My ghost was Spider-Man!
THE GHOST that haunted Alf Mansbridge has been well and truly busted! The 69-year-old from Millbrook, Southampton, had hardly been able to get a wink of sleep for four months. He was tormented by a chilling voice that seemed to be saying: "I won't take
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Judge blocks Greenpeace boarding Gulf-bound ships
A HIGH Court judge has granted the Ministry of Defence a temporary injunction banning Greenpeace anti-war protesters from boarding or attaching themselves to British military supply ships bound for the Gulf. But Mr Justice Thomas refused to order the
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Is second big cat on the prowl?
A SECOND "panther" could be on the loose in Hampshire after a sighting of a big black cat with white markings near an area where a number of people have spotted a mystery beast. Pensioner Caroline Gilbert was left shocked when the animal with white hind
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Stage fright!
A JUMP to the left, a step to your right, put your hands on your hips and bring your knees in tight ... So goes the famous Time Warp song from the Rocky Horror Show - the cross-dressing theatrical spectacular that is in its 30th year and playing to packed
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Let us entertain you
THE hearts of hundreds of parents in Southampton are sure to swell with pride as their children prepare to bring the house down in a grand concert tonight. Singing Squad East, Singing Squad West and Ready Steady Sing are to start a series of Itchen College