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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Military personnel, civic leaders and residents line streets of Wootton Bassett The body of one of the army's most respected explosives experts, who was killed while defusing an improvised bomb in Afghanistan, was returned home today amid emotional scenes. Staff Sergeant Olaf Schmid, 30, died on Saturday in Helmand province a few days before he was due to return to the UK. His body was repatriated...
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Susie Vereker - writer (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Do tune in to Simon's Cat videos on YouTube. Hilarious - see link at Random Jottings . I love the one where Simon's cat won't let him watch tv. What did you think of the Churchill film on Monday? We enjoyed it even if some critics called it Churchill-lite. I didn't think the beach and house looked much like Hendaye, but that's nit-picking. Here's a link to the row about the late Steig Larsson's royalties....
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Staff Sergeant Olaf Sean George Schmid died while defusing bomb in Sangin, Helmand province A senior army explosives expert was killed while defusing a bomb on the final day of his tour of duty in southern Afghanistan, it has been revealed. Staff Sergeant Olaf Sean George Schmid, 30, died instantly on Saturday while attempting to make an improvised explosive device safe in the Sangin region of Helmand...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Alisdair Sinclair receives nine-year sentence for 'slaughtering' mobile phone company's head of business analysis A jealous husband who stabbed his wife more than 30 times after she admitted to an affair was jailed today for nine years. Judge Guy Boney QC told Alisdair Sinclair he had "slaughtered" his wife, Sally, 40, when he "exploded in a frenzy of brutality" at her admission....
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Unexplained Mysteries (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Councillor Adrian Hicks, a city councillor for Winchester in Hampshire, England has now made an OFFICIAL stand on the issue of UFOs and Extraterrestrials in and around his city and beyond. Tonight a second video was leaked to me as was his new website just posted. Councillor Hicks feels strongly about the UFO issue and the fact that a UFO base is located near his city and that the public are not being...
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Free Range Family (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
If you breathe a word of this to anyone, I may have to come round and beat you with a 1970s Ladybird copy of The Story of Railways. So, strictly between you and me, in deepest, darkest Hampshire (Ok, not that deep and dark, in the very posh Winchester, to be precise) there resides a shop of such magnitude that people speak of it in hushed tone. The Hambledon. They call themselves a ‘department...
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Webeufobelievers (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
Councillor Adrian Hicks, a city councillor for Winchester in Hampshire, England has now made an OFFICIAL stand on the issue of UFOs and Extraterrestrials in and around his city and beyond. Tonight a second video was leaked to me as was his new website just posted. Councillor Hicks feels strongly about the UFO issue and the fact that a UFO base is located near his city and that the public are not
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Estate Agents In Fareham Hampshire (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
More local news from in and around the Hampshire area from Dibben and Dibben as the comedian Jack Dee has received an honorary degree in a ceremony at Winchester Cathedral. The 47-year-old comic, who grew up in the city, accepted the accolade from the University of Winchester. The degree was in recognition of his outstanding contribution to comedy, drama and the performing arts. Veteran broadcaster...
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Estate Agents In Fareham Hampshire (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
More local news and events from around the Hampshire aread from Dibben and Dibben as a rare patchwork coverlet thought to have been worked by Jane Austen has gone on display in Winchester Discovery Centre. The major new exhibition ‘Quilty Secrets’ shows patchwork and quilting, historical and contemporary, from Hampshire County Councils Museum Service and private collections. This is the...
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The Observer (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Identical twin Simon Maclellan wrongly released from custody after pretending to be his brother, court told A man pleaded guilty today to attempting to pervert the course of justice by switching identities with his twin brother, causing him to be wrongly released from custody. Simon Maclellan, 27, who was on remand at Winchester prison in July for a serious assault, walked free from a court after...
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Estate Agents In Fareham Hampshire (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
More local events from in and around the Hampshire area from Dibben and Dibben as Various venues are holding Big Draw events this weekend - part of the month-long campaign to encourage all ages and abilities to paint or draw. Artist Heather Butler we will be exploring Andover Museum and taking inspiration from the pottery on display. At the Allen Gallery in Alton local artist Jo Carter is exploring...
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Estate Agents In Fareham Hampshire (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
More local news from in and around the Solent area from Dibben and Dibben as a brave volunteer from Winchester’s Citizens Advice (CAB) raised more than £3,000 for the bureau by jumping out of a plane. Ann Burr, who has been with the charity for the last 12 years, completed a daring skydive near Salisbury earlier this month (October). She joined around 50 other volunteers from the organisation,...
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Basingstoke and North Hampshire Pub a day (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
The Amport Inn, Amport, Hampshire , originally uploaded by Mike Cattell . The Amport Inn is over 200 years old, and was once home of the Marquis of Winchester's coachman. Beautifully situated overlooking a tributary of the River Test, surrounded by fields and fabulous scenery.
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Estate Agents In Fareham Hampshire (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
More quirky news from in and around the South Hampshire area from Dibben and Dibben Winchester councillor Adrian Hicks is on the search for an alien dressed like a ballerina that he spotted five years ago. as Visible only to the chosen few, the pretty blonde female UFO interloper is said to shuffle along the pavement in a penguin-like walk, wearing only a white ballet outfit and broad smile. She had...
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The Ben Lomond Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
This is Adrian Hicks. Who he? He’s a seemingly quite ordinary orthopaedic technician and Liberal Democrat councillor from Winchester in Hampshire. A story about him caught my eye as I read the Metro on my way back from Glasgow this morning. A few searches tonight confirm that the Metro story about Mr Hicks is probably lifted from a [...]
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