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Oct 26, 2009
Titanic Service

More local news from the South Hampshire area from Dibben and Dibben as the ashes of a woman who became the last survivor of the Titanic have been scattered following a memorial service. Millvina Dean was nine weeks old when the liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on its maiden voyage from Southampton on 15 April 1912.

Miss Dean died in a care home in Hampshire on 31 May at the age of 97. Miss Dean's ashes were scattered from a small launch on the water of berth 43/44 at Southampton Docks, the terminal from which the ship set sail.

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Mortgage Approvals Rising

ore news from the UK Property market from Dibben and Dibben as the number of new mortgages approved by the main UK banks for house purchase is still rising, according to the British Bankers' Association (BBA). Banks, which currently account for most new mortgages, approved 42,100 home loans for house buyers in September, up from 40,100 in August.

Bank mortgage approvals are now 77% higher than a year ago. The BBA said approvals had now been "rising steadily" for the past eight months. It added that the number of new loans for house purchase was back to the level last seen at the end of 2007.

"Mortgage lending by the High Street banks is continuing to improve from the lows seen earlier this year and the number of house purchase approvals continues to recover," said the BBA's statistics director, David Dooks.

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Oct 22, 2009
Great South Run 2009

More local news from in and around the South Hampshire from Dibben and Dibben as a record entry of 21,000 are going through their paces in the final run-up to this year's Great South Run. The event is Britain's biggest 10 mile (16 kilometre) road race and attracts elite athletes alongside celebrities, sports stars and thousands of club runners and fundraisers.

Millions of pounds are raised for good causes each year.The race has been held in Portsmouth since 1992 and the route passes many of the city's most famous landmarks.

The run takes place this weekend.

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Homes Sales Rise

More news from the UK property market from Dibben and Dibben as property sales in the UK picked up over the summer, according to figures from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). Sales rose from 80,000 in August to 82,000 in September. More significantly, sales in the third quarter of the year, covering July to September, were 11% higher than in the previous three months.

The figures on property sales from the Revenue chime with those published this week by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). They showed that total mortgage lending in the third quarter, including lending to people who were simply changing their mortgage deals but not moving, was 18% higher than in the previous three months.

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Dee Degree

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 Sir David Frost, who lives near Romsey, also collected an honorary doctorate at the ceremony on Wednesday.

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Oct 21, 2009
Matchstick Oil Rig

More local news from in and around the Hampshire area from Dibben and Dibben as a man who spent 15 years making a model oil rig out of four million matches has broken the world record. David Reynolds, from Swaythling in Southampton, created a replica of the Brent Bravo oil rig in the North Sea, where he used to work.

Guinness World Records confirmed the model, the Cathedrals of the Sea, has broken the record with 4.075m matches, beating the previous record of 3.5m. The model is on display at Bursledon Industrial Brickworks Museum, Swanwick.

Mr Reynolds, who made the model in his spare time, said he was going to destroy it earlier this year because he had no where to put it.

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Oct 20, 2009
Jane Austin Quilt

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 first time in its 200-year history that the ‘Jane Austen Quilt’ has ever left the Jane Austen’s House Museum at Chawton. The ‘Jane Austen Quilt’ is properly described as a patchwork coverlet, as it is not lined or quilted. It is made of printed cottons and chintzes pieced together in a colourful pattern of diamonds.

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Replica Palace of Versailles

More local news from in and around the South Hampshire from Dibben and Dibben as a man has recreated the Palace of Versailles inside his Hampshire council flat after spending two decades handcrafting elaborate wooden designs. The 59 year-old has spent 23 years recreating the palace by covering the walls and ceilings of his ninth floor, two bedroom, flat in his anonymous 1960's concrete tower block.

Despite spending hundreds of hours painstakingly working his magic on wardrobes, chairs and off cuts of wood rescued from skips, recreating his Southampton home it has not cost him much money. Some of the tables are made from discarded wooden salad bowls while detailing on the fireplace was created using the brass prongs from plugs. He did buy several of the pieces, however.

Now the grandiose design resembles the famous French Palace of Versailles which was built on the outskirts of Paris for Louis XV.

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Oct 19, 2009
Sailors Go Cycling

More local news from in and around the Solent area from Dibben and Dibben as local girls Cath Vise and Karen Fraser from Cowes and Southampton, who sailed around Britain with the Ellen MacArthur Trust as skipper and mate, are now embarking on a new challenge to raise more funds for the Trust. Having recently spent four months sailing around Britain with the Ellen MacArthur Trust you might have expected sailors Cath Vise and Karen Fraser to take the opportunity for a well earned rest.

Instead they have taken on a new challenge, cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats via the three peaks of Snowdon, Scafell Pike, and Ben Nevis, and climbing each one on route. By the time they have finished the challenge on 7 November Cath and Karen will have sailed around Britain, cycled the length of Britain, and climbed Britain’s highest peaks, all within six months.

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Emergency Services Rescue Foal

More local news from in and around the the South Hampshire area from Dibben and Dibben as Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to rescue a foal stuck in a muddy river bank last week. Animal Rescue Specialist, Watch Manager Jim Green was alerted to attend the incident at Bridge Street, Titchfield, with supporting crews from Fareham and Havant fire stations.

The six month old filly, which weighed approximately 200kg, was stuck in the mud on the side of the river bank. The animal was in distress and not used to human contact or wearing a headcollar. Therefore, in the interest of the safety of the crew and the foal's own welfare a vet from Animed Veterinary Practice was requested to attend and sedate the foal before the rescue commenced.

Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service has a team of four Animal Rescue Specialists. The dedicated team are leading the way in animal rescue work in the UK, with other fire and rescue service's learning from their example. Their role is not solely responding to incidents, they are also heavily involved in education and the development of new rescue techniques, as well as promoting animal welfare.

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