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Bash set sights on Hooper
BASHLEY have confirmed Staines Town's former Farnborough striker Nick Hooper is their number one target. Although the Foresters have been strongly linked with Lymington & New Milton's Leigh Phillips, 20-year-old Hooper has always been top of their
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NEWS THE 999 CREWS STAY PUT
Hampshire's under-fire ambulance chiefs have decided controversial plans to merge the service with another county should be scrapped. After a series of highly-charged public meetings across the county, bosses of the 999 service will now recommend the
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Energy plant bid suffers setback
PLANS for an energy-saving power plant to help lower as many as 10,000 household bills in Southampton's most cash-strapped areas were dealt a blow after politicians vetoed the idea. The new power and heating plant on the outskirts of the city could cut
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£60 'insult' after water tank deluge
A FAMILY who endured a night of waterlogged misery branded a £60 council pay-out an "insult". The Emery family's attic water tank overflowed causing a second-floor ceiling to collapse and gallons of water to crash into a children's bedroom. Furniture,
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Severed ear attack blamed on dog row
A SOUTHAMPTON man has admitted injuring a resident of a block of flats so viciously his ear was severed. Leslie Cole, 21, stamped on Christopher Allison's head in a neighbourhood dispute over a barking dog. The row happened at flats in Clover Nooke in
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Mars doubt for opener
CHRIS MARSDEN faces a second scan on the knee injury which has wrecked his build-up to the new season. The battling midfielder will see a specialist on Friday for a second opinion on the patella tendon he damaged at the club's La Manga training camp.
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Neve all in favour of county PGA system
Jason Neve insists that remarks he made over the mass failure of Hampshire PGA players in the Open Championship qualifiers were taken out of context. The Cams Hall club professional and Hampshire PGA captain was portrayed as implying that the Hampshire
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Ex-council chairman's computer used to browse porn sites
THE computer supplied to disgraced former Hampshire County Council chairman Freddie Emery-Wallis was used to browse pornographic websites on the Internet. Emery-Wallis, pictured above, was jailed for nine months in June after he was found guilty on five
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Drivers sought by police investigating murder bid
DETECTIVES investigating the alleged attempted murder of mother-of-four Vivien Watson are following up several leads. Police want to trace the owners of cars seen near the Hambledon bridlepath where the 43-year-old, was found naked, severely in-jured
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Was he just in the wrong place at wrong time?
THEY were steps he had taken a hundred times previously. After a few drinks at his regular pub, disabled Eddie Maddick headed for home. There waiting for him were his beloved wife Caroline, his partner for the past 26 years, and his two children. But
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Acid attack victim back in business
A BARBER who was soaked with sulphuric acid in a mystery attack at his Southampton salon is back in business. Brave Andy Sinclair reopened his business on Monday just seven weeks after nearly being blinded in a horrendous attack by a man dressed as a
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Mother in plea to halt danger jumps
THE mother of one of the youngsters caught by Daily Echo photographers jumping off the Redbridge cause-way in Southampton has called for more support from the police to stop children like her son risking their lives. Angela Coombes's 14-year-old son Gary
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Murray happy with improved one-year deal
PAUL MURRAY is confident he can rekindle his promising career after being given a year to prove himself in the Premiership. The versatile midfielder/defender last night signed a 12-month contract with Saints after making a big impact during his brief
