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Wildlife Trust challenges election candidates' green credentials
COUNCIL candidates across Hampshire have been challenged to show their green credentials by the county's leading wildlife charity. The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust has written to more then 700 candidates asking them to outline what they
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Retiring worker's parting shot at council boss
A FRUSTRATED council worker took out his anger on his bosses by firing off an abusive e-mail on his last day at work before retiring. The Hampshire County Council employee emailed everyone he could find on the authorities internal database questioning
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Rush hour misery after motorway closure
MOTORISTS faced rush hour chaos tonight after an accident on a busy stretch of Hampshire motorway. Drivers heading northbound on the M3 were stuck in lengthy tailbacks after all three lanes of the motorway had to be closed. A section of the northbound
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We don’t want your gravel pit digging here!
PLANS to turn part of the New Forest into a giant gravel pit were due to be examined at a public inquiry today. New Milton Sand and Ballast wants to extract more than 800,000 tonnes of gravel from a 40-acre site at Downton Manor Farm, Milford on Sea.
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Revved up for toy drop
TV chef James Martin helped hundreds of Harley-Davidson enthusiasts deliver toys to Southampton General Hospital. Dozens of bikers from the New Forest, pictured, were among those who took part in the run, which was organised by Dockgate 20 Harley-Davidson
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Missing cat tricksters
A FAIR OAK pensioner has fallen prey to a young trickster who claimed that he had lost his cat. The elderly woman answered the door to a youth who said he had lost his cat and asked for a torch to help look for it. The woman got one and helped look for
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Bric-a-brac sale needs support
THE LOCKS Heath Inner Wheel Club will be holding a nearly new and bric-a-brac sale this Saturday. It will take place at The Victory Hall, Warsash Road, Warsash, from 10.30am. Money raised will go to Cure International, a worldwide orthopaedics children's
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Who’s the best business?
THE BIGGEST celebration of the county's business achievement is launched today when nominations for 2007's Daily Echo-backed Hampshire Business Awards open. This year's search for the county's best businesses sees the sponsors challenging Hampshire companies
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Pips bosses don’t deny £80m buy-out rumour
THE OWNERS of a Hampshire firm whose speed camera technology has put the brakes on countless motorists are thought to be preparing to cash in to the tune of £80m. Scores of staff of Chandler's Ford's Pips Technology face an anxious wait over their future
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Fine travellers too
I AM disgusted that the travellers have been allowed to stay at Riverside Park. We get fined if we don't clean up after our dogs but these people have been openly using the bushes around the school playing field as a toilet! I hope they are going to
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New platform for Keygrove
INDEPENDENT Chartered Surveyors Keygrove have been elected to represent Hampshire for Property Agents International. Bernie Cooper, agency director at Keygrove, said: "We are delighted to be part of a national network of like-minded organisations offering
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Michael steps up to marathon challenge
KING Sturge's Michael Green is in serious training for the London Marathon this Sunday, which will be his third in three decades. Michael is running on behalf of the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust, part of the Disabilities Trust and aims to put
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Lease firm sees business grow
SLOUGH Estates International, a provider of flexible business space in Southampton, has announced profits of £690m, 18.5 per cent up on last year. In and around Southampton, the company's property portfolio includes Trilogy, an industrial development
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Make your voice heard
SCHOOLCHILDREN in Southampton are being encouraged to start thinking about local democracy early in the hope they will use their vote after they turn 18. A new pack of resources has been launched for schools to use in citizenship lessons. The Local
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Care worker pay dispute settled
CARE workers in Southampton have settled their pay dispute which has seen them go on strike twice, the Daily Echo can reveal. Union members - about two thirds of the workforce - have voted to accept proposals to phase out the antisocial hours payments
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Binmen injured by knives
THESE are some of the razor-sharp blades that thoughtless householders have put out with their rubbish. Council chiefs in the New Forest have issued an alert to residents after two refuse collectors suffered cuts to their hands. The binmen were injured
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Eleanor inquest opens
An inquest into the death of Hampshire soldier Private Eleanor Dlugosz in Iraq earlier this month opened today. The body of the 19-year-old from Swanmore, along with the bodies of three of her colleagues were flown back to Britain last week after the
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City sets course for a cruise bonanza
IT'S going to be a firework feast, super sailing, cruise calling, passenger packed, Southampton saluting record breaker! Thousands of sightseers are expected to crowd the shoreline of Southampton Water as some of the newest, largest and most famous vessels
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Biker Suzi touts the safety message in New Forest
CELEBRITY biker girl Suzi Perry paid a visit to the New Forest to spread the word about road safety to children. The event was part of Suzi Perry's Road Trip 2007 and saw car and motorbike experts sharing advice and teaching youngsters about safety on
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City sets course for cruise bonanza
IT'S going to be a firework feast, super sailing, cruise calling, passenger packed, Southampton saluting record breaker! Thousands of sightseers are expected to crowd the shoreline of Southampton Water as some of the newest, largest and most famous vessels
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City sets course for cruise bonanza
IT'S going to be a firework feast, super sailing, cruise calling, passenger packed, Southampton saluting record breaker! Thousands of sightseers are expected to crowd the shoreline of Southampton Water as some of the newest, largest and most famous vessels
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Sam is the super survivor
THE Hampshire boy who was left with horrific injuries after being trapped under a bus has been dubbed a miracle' by doctors who have been amazed by the speed of his recovery. After just two weeks, Sam Demarco was recovering at home despite suffering
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Log on for Titanic’s anniversary
SOUTHAMPTON City Council has launched a new website to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. It features a gallery of images and sound clips including spoken accounts from those onboard as well as relatives and eyewitnesses.
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My smoking friends want the ban too
WHO does S Ireland think they are by portraying non-smokers as smug 4x4 drivers who take their car 100 yards to the shops? I have never smoked and I have never driven a car and I cannot believe that he portrays all non-smokers like this. I cannot wait
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I'm proud not to smoke
I AM quite proud to be a "smug and snooty anti-smoker''. I turn my nose up (mostly away actually) when some inconsiderate person lights up near me. I also let them know it by commenting just loud enough for my words to be heard - and not just by the
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Plenty of sparrows here
IN reply to Paddy Maxwell (Letters, April 13) concerning the disappearance of sparrows, we have plenty of them and other birds in our garden. We have lots of sparrows feeding and nesting in the bushes alongside our house. Other birds we see are blackbirds
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Media influences violent behaviour
EVERYONE should be shocked by the recent senseless stabbings in Southampton recently. What concerns me is that nobody seems to connect some of the things that happen with what our young people are watching today. What about all the violence that is
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Dock Movements
Today's principal Southampton arrivals Cape Falster, container, 0200, 204; Euphoria, container, 0300, 206e; Tarifa, vehicle, 0330, 43; Tristan, vehicle, 0730, 34/35; Valencia, container, 0800, 206w; Autoline, roro, 1130, 201; Asian Chorus, roro, 1300
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Bus fares mystery
WHY do different bus companies charge such different prices for the same journey? I often catch a bus from centre of Totton into Southampton and Solent Blue Line charges £3.80, while Wilts and Dorset charges £3. They take exactly the same route and I
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I long for smoking ban
I AM one of the so-called smug and snooty anti-smoker brigade to whom S E Ireland has offered a bet to see who can outlive who (Letters, April 12). However, I do not conform to the image portrayed as I do not possess a 4x4, my husband and I have one
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Balloon wouldn't be a wow
AHOT air balloon for Southampton? What a cracking idea - and how apposite considering all the hot air expended during the previous few months regarding the elusive wow factor. The fact that Bournemouth has successfully operated one for some ten years
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Tesco tills ringing up £4,800 every minute
TESCO, Southampton's biggest retailer, this morning unveiled record profits of £2.55 billion - equivalent to £4,800 a minute. Sales of around £35.6 billion by the supermarket giant, which has almost twenty stores in and around Southampton, will provide
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A WEEKEND OF SUNSHINE AND GENTLE BREEZES
Conditions for the Raymarine Warsash Spring Series, Spring Championships and Big Boat Series have certainly run the whole gamut - from gales to barely a whisper across the water. The weekend of 14th/15th April saw the start of the Spring Championships
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Saints stars play through the pain
SAINTS have plunged into an injury crisis ahead of the must-win clash against Leeds. Darren Powell (knee) and Jermaine Wright (hernia) both need operations but are playing through the pain barrier in a bid to keep Saints' promotion dream alive.
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Vase heroes take no risks
GOSPORT Borough's 3-3 draw at Brading Town on Saturday has let AFC Totton right back into the race for the Sydenhams Wessex League title. But with a massive FA Vase final just round the corner and three ultra-tough league games ahead, Totton boss Stuart
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Westley Grove flats plan reaches critical stage
PLANS to build 12 two-bedroom flats are to be debated by members of Fareham Borough Council's planning committee tomorrow. There have been 24 letters of complaint to the council about the application for outline planning permission to replace the two
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Hants player wins Salver
MARK Thistleton was so sure his day was done that he'd packed his spikes and was heading for the shower when they told him he was in a play-off for the Selborne Salver on Saturday. He didn't even have a practice swing before he was playing the 10th
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Librarians take to the streets to protest at cutbacks
WINCHESTER High Street was crowded with one of the strangest protests seen in its long history. About 100 people held a silent sitdown "read-in" around the Buttercross monument to protest at Hampshire County Council's plans for the library service.
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Bashley stars could miss opener
Bashley (Rydal) could be without two of their main players for the start of the new ECB Southern Electric Premier League cricket season in three weeks time. Opening batsman Neil Thurgood and all-rounder Andy Neal could both miss the curtain-raiser
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Warne stars as Hants clock up huge win
SHANE Warne bowled Hampshire to a pre-season thrashing of Cardiff UCCE at a sun-drenched Rose Bowl yesterday. Before the only three-day friendly of Hampshire's preparations for the start of the new season, Warne had not bowled a ball since Australia
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Three barn fires are being treated as arson
Fires which destroyed three barns in rural Hampshire are being treated as suspected arson. Two barns within three miles of each other were both engulfed in flames at about the same time. It took fire crews across the county more than four hours to fight
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Saints beat the champions
SOUTHAMPTON ended their season on a high after edging out Hampshire 1 winners Trojans 20-14 at Test Park. Trojans took a seven-point lead from the kick-off but went to sleep and too many mistakes enabled Southampton to earn a hard-fought victory.
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Police seize £8.3 million from criminals
MILLIONS of pounds worth of assets have been seized by Hampshire Police to stop villains making merry with the proceeds from their criminal deeds. This is revealed in the Hampshire Constabulary's latest peformance figures. The county's police used the
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Man rescued after being trapped in mud
SOLENT Coastguard launched a rescue operation after an angler became stuck in the mud. The 38-year-old from Porchester raised the alarm after the mud came over his waders, trapping him underneath the pylons near the Cams Hall Golf Course in Fareham.
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Heartbreak after student dies of meningitis
THE mother of a Hampshire student told yesterday how she gave her son a final hug in the hours before his death from meningitis. Ade Gibbs, 19, an A-level student at Peter Symonds College in Winchester, died of meningococcal meningitis after the virus
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Residents fight gravel plan at public inquiry
A PUBLIC inquiry was due to start today into plans to turn part of the New Forest into a giant gravel pit. New Milton Sand and Ballast wants to extract more than 800,000 tonnes of gravel from a 40-acre site at Downton Manor Farm, Milford on Sea. Hampshire
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City arts complex deal finally done
A DEAL to transform a disused Southampton department store into a flagship arts complex has finally been done. The £13.01m project is seen as the keystone in creating a cultural quarter in Northern Above Bar. Developer City Lofts has put pen to paper
