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Saints offer more tickets for St Mary's tie as Derby return 700!
SAINTS have struck an early blow in their play-off semi-final battle with Derby after the Rams were forced to return more than 700 tickets for Saturday's game at St Mary's. The Rams weren't able to sell their full allocation for the biggest game of the
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Concrete slab falls onto Ocean Village workman
THESE dramatic pictures taken by a Daily Echo reader show paramedics tending to a man after a slab of concrete fell on him as he worked in Ocean Village. He was taken to hospital with a suspected broken leg. The drama happened yesterday in the Ocean
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Reburial for man put in wrong grave
IT is the extraordinary graveyard blunder that brought pain and anguish to two Hampshire families. A horrified couple were distraught to find that bungling church officials had buried the wrong man in the plot they had reserved next to their son. Relatives
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'I'll swap you my home in Oz for a Saints ticket!'
DESPITE living more than 10,000 miles from his team, a lifelong Saints fan has come up with a unique offer in a bid to get a seat for this weekend's play-offs. Ex-pat Matt Pearce has already paid out more than £1,000 to get a flight back to the UK for
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Growers dig for victory
A DISPUTE over plans to build hundreds of new homes on allotments in a Hampshire town is heading for the High Court in London. Allotment holders in Eastleigh have applied for a High Court judicial review into the plans that would see three plots in the
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Sting did sack his chef unfairly
A HAMPSHIRE chef is in line for tens of thousands of pounds in damages after she was sacked from her job working for rock star Sting and his wife after getting pregnant. Jane Martin, 41, from Winchester, worked for the multi-millionaire couple for eight
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Hot weather could scupper flower show chances
AFTER 61 years of unbroken success at the UK's most prestigious flower show, a Hampshire nursery says its winning run is threatened because the weather has been too hot. Hilliers Nursery in Ampfield has scooped coveted gold medals at the Chelsea Flower
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Firefighters say no to £1bn shake-up
AN overwhelming number of firefighters believe regional control centres, one of which is due to be built in Hampshire, will prove disastrous for the service. A YouGov poll of almost 2,000 firefighters from around the UK showed that 96 per cent of those
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Bruce and Clark wreak havoc before play is abandoned
CLOSE: LANCASHIRE ARE 56-4(FLINTOFF 15*, LAW 6*) AFTER 18 OVERS, HAVING LOST THE TOSS You have to go back nearly three years for the only other time Shane Warne has fielded first after winning the toss at the Rose Bowl. On that occasion, Hampshire
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High praise for caring college
A SOUTHAMPTON independent school has been described as good with outstanding features by inspectors from the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted). They praised standards of teaching and learning, the broad curriculum, extra curricular activities
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I’m a natural high climber
YOU need to be fairly grounded to be able to keep your wits - and limbs - about you as you scale walls many metres high. However, 12-year-old George Upson from Ringwood has done just that and will be representing London and the south-east in the national
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Prime minister stands down
TONY Blair today finally announced that his ten years as Prime Minister were almost over. Mr Blair formally told his Cabinet this morning of his plans to step down as Labour leader and Prime Minister. He then made his annoucement in a speech in his constituency
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96% say no
AN overwhelming number of firefighters believe regional control centres, one of which is due to be built in Hampshire, will prove disastrous for the service. A YouGov poll of almost 2,000 firefighters from around the UK showed that 96 per cent of those
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Water company says sorry through newspaper ads
A WATER company today placed full-page adverts in newspapers, including the Southern Daily Echo, apologising to customers experiencing difficulties in contacting it by telephone. Southern Water said it has had "teething trouble" with its £20m billing
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Towns ready to swear in their new first citizens
TWO towns will be rolling out the red carpet today for mayor-making ceremonies. This evening at the Eastleigh Civic Offices Councillor Roger Smith will be slipping into the mayoral robes to begin his civic reign. Southampton-born Cllr Smith has for
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Temporary speed limit on A35
A TEMPORARY speed limit has been imposed on the A35 between Lyndhurst and Ashurst. The normal 60mph restriction has been reduced to 40mph to protect engineers building a long-awaited new cycleway between the two villages. Work began last month and is
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Main burst hits village
MORE than 600 homes in Stockbridge were left without water for hours yesterday after a water main burst in the High Street. The underground main in the Test Valley village ruptured on Wednesday morning sending torrents of water rushing through the historic
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Blair names the day
TONY Blair told his Cabinet today of his plans to quit as party leader . . . but even his top ministers were left to wait for confirmation of the date until he had met his constituency party workers. At the regular Thursday Cabinet meeting the Prime
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PSP in running for Cowes Week deal
A SMALL Hampshire freight business has emerged as a shock contender to take on the sponsorship of the world-famous Cowes Week sailing regatta. Fareham-based Premier Shipping and Packing is now in talks with Cowes Week bosses to take on the sponsorship
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Dock Movements
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Hoegh Paris, roro, 0630, 40; Bunga Seroja Satu, container, 0800, 206; Busan Express, container, 0800, 206; Monika, cargo, 0930, 36; Autostar, roro, 1930, 201 Today's principal Southampton sailings: Bunga
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Unfair to fine residents
I HAVE been issued with a penalty charge notice for parking my car in Beacon Bottom, around the corner to where I live. My girlfriend and I live in a lovely old terrace property on the busy Botley Road in Park Gate and we have no allocated residents'
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Students' clean-up should be weekly
DR Keith Johnson, of Southampton Solent University, in writing about students and their responsibilities to the local community (Letters, May 2), should encourage students, when off campus and hopefully enjoying themselves as they are entitled, to cool
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C&A building
A RECENT article in the Daily Echo concerning the Tyrrell & Green site, referred to the funds to be used for northern Above Bar and a revamp of Guildhall Square. The next paragraph said that the council would market the nearby disused C&A building. At
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How could Britain fight another Falklands War?
THE 25th anniversary of the Falklands conflict has prompted me to wonder what would happen if the Argentinians invaded the islands again now that our forces are tied up in Iraq and Afghanistan. Transferring a large force from Iraq to the other ends of
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Why parent and child space was in use
WHILE putting my baby into the car at a Hedge End superstore, I noticed a couple without children parked in a parent and baby space. I shook my head in a disapproving manner at them, to which the driver explained why he was parked there, His justification
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Fiasco of vacant allotments
THE battle to save Eastleigh allotments from developers remains a bitter dispute between the people of the town and an increasingly desperate and out of touch local council who in their latest move against allotment gardeners have plunged to new depths
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Suzuki Superbike is up for grabs!
SOUTHAMPTON IT training firm Blue Chip is giving away a Suzuki British Superbike to celebrate the official opening of its new centre in the city today. Reaching 0-60mph in just 2.4 seconds, the Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000, pictured, is a replica of the bikes
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Crowd fears could halt festival
A MINI Glastonbury-style festival due to be held on farmland near Winchester this summer could be stopped because of police fears over crowd control. The Woolfire Festival is hoping to attract up to 500 people to a field in Woodmancott near Micheldever
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Memorial desecrated hours after unveiling
A MEMORIAL stone has been desecrated just hours after it was unveiled by a Hampshire mayor. The cement had not even dried around the newly-laid tribute at Wells Place, Eastleigh, when vandals struck. They etched the letters KITA into the bottom right
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Pearson boost for Rams
DERBY County midfielder Stephen Pearson has suffered no reaction to his first start in ten weeks. And that has thrust the ex-Celtic man into the frame for Saturday's play-off clash at St Mary's. Pearson handed the Rams a boost by completing 90 minutes
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Maritime agency staff take industrial action
ABOUT 80 staff at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in Southampton are today starting indefinite industrial action in protest at their latest pay offer. Marine surveyors, responsible for ensuring vessels are seaworthy, and senior managers, including
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We'll do it for you, Claus
GEORGE Burley today insists: We'll win promotion for Claus! The Saints manager has revealed his captain's sickening injury blow has produced an extra determination to return to the Premiership. Lundekvam started the season by being stretchered off
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No jail for thugs who attacked train passenger
THREE thugs who followed a man off a train and into a Hampshire town centre before submitting him to a violent attack as they attempted to rob him have escaped jail. The judge at Portsmouth Crown Court told the trio he hoped non-custodial sentences would
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Labour woos the Lib Dems in bid to secure power
THE Labour group on Southampton City Council is wooing the Liberal Democrats to help it form the next administration. It hopes to have top-level talks in the next few days to come up with a deal that will allow it to take power on the hung council.
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Burglar who crashed car outside city bar is jailed
A BURGLAR who crashed his victim's BMW after a high-speed chase through a Hampshire city centre has been jailed for two years. Ian Hutchison, pictured, smashed the car into a bollard outside a pub crowded with lunchtime drinkers. Sentencing, Judge Michael
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Pressure group urges abolition of inheritance tax
THE Government should follow new French president Nicolas Sarkozy's lead and abolish inheritance tax, a pressure group said today. The call came after it emerged that World Cup hero Alan Ball's family is to have to pay an inheritance tax bill of £83,200
