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Hants struggle against Key and Van Jaarsveld
KENT (199 AND 223-1) LEAD HAMPSHIRE (272) BY 150 RUNS There was a touch of the prophetic about Nic Pothas's Daily Echo column this week. "If there's one Kent player we should look out for this week it's Martin Van Jaarsveld. He's hardly set the world
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CAB worker wins claim over unfair sacking
A CITIZENS Advice Bureau advisor who was sacked for breaking confidentiality rules after she phoned a suicidal woman's GP to save her life today won her claim for unfair dismissal. Terri King, 58, was granted damages of just over £18,000 by the Southampton
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Double vision as Bess and Royal gallop in
THEY are incredibly rare and are bringing a smile to horse lovers around the country. In a 1-in-10,000 chance two foals have been born to a 22-year-old mare in the New Forest in what experts say is an astonishingly rare' birth. In nearly all cases one
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Lives saved but Craig’s death stays a mystery
THE parents of a Hampshire teenager who died on holiday in Turkey will never learn what killed him, an inquest has heard. Craig Beston's mum and dad knew their son's cause of death would remain a mystery after agreeing to donate the 17-year-old's organs
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Council's equal pay plan delayed
A CONTROVERSIAL new wage structure for thousands of Hampshire county council workers has been delayed, the Daily Echo can reveal today. The review is designed to abide by equal pay legislation for men and women. There will be no change for two-thirds
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£35m for eco-friendly college revamp
AN ambitious £35m eco-friendly revamp of City College in Southampton was given the thumbs-up by councillors. The approved plans, which include two wind turbines and a combined heat and power plant to reduce carbon emissions and fuel bills, will create
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Matterley Bowl events licence extended
Licensing chiefs have allowed a landowner to hold more events on his land, including Matterley Bowl - the site of several big music events. Peveril Bruce will be able to hold up to ten events a year on the Matterley Estate. Local people objected fearing
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TV channel censured over Big Brother racism row
CHANNEL 4 has been heavily criticised in a report by a media watchdog over its handling of the Celebrity Big Brother racism row. The long-awaited report, conducted by media watchdog Ofcom, found the television station to be guilty of "serious editorial
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Green with success: meet the winners
BUSINESS found themselves rewarded for going green at last night's Hampshire and Isle of Wight Sustainable Business Awards. The event staged at the Botley Park Hotel had attracted more entries than ever this year and was hosted by former BBC weather
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Squids in! Octopus firm sold for £13m
THE Hampshire firm that hit the headlines when their equipment was attacked by a "sex crazed" octopus has been sold to Swedish defence giant Saab for £13m. It's a massive development for Fareham based Seaeye Holdings, a specialist in unmanned underwater
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Dock Movements
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Autorunner, vehicle, 0730, 201; New York Express, container, 0830, 204; Velox, cargo, 0930, 36; CMA CGM Carmen, 1300, 206; Hertford, container, 1430, 205; MOL Precision, container, pm, 206; Charlotte Maersk, container
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Fortnightly rubbish collections to stay
WINCHESTER civic chiefs are hailing the success of the controversial bi-weekly rubbish collections. They say alternating between recyclables and ordinary rubbish in part of the district had led to a huge increase in recycling. The second phase of the
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Open and shut case
WITH all the silly and rather irrelevant directives that have come out of the EU in past years' it surprises me that nobody has thought of standardising the size, shape and positioning of the slot through which we receive our mail, the letterboxes on
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Privatisation is good but for whom?
Having read Alec Samuels Statement in the Echo May 21, it was interesting to read that he believes that privatisation is good value. The trouble is he did not say for who. One look at things privatised by the Conservatives in the 1980s proves who will
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Tax credit scandal
THOUSANDS of Hampshire families risk being plunged into debt because of a blunder by HM Customs and Revenue over tax credits. The Daily Echo can reveal more than 52,000 families across the county were overpaid on their tax credits. The error means nearly
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Police examine attack victim's cab
POLICE forensic experts say they are hopeful the results of a fingertip search on a taxi in which the driver was throttled and then torched will move their investigation forward. Detectives believe the evidence will be crucial in building up a detailed
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Bank on getting those charges back!
I WOULD just like to again make people aware of the chance to claim back all penalty charges that have been placed on your bank account over the last six years. I, like many others have had to face ridiculous penalty charges for unauthorised overdrafts
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I would never hit my kids
I THINK the judge should give people like that bullying dad five years and if they are immigrants, deport them as well. I was married 50 years, brought five children up and never hit my kids. How would that man have liked me to break his ribs? People
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Severn Barrage costs the nation dear
The Government's impending decision to allow the £14 billion Severn Barrage (SB)to go forward above the £20 billion Western Water Highway(WWH) project, is an other fine example of how vested and non-independent advice to ministers totally destroys all
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Bale all set for Spurs switch
Gareth Bale is expected to be unveiled as a Tottenham player this afternoon. The 17-year-old Welsh left back will put pen to paper on a £10m deal to take him from St Mary's to White Hart Lane barring any last-minute hitches. The deal Spurs have
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Belmadi sweating over new deal
Djamel Belmadi will find out in the coming days whether he will be offered a new contract at Saints. The Algerian midfielder's current deal runs out this summer and the club have decided to give themselves a bit of breathing space before coming to
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Measures to deal with "hate crime" discussed
PROSECUTORS in Hampshire are to allow invited members of the public to scrutinise their court files to ensure that they deal with domestic violence, homophobic and racist crime effectively. James Kellam of the Crown Prosecution Service said members of
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Water company fined over leaking sewage
SOUTHERN Water has been fined more than £13,000 after admitting accidentally pumping tonnes of raw sewage into a Hampshire river. The leak from the Peel Common Sewage Treatment Works in Fareham polluted more than one-and-a-half miles of the River Alver
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Villagers victory over phone mast plan
VILLAGERS who campaigned to get the plug pulled on a plan to put a mobile phone mast in the heart of a Hampshire woodland have scored a major victory. Bishopstoke was buzzing with joy last night (Wednesday) as Eastleigh borough councillors kicked out
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Serial ASBO breacher walks free from Court
A DECISION to allow a serial Asbo breaker to walk free from court has been described as a "smack in the face" to the Hampshire town he has terrorised. Recovering alcoholic Anthony Cripps, 26, had an Anti-social Behaviour Order slapped on him in 2004
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Reprieve for threatened Winchester pub
WINCHESTER campaigners are celebrating the withdrawal of a plan to knock down a pub and build a nursing home on the site. Colten Developments wanted to demolish the Stanmore Hotel in Stanmore and replace it with a 65-bedroom nursing home. On Tuesday
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Head reassures parents about knives at Hampshire school
THE parents of children at a primary school where two boys were found carrying knives have been sent letters of reassurance by the headteacher. The action was taken after a nine-year-old boy and an 11-year-old boy were both caught with knives at the
