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Youngsters ride waves
FOUR students from Southampton will today embark on a dream tall ship voyage The youngsters from Redbridge Community School and Regents Park Community College are taking party in the annual Tall Ships Youth Trust Voyage of Achievement. They are part
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Crunch day for future of city schools
TODAY is D-DAY for many of Southampton's secondary schools. A crunch meeting is being held to decide their fate. It is the culmination of nearly two years of speculation, consultation and recommendations that has left many school facing an uncertain
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Cake sale is tasty treat
MUFFINS, cakes, Indian samosas and other tasty treats were snapped up by hungry customers at a cake sale organised by a group of students at a Southampton school. Together Angelika Pancerz 15, Shabana Noor 15, Meherun Rahman 14, Kayleigh Sinnott 14 and
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Star-studded experience
THEY got very muddy but for a group of Southampton Solent University students it was one of the country's most enviable work experience placements. They are now recovering from their stint at the Glastonbury Festival where they helped to project images
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Council staff off sick too often
TOO many employees are going sick at Winchester City Council. The authority is in the bottom 25 per cent of local authorities in England for staff attendance. It employs around 500 people, who between them took nearly 4,500 sick days last year, an average
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Convicted killer jailed for similar attack on student
A CONVICTED killer has been jailed for three years after launching an attack on a student that was a carbon copy of the one that had led to the death of his mother five years ago. A judge branded Lee Tarrant, pictured above, as a danger to the community
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White Hart pub on the market
The White Hart public house in the attractive Hampshire market town of Petersfield has been placed on the market with the Winchester office of leading licensed property agents, Christie + Co. After seven successful years at the White Hart, proprietors
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New lease for Blue Anchor pub
The Blue Anchor public house at 2 London Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, has been sold on a brand new lease to local licensee, Kevin Dore, through the Winchester office of leading licensed property agents, Christie + Co, on behalf of Punch Taverns plc.
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Highcross launches new office opportunities
Highcross has began work on its £13.8 million refurbishment of the landmark 1000 Lakeside North Harbour building in Portsmouth. Due for completion in January 2008, the prestigious development is being marketed as a single corporate headquarters building
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New digital mapping service
Bays Curry McCowen (BCM), an architectural and rural asset management company in Hampshire, have recently implemented their new digital mapping service which now encompasses more detailed and up to date mapping systems together with the provision of historic
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Hiley's Pompey warning for Cranie
Martin Cranie will have to survive a tough examination of his character to make the grade at Portsmouth. That's the view of the last player to quit Saints for Pompey prior to Cranie's £400,000 defection to Fratton Park last week. The Yeovil-born
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Best out, Clemence in?
One Saints player whose departure could generate funds for another foray into the transfer market is striker Leon Best. The Nottingham-born 20 year-old has turned down the club's offer of a new contract and is believed to be on the verge of signing
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Wheeling and dealing Burley's only option
George Burley has admitted he will have to "wheel and deal" if he wants to bring any more new faces to St Mary's. Burley completed his first deal of the summer last Thursday when he tied up the permanent signing of Polish striker Marek Saganowski on
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Ervine: We can still qualify
Sean Ervine led the Hampshire Hawks to a first Twenty20 Cup win of the season and said: "We can still reach the quarter finals." Ervine struck an unbeaten 50 from just 30 balls, including the only two sixes of the match, as the Hawks beat the Essex
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VT target promotion and new stadium
VT FC have confirmed they WILL be applying for promotion from the Sydenhams Wessex to the Southern League next season. For two years now there has been talk of the Sholing-based club building a new stadium to rival that of Conference South outfit Eastleigh
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Meet the talented and tuneful Ross Sanderson the freewheeling Buskerman
Play video HE is the Buskerman, he comes from down your way - and he can play! Ross Sanderson - aka The Buskerman - is the latest talent to emerge from the Daily Echo's talent search. Ross sent us a video of himself performing his catchy title track
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Buy-out secures the future for HPH
CONSTRUCTION equipment rental specialist Hampshire Plant Hire has been bought by its management for an undisclosed sum. They aim to cash in on the region's "booming" construction industry, which they predict will remain strong until past 2012. The company
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LIght in the sky was spooky
I witnessed the same light in the sky as described and photographed by Kevin Prince, but my sighting was on June 15, at Dundridge, near Bishops Waltham. We were enjoying a quiet drink at the Hampshire Bowman, sitting outside( it was better weather then
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If there are to be changes we need an election
IF we are not going to have a General Election under Gordon Brown how is he going to instigate change when he is committed to the manifesto from 2005? If he is going to create change then we need to have General Election. COUNCILLOR GAVIN DICK, Sholing
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Blair's legacy
THE trouble with Tony Blair is his policy was too close to Thatcher's. The only plus was the minimum wage or so I thought. Workers are being laid off replaced with cheaper labour, we have dirty hospitals, poor public transport, nothing has changed. N
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Malayan veterans deserve better
RE the Malaysian Medal holders in your excellent article (Daily Echo, June 15). I think it is an excellent award for those who served from 1957 when Malaya became independent and both the Malaysian Government and the recipients are to be congratulated
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Hip hip hooray for Hippowaste
FAREHAM waste management firm Hippowaste has made its 200,000 Hippobag collections. The booking came almost a year to the day after the 100,000 collection, which took four years to achieve. James Bennett chief executive of Hippowaste said: "This new
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Dock Movements
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: MOL Paradise, container, 0115, 207; Autoline, roro, 0115, 201; Morning Concert, roro, 0500, 43; Atlantic Comet, container, am, 204W; Arthur Maersk, container, 1200, 205; Jade Arrow, roro, 2130, 43; CMA CGM Baudelaire
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Do the decent thing, Tesco
I AM disgusted and appalled that Tesco at Bursledon is asking permission to add a new cash machine in the store. We have been fighting for months now to have eight seats restored for our elderly shoppers who now have to stand while waiting for the Hamble
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More litter bins are not the solution
IN answer to Alex Winning (letters, June 6) I really don't believe putting more bins on the streets is the answer. I have seen adults throw litter on the streets/pavements right next to the bins! Whether they aimed for the bin and missed, is anyone's
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Library access for the disabled
FOR the last year my husband has been unable to access the library. This is because he is physically disabled as the result of a progressive and terminal neurological disease, and confined to an indoor/outdoor electric wheelchair. There is no wheelchair
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Close pubs at 11pm
I WISH the pubs would close at 11pm every night. If anyone wants to drink afterwards they can do so ay home. The pub landlords and landladies need a rest. Then people would not be labelled binge drinkers, erupt onto the streets in villages, towns and
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There are better ways of spending £50m than on QE2
PEOPLE rave on about the selling of the QE2 to Dubai but fail to look at it in its right perspective. Cunard, now an American-owned company, are the ones who are doing the selling so if we were to purchase this relic it would be like a small extension
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It’s the new black
ANYONE who dreams of owning a convertible this summer will know that looking good is one of the most important requirements. Vauxhall is making it easier for the most style-conscious buyers to look their best in an Astra TwinTop by offering stylish options
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Highly Individual
THE Volkswagen Eos coupe cabriolet is to mark its first anniversary in the UK with the introduction of a new range-topping trim level - the Eos Individual. The Eos Individual is based on the Sport trim, and benefits from unique interior and exterior
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Gordon Ramsay's latest wheeze: He wants to breed crocodiles on a farm near Romsey
CELEBRITY chef Gordon Ramsay has snapped up a farm in Hampshire - and has set his sights on breeding crocodiles there. The controversial TV cook has bought a five-acre estate near Romsey to keep animals he plans to kill live on air in the next series
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Marvellous Melas
IT was more monsoon than Mela weather but thousands of revellers enjoying Southampton's fifth annual celebration of Asian music and culture did not seem to mind. More than 8,000 people flocked to the city's Hoglands Park on Saturday to enjoy the sights
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Hat Fair brings city together
WINCHESTER allowed itself to have fun on the streets of the city at the Hat Fair - despite the weather. Although the crowds may have been smaller, the rain failed to dampen people's enjoyment of the bonanza of performances by more than 50 acts over the
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New care home and day centre for city
A 71-bed care home and day centre in Southampton has been given planning approval. Two social services office buildings on a one-acre plot at Oak Lodge off Freemantle Common Road will be flattened to make way for the development The part three-storey
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Luxury homes planned for illegal felling site
DEVELOPERS have submitted plans to build three luxury homes on land where the owner was fined for illegally felling trees. Villagers are furious that plans have been lodged for three large houses - worth more than £1m each - on the site, which was designated
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Crunch day for future of city schools
TODAY is D-DAY for many of Southampton's secondary schools. A crunch meeting is being held to decide their fate, the culmination of nearly two years of speculation, consultation and recommendations that has left many school facing an uncertain future
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Villages' show goes on - despite the weather
FOR the first time in its 30-year plus history, the big day in a Hampshire community was almost wrecked by the weather. It was touch and ago whether this year's Lockerley and East Dean carnival would go ahead amid worries about electricals and a soggy
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Coroner seeks answer over hospital bug death
A CORONER is to ask Southampton hospital bosses to see whether any lessons can be learned after an elderly man died of a rare flesh-eating bug. Keith Wiseman will write to Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust following the death of patient George
