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Hospital pulls plug on rehab pools
HEALTH chiefs have shut the hydrotherapy pools at Southampton General Hospital because there are not enough staff to cover the wards. Although hospital bosses say it is only a temporary measure, the move has been met with dismay by patients and self-help
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Saints search for new investment continues
SAINTS chief executive Jim Hone declared himself "surprised and disappointed" that the club had found no new investment at a meeting at St Mary's today. Hone held a briefing for three local media outlets, including the Daily Echo, and representatives
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Promotion for Emma Eaglestone
Emma Eaglestone has been promoted to Partner at the Southampton office of international property consultants, King Sturge. Emma, who works in Housing Valuation, first joined the partnership ten years ago as a graduate. In addition, Peter Davy has been
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Emsworth Café looks tasty
The freehold interest in the Emsworth Café, in the High Street of the picturesque fishing village of Emsworth, situated on the edge of Chichester Harbour on Hampshire's southern coast, has been sold in an off-market deal. The Winchester office of leading
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Hunt for Pizza in the city
Domino?s Pizza, the UK's number one pizza delivery company and leading retail property acquirer, is looking for a new store in?Southampton. The company, which has more than 470 stores in the UK and Ireland, has identified Hedge End in Southampton as
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Apex House let
GOADSBY of Winchester have let Apex House in Colden Common near Winchester on behalf of private clients. It was taken by Colin Bashford Associates, trading as CBA Trees, on a five year lease at £25,000 per year. The property is made up of a self contained
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Saxon has a nose for catching fire starters
HE growls, walks on all fours and is paid in tennis balls - meet Hampshire's latest recruit in the fight against arson. Saxon the black Labrador is Hampshire's first dedicated fire investigation dog and so far he has a 100 per cent record sniffing out
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Every single step in memory of brave Dee
WITH every step they raised hundreds of pounds in memory of a popular grandmother who spent her final years helping other cancer victims as she battled the disease herself. Together a total of 151 family and friends of Denise Dee' Mason raised an impressive
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More pay up to visit cathedral
MORE people are paying to visit Winchester Cathedral, despite compulsory charges replacing voluntary contributions. Around 10,000 more people paid to get into the historic place of worship this year - an increase of around nine per cent on last year.
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Park-and-ride battle
CAMPAIGNERS against a new park-and-ride on the southern edge of Winchester are refusing to give up despite the county council approving the scheme. Councillors, by 13 votes to none, yesterday supported the planning application for a 864-space car park
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VapoRub helps warring meerkats become best of friends
THEY have become the best of friends - all thanks to a mystery ingredient. In a first in the world of zoo keeping, animal experts have successfully set up a new group of meerkats with the help of a decongestant rub. Three new arrivals at Paultons Park
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Worcs still hopeful of hosting Hants at New Road
FLOOD-HIT Worcestershire remain hopeful of playing Hampshire at their New Road HQ in September. The Pears have been forced to re-arrange several home matches as a result of the second major flood of the season at their ground last weekend. But wherever
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Owls withdraw Rasiak bid
Sheffield Wednesday have withdrawn their offer for Saints striker Grzegorz Rasiak. Wednesday boss Brian Laws turned his attention to Saints' Poland striker after former Holland international Patrick Kluivert rejected the offer of a trial with the
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Saints Radio sold by club
SOUTHAMPTON Football Club has sold loss-making The Saint radio station for a nominal sum to a Welsh media firm. Saints bosses said they had been looking to offload the station, which loses around £250,000 a year, for 12 months. It has been bought by
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Health fears after fire at oil refinery
BOSSES at Fawley oil refinery have moved to quell health fears after a fire sent thick black smoke over residential areas on both sides of Southampton Water. Part of the huge complex was shut down yesterday after the blaze caused "substantial damage"
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Boiler scare has left us frightened to stay in our home
A YOUNG mum says she is too scared to return to her Hampshire home after she and her family had a lucky escape. Sara-Ann Hearn, 29, her partner Liam Twose, 26, and their 11-month-old daughter Chloe were all taken to the Royal Hampshire County Hospital
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Saints to explain Crouch departure?
The Daily Echo are attending a meeting at St Mary's this afternoon where Saints executives were expected to explain their reasons for ousting Leon Crouch as acting chairman of the football board. Log back onto this site later on for more details.
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Superbug infections in hospitals still going up
INFECTION rates of hospital-acquired superbugs are still on the rise across Hampshire. Latest figures reveal the number of specimens from patients that tested positive for clostridium difficile in laboratories run by Southampton University Hospitals
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Help to find the man who raped teenage girl
THEY are the people who could hold vital clues about who raped a teenage girl as she walked home in Southampton. Detectives today released footage in the hope of tracing a handful of potential witnesses who had seen the victim moments before the sex
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£80m ice rink vision
PLANS for a a new £80m ice rink complex for the heart of Southampton can today be revealed. The scheme will have a 28-storey block of flats, making it the tallest building in the city, and finally end Southampton's 19-year wait for a new rink. The 1,200
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Still searching for my sister – 48 years on
IT IS a heartbreaking tale that echoes from nearly half a century ago. In 1959 a new Southampton was rising from the bomb sites and muchneeded housing estates together with modern shops were being developed in the town, as it was then, but for one
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Saints fans' "apathy" being taken advantage of?
SAINTS fan Doug Cholertonhas has claimed that the executive directors could be "taking advantage" of supporter "apathy". Here is a letter Mr Cholerton has sent to the Echo outlining his concerns at recent events at the club. For an industry
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Saints shell out over £800,000 on agents' fees in a year
SAINTS paid out only £31,405 in agents fees in the six months leading up to the end of June 2007. That contrasts sharply with the huge £842,533 they had paid out between July 1 2006 and December 31 2006. In all, Saints paid £873,938 to agents in
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Carrying industry’s future
HAMPSHIRE: £3.9 billion deal secures jobs but could also signal end of VT's links to shipbuilding THE green light for a long-awaited £3.9 billion order for two new aircraft carriers has secured hundreds of Hampshire jobs. The move secures the future
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We must reduce pollution
THE letter from John O'Reilly (Man Has Little to do With Climate Change, July 19) flies in the face of some very convincing evidence that carbon emissions are one of the major causes of the problem; his assertion that solar panels are to advertise one's
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Location is the best
HANDS up all of you who want to live near a prison, a sewage works, or a treatment centre for drug addicts. Hands up all those who think we need them. Enough said. There are facilities we need in a city that residents will say they don't want in their
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There are 1,000 caravan pitches in Hampshire
AM I missing something? The long-running saga of the Southampton travellers' site has resulted in a victory for the travellers at the expense of the local residents. My question is, why do we need a site especially for travellers? I looked at the
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Travellers will have a superb site at our expense
DO the taxpayers of Southampton realise what the travellers' site at Monks Brook will cost them? To set it up the Government will be allocating about £1m but it will still cost in the region of another £1.5m from our council tax. In addition there will
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Dock Movements
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Savannah Express, container, 0700, 207; Maersk Sofia, container, 0800, 205; Taronga, roro, 1000,34/35; Hanseatic Trader, cargo, 1430, 25; Shanghai Express, container, 1600, 206; City of Lutece, roro, 1630, 201
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Ocean Village too?
THE idea of illuminating the Itchen Bridge could enhance the entrance to the city. I hope it could be extended around the exterior of Ocean Village. MS A BRUNDELL, Romsey.
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Drug grower would return
MRS J Burton (Letters, July 17) asks why we should bear the expense of imprisoning a drug grower who is going to be deported anyway. The reason to me is unfortunately only too evident. Due to the abysmal immigration controls we suffer in this country
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Why I was absent
A CORRESPONDENT (Letters, July 20) berated me for not being present for the travellers' site debate. My colleague gave my apologies at the meeting. I had been present for five hours at the council meeting before I left. I was suffering from an injury
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Harry Potter Day was magical
WOW what an event! Hythe really does need congratulating on Saturday's Harry Potter Day. All the shops and their staff participated in what can only be described as fun for all the family. Despite the weather the witches and wizards were visible everywhere
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Southampton High Street pics
Paul Birch email_address: paul.birch57@ntlworld.com Writes: Any photos of old High Street, Southampton, particularly No.8, Page-Grocers Shop, from 1851 onwards.
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Ronnie Taylor son of Stanley
Esme Packer writes... I am trying to trace my first cousin, Ronnie Taylor son of Stanley and Margaret who lived in Lymington and worked at Bucklers Hard. esme.packer@ntlworld.com
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Liam gets England call
HAMPSHIRE starlet Liam Dawson has been picked to play for England Young Cricketers in two Under-19 Tests' against their Pakistan counterparts next month. The left-arm spin all-rounder, 17, confessed that "it was the best moment of his career so far
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Bond shoots down Hants bowls challenge
ANOTHER Middleton Cup quarter-final, another Hampshire defeat. It seems inevitable that when Hampshire win their qualifying group they freeze just when the prize of a semi-final place at Worthing beckons. True, there have been many limp performances
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Burley linked with defender Sam
SAINTS boss George Burley admits he can't expect key defenders Claus Lundekvam and Darren Powell to go the entire 2007/08 campaign without getting injured. Burley faces the distinct possibility of being without both his first choice centre halves for
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Tremlett: 'Fab Four still on song'
ENGLAND paceman Chris Tremlett has rubbished the theory that India's 'fab four' are over the hill ahead of tomorrow's second npower Test at Trent Bridge. Skipper Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman have formed the bedrock
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Southampton is among top cities for singles
Read Sally Churchward's stories about being Single in the city Southampton is one of the best places in the country if you are young and single, a new study reveals today. Among men and women the city came in the top ten of a survey of 1,200 Britons
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Talented Marcus makes an impression
IT'S a talent that keeps his work colleagues and customers in stitches throughout the day. Southampton impersonator Marcus Bailey does impressions of Rik Mayall, Hannibal Lecter, Columbo, Jack Nicholson and Jim Carrey to name but a few. He has been
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More visitors pay up to visit Winchester Cathedral
MORE people are paying to visit Winchester Cathedral, despite compulsory charges replacing voluntary contributions. Around 10,000 more people paid to get into the historic place of worship this year - an increase of around nine per cent on last year.
