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Jobs axed as aviation firm shuts down
A major Hampshire aviation company is to close with scores of jobs being axed, it was revealed today. Earlier this month the Daily Echo revealed that jobs could be lost after bosses at Pratt & Whitney Canada decided its £15 million complex next to Southampton
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Community service for snapper who assaulted Heather Mills-McCartney
THE Hampshire photographer convicted of assaulting Heather Mills-McCartney as he tried to take her picture was today ordered to complete a 12-month community punishment order. Jay Kaycappa, 32, grabbed the estranged wife of ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney
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Saints sign defender Thomas
SAINTS today signed defender Wayne Thomas from Burnley. The 28-year-old centre half has agreed to a £1.2m move from the Clarets in a three-year deal - with £1m up front. Thomas, a former Burnley captain, can line up both in the centre of defence
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Mel gets the right results
SOUTHAMPTON'S own member of the Wives and Girlfriends (WAGs) club was on top form today after scoring A-level success. Mel Slade, 18-year-old sweetheart of Arsenal and former Saints player Theo Walcott, gained a grade B in psychology and a C in biology
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Harmison ruled out of Lord's final
Hampshire have been given a huge boost ahead of the Friends Provident Trophy final against Durham following Steve Harmison's withdrawal. Harmison suffered a side strain in the ongoing Championship match against Surrey as he continued his comeback from
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Saints tribute's a labour of love
IT was meant to be a tribute to his love for the Saints but, with their terrible start to the season, its owner is hoping it does not end up as an eyesore. Lifelong Saints fan Ian Black has built a massive mosaic tribute to Southampton Football Club.
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Council leader's passion for Elvis
A FEW of the notes might be slightly off-key, but the tune filling Sean Woodward's living room is unmistakably Love Me Tender. His eight-year-old son only started playing the piano a week ago but he has already picked up the opening bars of one of Elvis
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Tories could have pulled plug on regional assemblies years ago
HAVING risen without trace, the South West and South East Regional Assemblies have now sunk without trace. The Treasury has had the good sense to scupper them. They served no obvious function, despite being supported by politicians of all stripes most
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Hospital volunteers needed
ONCE again the summer fair of the League of Friends at the Royal South Hospital was a great success and raised much-needed funds for the patients throughout the hospital. Mrs Floss Simmonds of Millbrook, who is 92, made all the beautiful dolls that grannies
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Lib Dems are soft on criminals
LIBERAL Democrat David Harrison (Letters, August 11) trots out the usual recorded messages from the anti-prison lobby for allowing offenders to run amok on our streets. According to Councillor Harrison, Britain has the highest prison population in Europe
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Dogs can easily attack a young child
I WAS too busy to take my dog for a walk as I had lots of shopping to do so decided to fool her into thinking she was going for a walk by taking her shopping with me. I had several places to go, and everything was fine until I went to Bitterne. I went
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Adopt 240 volts throughout the EU
TO MEET a given electrical load, if the voltage is lowered then the current must be increased. Unfortunately, the electricity low voltage mains cable or overhead line copper losses increase in proportion to the square of the current. However, the EU Commissioners
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Memories of Woolies
I WONDER if anyone remembers Woolworth's in Above Bar, Southampton, when we had to walk across wooden floors to get to the shop. When the sirens went off the doors were closed and we had to wait for the all clear. When the new shop was being built I
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Salute the Spitfire and R J Mitchell
HAVING once heard again on Classic FM Sir William Walton's Spitfire Prelude and Fugue, my mind turned again to the Itchen Bridge which on its Woolston side passes directly over the quayside once occupied by Supermarine where the Spitfire was built. In
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Airport expansion must be stopped
DUE to the current state of air pollution and fears of global warming, I am sure most people will agree with me when I say that BAA which is trying to extend its three London airports, is a betrayal of our well-being. It is not as though people have
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What a nerve of the Lib Dems!
THE latest Coxford Lib Dem Focus leaflet, has a headline "Repair Our Roads and Pavements Campaign. This new campaign is to press the new Tory administration (of which the Lib Dems help put in place by sitting on their hands) to spend a fair share of funding
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International horse trial scrapped
A POPULAR international horse trial held every year in the New Forest has had to be cancelled because recent wet weather has left the ground waterlogged. The Brockenhurst Park Horse Trials will not go ahead this weekend after the organisers called a
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Students celebrate A Level success
THEY'VE done it again. After two years of hard slog, A-level students across Hampshire have scored the county's best exam passes yet. Thousands will today find out if they made the grade to get into their university of choice. Records at sixth form
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Payback time for e-mail swindler
HE was an international fraudster who swindled more than £34m in a global e-mail scam. His victims lost tens of thousands of pounds believing his tale that they would be richly rewarded for helping him out. Now 50-year-old Otis Michael-Simon, pictured
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Udal out to set a Lord's record
SHAUN UDAL is determined to become the first Hampshire player to win four Lord's finals on Saturday. Udal's Hampshire teammate John Crawley has won five domestic Lord's finals - but four were with Lancashire plus one since his move to the Rose Bowl
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Burley: now we must build
"I THINK most of us thought it was going to be tough at the start of the season but certainly didn't expect to lose 4-1 in the first game," writes George Burley in his exclusive Daily Echo column today. "It was down to a few factors. "There were
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Fastnet Race record smashed
ICAP Leopard, the Farr-designed, 100-foot super maxi, has smashed the Rolex Fastnet Race monohull record. Sailing in brutal winds of up to 45 knots, which saw almost 200 yachts retire from the race, ICAP Leopard completed the 608-mile course in just
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Davis in contention for Norwich clash
BETTER news for Saints is that goalkeeper Kelvin Davis has returned to training after recovering from a virus. The bug had ruled Saints' second-choice out of the squad for Monday's Carling Cup defeat to Peterborough, though the 31-year-old is now back
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Burley backs Bennett to get it right
GEORGE Burley believes Alan Bennett will learn from his tough start as a Saint. Bennett, on a six-month loan from Reading, has made errors that have led to some of the six goals Saints have shipped in their first two games of the season. Fans have
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Giant sheep looms large over M3
MOTORISTS using the M3 between Basingstoke and Winchester were today greeted by a giant sheep. A 30m by 40m advertising sheet displaying the animal has been laid in a hillside field to encourage more people to buy British lamb in the wake of the foot
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Sailor Adrian comes face to face with polar bear
SOLO sailor Adrian Flanagan has come eyeball to eyeball with a polar bear. The chance encounter came as the 46-year-old father-of-two steered his stainless steel yacht Barrabas through packed ice on his quest to become the first person to single-handedly
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Now police take to skateboards
POLICE are being sent out skateboarding during working hours in a groundbreaking bid to cut crime and make them appear "cool". Hampshire Police's latest initiative in the fight against crime is to send beat officers to join youths at a skate ramp at
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Fareham's birthing centres: you decide
MUMS who launched a huge campaign to block the temporary closure of a Fareham birthing centre will be able to have a big say over the future for maternity services in the area. Nearly two years ago campaigners for the Blackbrook Birthing Centre took
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What now after your A level results?
TODAY the wait is over for thousands of A-level students across Hampshire. For many it's a time to celebrate their results. But for others who have not done as well as expected it can be a time to rethink your options. These can include speaking to
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Cathedral offers the silent treatment
WINCHESTER Cathedral is offering a new service - a chance to be still and do nothing. A Cathedral Stillness will be held in Epiphany Chapel every Wednesday morning from 8.40am-9.10am. The Rev Canon Roly Riem, canon pastor and missioner, said: "Everyone
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Watering the watering holes
WATERING cans are out in force to keep Hampshire's pub blooms in peak condition for this year's Daily Echo Pubs In Bloom competition. Whether it is fantastic flowers, huge hanging baskets or a children's playground that puts the others to shame, we want