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Pearson won't allow complacency to creep in
Nigel Pearson insists there will be no complacency in his Saints squad when they go into this weekend's game with Burnley. After a terrific win over Bristol City and a good draw at Charlton, Saints have given themselves every chance of avoiding relegation
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Setback for bone marrow transplant brother Luke Hartley
THE youngest of four Hampshire brothers to undergo a lifesaving bone marrow transplant has suffered a setback in his recovery. Eight-year-old Luke Hartley, pictured above, has spent the past two weeks back in hospital battling a virus. Luke underwent
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London marathon and being stalked by sonic the hedgehog
The London Marathon one of the biggest participation one day sporting events in the world and a tough challenge. For me this one was going to be a battle to continue bringing back my mental toughness. It was also a chance to enjoy a larger than life event
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London marathon and being stalked by sonic the hedgehog
The London Marathon one of the biggest participation one day sporting events in the world and a tough challenge. For me this one was going to be a battle to continue bringing back my mental toughness. It was also a chance to enjoy a larger than life event
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Five trapped after car rolls over
TWO adults and three small children were trapped after their car left the road and rolled on to its roof at Bishop's Waltham. The drama on the B2177 happened at lunchtime today and no other vehicle was involved. Two doctors, four ambulances, three rapid
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Quinn makes fast start at Stoneham
HOCKLEY Golf Club's Chris Quinn shot an opening round of five-over-par in the Senior Women's Close Amateur Championship at Stoneham today, leaving her tied for third. The former British Seniors Champion is two shots off the lead, which is held by Geraldine
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Bennett's on target for Australian success
BROKENHURST Manor Golf Club's Liz Bennett had a difficult day in the third round of the Australian Ladies' Amateur Championships today, but is still on target to qualify for the matchplay rounds. The 25-year-old carded a two-over-par round of 76, leaving
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Titanic from the archives
Here dailyecho.co.uk republishes one of the first reports carried in Southern Evening Echo about the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. GLOOM IN SOUTHAMPTON In Southampton people to the last moment clung to the hope that better news of the Titanic
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Workshop to combat RSI
A SOUTHAMPTON firm at the heart of the battle to prevent office workers suffering RSI has held the first workshop of its kind in the region. More than 20 delegates from public and private sectors across the south, representing tens of thousands
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Mascarenhas to make IPL debut this month
Hampshire captain Dimitri Mascarenhas's Indian Premier League involvement has been brought forward. Mascarenhas captains Hampshire in the LV County Championship opener against Sussex at the Rose Bowl tomorrow but will now be away from April 27 - May
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BA bosses leave following Terminal 5 fiasco
TWO senior executives are to leave British Airways following the fiasco at Heahrow Terminal Five. Gareth Kirkwood, director of operations, and David Noyes, director of customer services, are to leave the airline. The £4.3bn Heathrow terminal opened
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Lingerie e-business celebrates third birthday
LYMINGTON-based luxury online lingerie boutique Glamorousamorous.com celebrates its third birthday today. Founded by self-proclaimed "couturentrepreneur" Annabel Gatward on April 15, 2005, it is now home to collections from designers like Roberto
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Postmaster's £187k theft charge
A TEMPORARY sub postmaster has appeared in court charged with stealing £187,000 from a Hampshire post office. William Giles, 57, of Stubbington Lane, Fareham, appeared before New Forest magistrates in Lyndhurst and will now appear at Southampton
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Lingerie e-business celebrates birthday
LYMINGTON-based luxury online lingerie boutique Glamorousamorous.com celebrates its third birthday today. Founded by self-proclaimed "couturentrepreneur" Annabel Gatward on April 15, 2005, it is now home to collections from designers like Roberto Cavalli
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High street bosses fear worrying times ahead
SHOPKEEPERS in Southampton are tightening their belts in anticipation of an economic downturn, according to city centre bosses. The earliest Easter for almost a century failed to help the high street in March as UK sales fell for the first time in
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Workshop to combat RSI
A SOUTHAMPTON firm at the heart of the battle to prevent office workers suffering RSI has held the first workshop of its kind in the region. More than 20 delegates from public and private sectors across the south, representing tens of thousands of
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Dock Movements
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Saga rose, passenger, 0615, 101; Artemis, passenger, 0630, 38/9; Mississauga Expresss, container, am, 206; EST, cargo, 1630, 102/3 Today's principal Southampton sailings: CMA CGM Verlaine, container 0730,
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Police save teens from flames of stolen Bentley
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Police save teens from flames of stolen Bentley
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Police save teens from flames of stolen Bentley
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Police save teens from flames of stolen Bentley
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Police save teens from flames of stolen Bentley
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Police save teens from flames of stolen Bentley
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Police save teens from flames of stolen Bentley
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Sex attack on teenage girl
POLICE are hunting a sex attacker who indecently assaulted an 18 year-old woman at a bus stop. In the terrifying incident the man grabbed the woman's arm and then put his other arm around her and indecently assaulted her. He then got on the bus with
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Was tragic cabbie on his way home?
A MAN who disappeared after a disagreement with his wife is thought to have collapsed and died just minutes after deciding to return home. Police carried out a detailed examination of the spot where the body of Hampshire taxi driver John Martin
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Anger grows over Woolston development plans
Click here to see a gallery of what the development will look like RESIDENTS are preparing to fight a £500m riverside regeneration project described as a "menace on the skyline". They will argue proposals for 1,650 flats and houses on the former
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Aerial plan
Aerial plan
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Bird's eye view
Bird's eye view from the west
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Riverside Walk
Riverside Walk
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Public Space
Public Space
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Public space
Public space
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Public space
Public space
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Community space
Cafe and community space.
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The tallest tower
The upper square of the development with the community centre in the foreground and the tallest 82-metre tower
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Mixed reaction plans to install 30 traffic lights on roundabout
DOZENS of motorists have voiced their opposition to council plans to install 30 traffic lights on a Southampton roundabout. However, the controversial plans have found favour with many pedestrians and cyclists who have given the scheme the thumbs-up
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Neighbour saved my son's life
SHE is the lifesaver who has given a young neighbour a second chance of life. Quick-thinking Pammy Modelly came to the rescue when two-year-old Matthew Wing stopped breathing as he lay in bed. After his mum raised the alarm, Pammy gave the youngster
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Hampshire firm to build £19m cruise terminal
THE race for the lucrative, high profile contract to create a £19m new cruise terminal at Southampton docks has been won by Hampshire builder Dean & Dyball. It's the first big win since the Ringwood based company was bought by national giant
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Tesco makes £2.85 billion profit
RETAIL giant Tesco today rang up annual profits of £2.85 billion, it was revealed today. The profits come despite ''challenging'' trading conditions and increased competition from rivals. Britain's biggest supermarket said pre-tax profits were up 11.8%
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Tower anger
I AM writing in reply to Rae Tilly's remarks about tower blocks being slums. The tower block which we live in is anything but! As we are not all so lucky to have a house to live in and resent very much the comments. Name and address supplied.
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Recreation ground looks a bloomin' delight
A WORD of praise to Eastleigh Borough Council, on a walk to Leigh Rd recreation ground on the first really sunny day of the year. It was delightful to see the newly mown grass looking immaculate, the flowers at the war memorial in full bloom, no litter
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Remember pedestrians
WALKING from Lodge Road to the YMCA in the Avenue (not a cycle track) I was passed by nine or ten cyclists who gave no audible signal of their approach from behind. With this in mind I wrote to the Rt Hon. John Denham to state my concern. My Denham sent
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Being prepared for the Roverang
I WENT to see Roverang on Thursday and was thrilled to bits with it - the standard has improved no end since I was a Cub Scout Leader until I had to retire 15 years ago. We hear so much of what the bad youngsters do, but not enough of the hundreds of
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'No' to 'residents only' parking
IT may come as a surprise to Ron Burlington (letters April 7) to know that a member of UK Independence Party is in full agreement with his sentiments regarding on-street parking outside ones house. I am unable to park outside my house even though I live
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UFO memories with the top cop
SHOCK news in my Echo of the proposed retirement of much respected top Hampshire Police Officer Paul Kernaghan, pictured, whose period of service to our County's law abiding citizens is somewhat of a modern miracle among our country's crime wave, with
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Dimi: I'll do it my way!
Hampshire captain Dimitri Mascarenhas will soon become the first English star of the Indian Premier League, but has insisted: "The Championship is still massive." Mascarenhas will join the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL, the lucrative Twenty20 competition
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Euro MP slams fluoride plans
CONTROVERSIAL plans to add flouride to Southampton's water supply have been condemned by a green MEP. Just weeks after Prime Minister Gordon Brown insisted water fluoridation would benefit the city's residents, Green MEP Dr Caroline Lucas, pictured above
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What a gem of a day!
THEY thought they would be going for a simple meal at a local carvery for dinner with a few relatives and friends to celebrate their diamond anniversary. But Walter and Sheila Lilly had no idea of what was going on in behind the scenes. First, they received
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Same four men to sit on both Saints new-look boards
THE Daily Echo understands that both the Saints' PLC board and the club's football board will have the same personnel once Rupert Lowe and Michael Wilde return to power. Apart from those two men, Andrew Cowen and finance director Dave Jones will sit
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Getting ready for the Rickshaw Run
THEY have three small wheels, can travel at a top speed of 35mph and are being prepared to travel thousands of miles across rough terrain in India. Teams of rickshaw riders descended on Southampton's Mayflower Park to meet up ahead of a gruelling charity
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Lowe and Wilde in power on May 6?
Michael Wilde and Rupert Lowe will be offering Saints' directors the chance to avoid an EGM and see out the season - in exchange for an orderly handover of power. They will be contacting the club's PLC board to give them the opportunity to stay in
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Sister of tragic mum forced to fly home
THE sister of a woman who died during childbirth at a Hampshire hospital flew home last night after being ordered to leave the country. She had come to England to help fer brother-in-law after the the death of her sister Jasmine Pickett, 29. She was
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Warne tells Hampshire: Copy David Hasselhoff!
SHANE Warne has bizarrely called on his former Hampshire colleagues to mimic ex-Baywatch actor David Hasselhoff during the 2008 season. Hampshire start the new English domestic season against arch rivals Sussex at the Rose Bowl tomorrow. The county
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Vote for your Saints player of the season 2007/08
IT is by no means an easy task choosing the Daily Echo Saints Player of the Season for 2007/08. Often when it comes to the annual poll, picking the top player is a fairly straightforward task. There is usually an outstanding candidate, somebody who
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Biker mayor back on two wheels
HE swapped his mayoral robes for leathers and hit the road. Eastleigh Mayor Councillor Roger Smith's passion for motorcycles began when he was 17. He was the proud owner of a Harley Davidson but last year sold his 1600cc machine because there was no
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Grant awards boost city culture projects
GRANTS totalling more than £36,000 have been awarded to music, drama and arts groups in Winchester. Hampshire County Council awarded the grants to three organisations and a further £5,000 has been given to Winchester Music Club to help fund the costs
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A welcome addition to tourism industry
A WARM welcome will greet visitors to the city after 230 people completed the Southampton Welcomes training programme. The programme was run by Tourism South East to help local businesses benefit from the increasing number of cruise ships that come through
