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Cruise passengers tested for hepatitis
HUNDREDS of passengers will have to wait weeks to find out whether they have contracted a deadly strain of hepatitis which struck Southampton-based cruise ship Aurora. A health probe is under way after seven passengers on a world cruise tested positive
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New Forest Show is Flying High
The New Forest & Hampshire County Show is delighted to announce that visitors to the Show this year will be entertained by an amazing aerial display. Christian Moullec, from France, in his microlight plane will lead a flock of wild geese in formation
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Shetland Pony Grand National 2008
The New Forest & Hampshire County Show is delighted to announce that the Shetland Pony Grand National will be held at the 2008 Show. For those of you who have not come across this spectacle before, this is a fabulous display of pony racing over miniature
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Saints in final day sell-out
Saints will be backed by their first house of the season in their massive final day game with Sheffield United on Sunday. The club have one last chance to try and avoid relegation to League One while United will be hoping for a win to try and squeeze
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Boosting links with Africa
A GROUP of Hampshire Christians have returned from visiting the church of Uganda where they have been strengthening the historic and active link between the Romsey Deanery and South Rwenzori. The team, led by Angela Jones included Colin Jones, David
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Men beaten up while Pompey players celebrate cup win
TWO MEN were beaten unconscious by football associates who were celebrating FA Cup success with players from Portsmouth Football Club, police said today. The men, aged 23 and 21, were kicked and punched until they lost consciousness outside a take-away
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Teenager quizzed over high speed car thefts
A TEENAGE boy was last night being quizzed by detectives following the thefts of high performance cars from driveways in Southampton. Officers from the Met arrested the 15-year-old at an address in London yesterday morning in connection with the burglaries
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Darwin's day in Southampton was one of the best
He was one of the most brilliant and, at the same time, controversial scientists of all time, but Charles Darwin had strong connections with Southampton that reveal his more personal, family life. During his life it is said that he wrote more than 2,000
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Jobs go as music retailer enters administration
THE country's largest musical instrument retailer, Sound Control, has suddenly closed the doors to its Southampton store after the company went into administration. Staff were notified yesterday the large city centre shop was one of several of the firm's
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Largest cruise ship sets sail on maiden voyage
The bottle of fizz fizzed and the champagne cork popped - eventually. The first attempt to break the bottle of champagne during the naming ceremony of the world's largest cruise ship in Southamp-ton yesterday ended in a splutter rather than a smash.
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Write4Kicks competition - read the winning entry
CONGRATULATIONS to Steven Allen of Fawley who is the winner of the Daily Echo writing competition for 13 to 17-year-olds. Simon, who wins a place on a coveted write4kicks creative writing residential course in the summer, wrote a story entitled The Water
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Britain's first teddy bear hotel opens in Hampshire
LIFE's no picnic for teddy bears these days. There's the rising cost of honey, the popularity of Teletubbies and other such TV characters - not to mention the stresses and strains from years of cuddling. But for all those beleaguered bears tired of
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FUELLING DISCONTENT – HAULIERS
As the cost of fuel continues to break records almost on a daily basis, the Daily Echo examines the impact on Hampshire's transport businesses - and how we will all end up paying the price... HAMPSHIRE haulage firms fear they will go bust as the soaring
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Stumpy loses a second leg - and now he just has two
FIRST there were four, then there were three - now Stumpy the duck has just two legs after his remaining spare leg fell off. The 14-month-old drake turned heads when he was born with four legs at Warrawee Duck Farm in Copythorne. But after losing one
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FUELLING DISCONTENT - AIRLINES
British Airways said on Thursday it would raise its fuel surcharge on long-haul and short-haul airfares because of high oil prices, which increase the cost of jet fuel. "British Airways will increase its fuel surcharge on all tickets issued from Tuesday
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Cruise ships are this city's wow factor
AFTER reading numerous letters in the Daily Echo regarding a wow factor for Southampton, I felt very strongly the need to write and say that Southampton has a wow factor already and has had it for many, many years - our ocean-going ships and their heritage
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G stands for genius
I SEE the great Philip G Hawkins debate continues to split your readers (Letters, April 23). As far as we are concerned, the G' undoubtedly stands for genius'. RAY MITCHELL, PGHAS (Philip G Hawkins Appreciation Society), St Denys, Southampton. Mr
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Our Third World roads
AT the time of writing this I had not decided which party to vote for in today's local elections but am very willing to elect anyone who promises to give detailed attention to the state of the roads in and around the Bitterne area of the city. In particular
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Unhelpful bus drivers
I AM very upset by First's bus drivers and their unsympathetic attitudes. Just before Christmas my three granddaughters, aged 8, 12 and 14, wanted to buy some presents. They left their Bitterne Park home to travel to Bitterne and had set aside bus fare
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A wonderful prize
THANK you, Daily Echo, for the wonderful prize of a visit and stay on board the Independence of the Seas. The ship was awesome and we lunched, dined and were entertained in Royal' Caribbean style. Even the beautiful weather almost made us forget we
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Destroying our city's heritage
WELL done Southampton City Council! Fancy being able to destroy so much of our city's historical heritage in one fell swoop! I allude to the proposals to sell the historic plot at lower High Street including 14th century Wool House and medieval vaults
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Airport noise victims
I TOTALLY disagree with Mrs Saunders (Letters, April 18) criticising the likes of R Griffiths (Letters, April 12). I am sure that most residents of Bitterne Park are familiar with the history of Southampton Airport and the choice made by many who live
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Why I do not deal with constituents by e-mail
THERE are several answers to Mr Nicholson's question as to why I will not do constituency correspondence by e-mail (Letters, April 23), but one of them he supplies himself when he acknowledges that he has always received a prompt reply when he writes.
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Girlfriend was glassed in face
A Hampshire man has been found guilty of attacking his girlfriend with a beer glass in a city centre pub. Wayne O'Connell, 28, denied assault causing actual bodily harm but was found guilty following a two-day trial at Winchester Crown Court. The conviction
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Pole dancers go for safety first with plastic
IT'S A case of safety first at a Southampton pole dancing club. While trained dancers perform highly skilled routines on stage, staff behind the bar are taking no chances with slip-ups after deciding to switch from glass to plastic glasses. The club
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Council fails to send out a single bus pass to pensioners
AS many as 30,000 Southampton pensioners are still waiting for their new bus passes to arrive, the Daily Echo understands. The over-60s were promised that the passes, entitling them to free national travel, would be delivered by April 1 in line with
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Chairman promises a fight
Leon Crouch has issued a rallying call ahead of what looks set to be his swansong as Saints chairman. Crouch, who looks set to be removed at or before an EGM called by former chairmen Michael Wilde and Rupert Lowe for Friday, May 16, is hoping his
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Beat United then worry - Benali
DELL legend Francis Benali has urged Saints to focus on beating Sheffield United before worrying about what is happening elsewhere. Nigel Pearson's men picked up a creditable point against Premier League-bound West Brom at the Hawthorns on Monday.
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Claus confident of survival
Claus Lundekvam believes Saints have a better final day chance of survival now than they did when they were relegated from the Premiership. That is despite their fate ending up being in their own hands when they hosted Manchester United three years
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Pothas lifted by KP's return
Hampshire captain Nic Pothas welcomes Kevin Pietersen back to the Rose Bowl this weekend, declaring: "The Indian Premier League's loss is our gain." Pietersen will play his first game for Hampshire since last season's Friends Provident Trophy final
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£70m project gets green light
THIS is how the skyline at the heart of Southampton will look in two years' time after developers got the go-ahead for what they claimed would be the most striking building in the city. The plush eight-storey office block will front a £70m scheme which
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Gene research could help asthma sufferers
SOUTHAMPTON University scientists are hoping pioneering research may lead to new treatments for asthma sufferers. Their research could bring fresh hope to thousands of Britain's sufferers, whose symptoms include coughing, wheezing, a shortness of breath
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PCT beating its waiting list target
HAMPSHIRE Primary Care Trust is blitzing waiting times and treating patients within 18 weeks. The PCT's care services are treating more than 90 per cent of patients admitted to its hospitals, and more than 95 per cent of non-admitted patients within
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Port owner hits 20 out of 25 CSR targets
ASSOCIATED British Ports, the company that owns and operates the Port of Southampton, has published its Corporate Social Responsibility report for 2007. In a year that saw the firm grow by seven per cent, it achieved 20 out of its 25 CSR targets and
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Charlotte, 16, ‘was a true angel who walked among us’
Family pay tribute to daughter who dedicated her time to help others when she was diagnosed with brain tumour She was a courageous teenager whose dedication to help others even in her worst times touched the hearts around her. The funeral takes place
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We’ve had a boot-iful day in the garden
THEY have really have been busy bees celebrating Welly Week. The Busy Bees Day Nursery at Chandler's Ford marked the nationwide event by launching an allotment in the nursery garden. They have been learning how to look after their plants and what
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Village gears up for garden fair
One Hampshire village is set to blossom this weekend as thousands of green-fingered enthusiasts flock to the St John Ambulance Garden Fair. The palace ruins in Bishop's Waltham will host the annual event, at which visitors can choose from a variety of
