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Teen fights for life after road smash
A TEENAGER is today fighting for his life after being hit by a car. The 16-year-old boy, who is from Lyndhurst, was on foot when he was involved in the collision with a Honda Civic yesterday at 6.22pm. He was taken to hospital by ambulance with serious
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£130m congestion busting plan revealed
ONE of Hampshire’s worst traffic bottlenecks could be removed under a £130m congestionbusting plan, the Daily Echo can reveal. The A326 Totton bypass, which carries thousands of cars and lorries every day, would be converted into a dual carriageway
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Atheist bus ad campaign cleared by watchdog
A £140,000 atheist campaign on buses stating ''There's Probably No God'' is not in breach of the advertising code in spite of more than 300 complaints, a watchdog ruled today. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said it had concluded
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Hampshire military personnel rescued from landing craft
TWO Hampshire-based military personnel had to be airlifted from a landing craft today after it started taking in water. A mayday was broadcast by the 38ft vessel at 2.51pm, when it was two miles of St Alban's Head, south of Swanage, Dorset, and two Coastguard
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Mr Darcy portrait sells for £12,000
A PORTRAIT of Colin Firth as Jane Austen's Mr Darcy was auctioned for £12,000 at Bonhams today, double its estimated price. Even before the sale began, the painting was subject to a number of advance bids, a spokesman for the London auction
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Shoplifter took stolen beer back to store
SHOPLIFTER Rikki Gibbs helped himself to a carton of 12 beers at a Hamble shop and then walked out without paying. A shop assistant took the registration number of the car he got into and called the police. But 15 minutes later Gibbs came back
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Didgeridoo players give Southampton a down-under feel
IT’S synonymous with card wobbling Rolf Harris and invented down under by the aborigines of northern Australia. Have ya guessed what it is yet? The tones of the didgeridoo are bellowing across the streets of Southampton thanks to a group
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Speed limit signs did not meet strict guidelines
ANOTHER mistake with street signs has seen the speed limit on a major Hampshire road declared legally unenforceable. A Southampton man is celebrating after the speeding prosecution against him failed because authorities admitted they could
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Pensioners’ battle to stay in seafront chalets all year round
THEY just want to stay in the homes they have lived in for years. A group of Hampshire pensioners fear they could be forced out of their scenic seafront chalets for two months every winter. The elderly residents of some permanent homes
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Conman lived ‘flashy’ lifestyle thanks to £320,000 scam
HE had all the trappings of success. Former naval officer turned businessman Adrian Leaman owned five high performance cars including a Porsche and an MG, bought a house on a £180,000 income and to complete the image, he revelled in a £100,000
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FIFA 09
After spending many years on the bench, overshadowed by the hugely popular Pro Evolution series, EA have come onto the pitch with two goals in mind - to entertain and to take back the number one spot. Nobody will deny that EA's FIFA 08 was
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Wario Land: The Shake Dimension
Why buy a CRT television set when you could have LCD or plasma? Why watch VHS when you could check out the Blu-ray version? Why dig out your personal cassette player when you could listen to your Ipod? Why play a video game in 2D instead of beautiful
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My Pet Hotel 2 (DS)
Hotels are used by a variety of different people for a variety of different reasons. People on social trips, business trips, doing dodgy deals (like in the movies) or other naughty things (also often in a certain type of movie). But why would animals
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (360)
In a not too distant galaxy (the one we're in) a long, long time ago, the Star Wars series was one that could do nothing wrong. Unfortunately Episode I was released and nothing in the Star Wars series has been the same since. Will Star Wars: The
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Authorities not interested in ‘pay-as-you-throw’ waste scheme
HAMPSHIRE councils have insisted they don’t want to bring in pay-as-you throw levies for bin collections as the Government admitted it won’t need to put the powers to a parliamentary vote. The deadline closes today for councils bidding to run
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TNA Impact (360)
Wrestling is a sport enjoyed by millions globally that don't seem to care about parting with their hard earned cash to watch extremely well built men use their really bad acting skills. Don't get me wrong, I have a lot of respect for the awesome choreography
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Animal rights activists sent to jail for blackmail
SEVEN animal rights activists who blackmailed companies linked to an animal testing lab were today jailed for between four and 11 years. The six-year international conspiracy between 2001 and 2007 targeted firms across the UK and Europe that
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Facebreaker (360)
Xbox 360 Break yourself fool! The title, Facebreaker sounds painful, and getting used to the fast and frantic boxing style of Facebreaker can be extremely painful too. But it's one of those games that when you have the controls down and
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Karen makes a great Calendar Girl, says husband Tony
HERE’S our latest Calendar Girl! We’ve been asking ladies from across the south to send in photographs of themselves for the chance to win fantastic prizes and 41- year-old grandmother Karen Thompson is our newest entry. Her husband Tony thinks
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Don’t miss Big Garden Birdwatch
HUNDREDS of Hampshire people are expected to take part in RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend. It is the world’s biggest wildlife survey and last year more than 16,140 county residents joined 500,000 people across the UK, spotting the
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Warning after yet another aerosol explosion
FIRE chiefs have issued a fresh warning after an aerosol canister exploded in Hampshire, days after a similar incident. Last night a Portsmouth mother and son had to be treated for smoke inhalation and burns when an aerosol stored under their kitchen
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Stinking sewage floods homes for third time
IT IS a stinking nightmare they hoped they would never have to go through again. But for the third time in just six weeks a Hampshire neighbourhood has woken to the sickening sight of foul sewage flowing down their street. Residents
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Jobless total heads for two million
A RECORD number of people are being made redundant and job vacancies are falling as unemployment hurtles towards two million, official figures showed today. The jobless total increased by 131,000 in the three months to November to 1.92 million, the
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Norwich appoint Gunn as boss
SAINTS' relegation rivals Norwich have appointed Bryan Gunn as their manager until the end of the season. The former Canaries' goalkeeper took charge of Saturday's 4-0 win over Barnsley, following the sacking of Glenn Roeder. Norwich's
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Plans for second Southampton green power plant
A FRENCH power company wants to build a second multi-millionpound renewable energy plant in Southampton. Utilicom, the firm behind the Energy Centre at WestQuay, says the state-of-the-art station will feature the very latest in green energy technology
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Homes plan for Barton Farm sparks protest
ANGRY protesters are to take to the streets after council bosses said there was no alternative to controversial plans for 2,000 homes on the edge of Winchester. Barton Farm is in line to become a massive housing estate under a blueprint which
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Maritime & Coastguard Agency keeps an eye on floating timber
COASTGUARDS are today keeping a close watch on 1,500 tonnes of timber shed by a Russian-registered cargo ship in the English Channel. The 450ft Sinegorsk, now sheltering in Southampton docks, pictured, issued an alert in rough seas on Monday
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Lucky escape for women following motorway crash
TWO women had an incredible escape when a wheel and part of the suspension came away from a car they were travelling in on the M27 between Fareham and Cosham. Emergency services were called to the scene at about 10pm last night. Fire crews
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Knifeman is jailed after terror spree
A TEENAGE robber who armed himself with knives and a dog chain is today behind bars after carrying out a 36-hour reign of terror. Jaypal Khaira pictured, targeted all his victims at night, asking them for “a quid” before producing the weapons
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Flats fire was arson
POLICE believe a fire that broke out at a Southampton block of flats was started deliberately. Detectives are investigating the blaze that started in a shed that was built on to the block of flats in Coxford. A dozen children, some as
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Anything is possible!
I WAS very sorry to learn that Debbie has been replaced on Meridian Tonight by a 'much younger model'. The repartee between Fred and Debbie was something to look forward to each evening. This is female age-discrimination and shouldn't be allowed to
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I resigned membership in disgust
I HAVE been a member of the Labour party since well before Tony Blair became party leader but I have now resigned my membership over the government’s decision on Heathrow, made without even a full parliamentary debate. I will be redirecting the subscription
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Have a heart plea
I WOULD like to bring to the attention of your readers that the Children's Heart Charity, Little Hearts Matter is for the first time staging its very popular On Your Marks for Little Hearts Fun Run/Walk in the South East. The event takes place on Sunday
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Start providing a service
I AM glad the fiasco of Route B is nearly over. It was fairly obvious that this was the only possible outcome. Neither company could afford to run a route that only partially served any purpose and was , in parts, already covered by other routes. What
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Hants starlet Dawson earns England Lions call up
LIAM DAWSON has been rewarded for his outstanding 2008 by being fast-tracked into the England Lions squad. The Hampshire star is currently captaining England U19s on their tour of South Africa, but when that ends on February 3, he will have
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Poortvliet promises to double his efforts
JAN Poortvliet has vowed to work twice as hard to drag Saints out of trouble, after coming through yesterday’s crisis talks unscathed. The head coach met with the playing and coaching staff and PLC chairman Rupert Lowe at the club’s Staplewood training
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Exbury Garden owner Edmund de Rothschild dies ages 93
A LANDOWNER who turned his Hampshire estate into one of the county’s best-known tourist attractions has died at the age of 93. Edmund de Rothschild, affectionately known as Mr Eddy, opened Exbury Gardens to the public more than 50 years ago
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Terrace Restaurant gains Michelin star
A TOP Hampshire restaurant has gained a Michelin star for the first time. The Terrace Restaurant at the Montagu Arms Hotel in Beaulieu is one of 132 pubs and restaurants to receive a star in the latest edition of the Michelin food guide. In 2007 the
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Hard-up police give back rented artwork
HAMPSHIRE’S cash-strapped police force has handed back all its artwork to help balance the books. A freedom of information request also revealed that Hampshire Constabulary had spent £1,689.50 on rented artwork over the previous five years.
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Route to glory
THE next generation of London’s iconic Routemaster buses could be inspired by a vision from a Hampshire student. Craig Tomkin was awarded second prize in the 16-18 age group of a contest to image a design for a new bus fit for the 21st century. The
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Amy’s essay prize
ASPIRING marine archaeologist Amy Matthews has won the national Gerald Averay Wainwright Schools senior essay prize for her essay on ancient Egypt’s maritime history. Amy, who hopes to go to Bournemouth University in September to study marine
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First festival acts announced for Isle of Wight 2009
THE Prodigy, Basement Jaxx, Pendulum and The Ting Tings are the first of many acts to be confirmed for the Isle of Wight Festival 2009. Taking to the main stage on Friday June 12, these show stealing acts will kick off the first major festival this
