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Killzone 2 (PS3)
SCROLL DOWN FOR TRAILER Genre: First Person Shooter Reviewed on: PlayStation 3 Available for: PS3 Publisher: Sony Developer: Guerrilla Rating: 18 (BBFC) Multiplayer: Online All be it a good game
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Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force - Trailer
Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force is a game from Disney that is aimed at kids. The game has hit shop shelves today and immerses children in a Club Penguin world as a secret agent, solving mysteries and completing missions. In Club Penguin
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Disney Announce Split/Second
SCROLL DOWN TO VIEW THE TRAILER Disney have unveiled details of a new game called Split/Second which is being developed by Black Rock Studio, the guys behind the phenomenal PURE. Split/Second will see an early 2010 release and will call
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Three New Resident Evil Titles planned for Nintendo Wii
It seems as though Capcom never rest. Not only is Resident Evil 5 out today but they also announced this week that three new games will be setting up residence on Nintendo Wii. Capcom plan to release a brand new adventure called Resident Evil
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Wotte will only focus on QPR game
MARK Wotte is refusing to look past Saturday’s clash with QPR, as Saints enter a crucial four-match period in their bid for survival. Saints host the London club, who are in terrible form, at St Mary’s this weekend. After that, they
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Cabbies welcome extra taxis ruling
SOUTHAMPTON is to get nearly 20 extra taxis over the next three years, the city council has ruled. From December 1, four new taxi licences will be issued with 15 more released over the following two years. The controversial move was met with relief
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Council braced to fight Hazel Blears over sport ground homes plan
COUNCIL chiefs could decide to fight the Government’s decision to approve a massive sports and housing scheme that sparked a wave of protest. Hazel Blears, secretary of state for communities and local government, angered campaigners by supporting
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Woman charged over cyclist's death
A WOMAN has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving following a fatal collision. Julia Moore, 30, of Rownhams Road, Southampton was allegedly behind the wheel of the Fiat Punto which collided with cyclist Greg Dear on Millbrook
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This will help the small trader
Bill Reeve the butcher believes a meaty campaign is the way to save the day for the independent traders in Hampshire. Manager of John Wildman and Sons butcher’s in Shirley High Street, the 53-year-old said: “A campaign like this will help small traders
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Blooming marvellous!
INDEPENDENT florist Lisa McLaren was blooming chuffed with our Shop Local campaign. The 38-year-old who runs and owns the Scents of Occasion florist in Crown Street, Shirley, said: “As one of the small guys we have to build our business from nothing
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Mum of toddler killed by MRSA hits out
A HAMPSHIRE mum has told how she was “robbed” of a last cuddle with her baby. Michelle Thorn hit out at the mistakes made by emergency services the night her 16-month old daughter died from MRSA. She says confusion between paramedics
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Stephen Palman
Stephen Palman Contact details, phone number/email address: Mobile: 07919-537641 e-mail: steve.palman@ntlworld.com Qualifications – academic and professional: Fellow member of Association of Accounting Technicians (FMAAT
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Concorde star shines for Leanne
TALENTED Leanne Fielder has been crowned champion of The Concorde Factor 2009. The quest to find singing talent in Hampshire ended with her superb rendition of River Deep, Mountain High. She has scooped £1,000, five paid engagements at The
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South coast connection for DJ Gilles Peterson
GLOBE-trotting DJ Gilles Peterson returns to Southampton fresh from club and festival sessions around the world. The popular Radio One DJ brings his diverse sounds to Orange Rooms tonight. A master of what he terms ‘joining the dots’
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Hamble Junior Players, Hamble Memorial Hall
ALEXA Romanes’ play Dark River is a sombre tale of Victorian London underclasses, in particular the children who scratched livings, honest and otherwise, as mudlarks, costers, street sweepers and thieves. Finely observed, compellingly written
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Extra cash to tackle county’s knife crime
EXTRA cash is set to be ploughed into Hampshire in a bid to rid its streets of knife crime. The county’s police force is the latest to be included in a national programme to tackle the menace of youngsters carrying knives. The Tackling
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Simple check saved vision
A ROUTINE eye check saved the sight of a Hampshire pensioner after an optician spotted signs of the common eye disease glaucoma. Retired scaffolder Charles Hurl, 82, went into the Lymington High Street branch of Specsavers because he thought
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This year, ladies, we can do even better!
THE race is on to sign up for this year’s Cancer Research UK Race for Life, which comes under starter’s orders in Southampton on July 12. Entries are being taken now for the 5km charity run, which starts on Southampton Common at 11am. Last
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Carberry on track after training with Chambers
Hampshire batsman Michael Carberry is fitter than ever - after spending his winter sprint training with Dwain Chambers. Carberry worked with Chambers on the track at Pickett’s Lock so was delighted when the controversial sprint star continued
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Norovirus outbreak
THE outbreak of norovirus continues to affect hospitals in Winchester and Andover. By yesterday the numbers had dropped to seven at the two hospitals, Royal Hampshire County in Winchester and War Memorial in Andover. At the RHCH, Freshfield ward and
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Antiques fair ready to cash in as trade booms
A WATCH worth £8,000, perfume bottles valued at £2,500 and up to 5,000 items of signed memorabilia, including pieces from pop legend Elvis are the stars of a major antiques fair in Hampshire this Sunday. Organisers are reporting the antiques
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School head charged with indecent assaults
THE HEADMASTER of a Southampton private school has been charged with indecently assaulting teenage boys. Brother Jack Davis is accused of six counts of indecent assault against boys under the age of 14. He is due to appear before magistrates
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'Serious doubts' over 27-year-old murder conviction
A MAN jailed for murdering a barmaid in Southampton 27 years ago could be released from prison within days after serious doubts emerged about his conviction, it was revealed today. Sean Hodgson is serving a life sentence for killing 22-year-old
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Woman dies following traffic accident
A WOMAN who was hit by a truck on a pedestrian crossing on the Isle of Wight this morning has died. The 56-year-old woman was struck by a blue Mercedes Benz flatbed truck on the crossing in Parkhurst Road in Newport at 8.13am. A spokeswoman
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Lucy backs Hampshire surgeons
GLAMOUR model Lucy Pinder was back in her home city of Winchester yesterday. Saints fan Lucy, 25 – who was the first to be evicted from the last series of Celebrity Big Brother – spoke at the launch of Evolve Southern Cosmetic Surgery group, based
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Thursday 12 March
Today’s principal Southampton arrivals Soul sound, cargo, 0115, 44; Taronga, roro, 0430, 34/35; Frisian Lady, cargo, 1030, 107; Los Angeles Express, container, 1215, 207; Sierra Nevada Highway, roro, 2030, 40 Today’s principal Southampton sailings
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Join our campaign to buy local and shop local
THE Daily Echo today launches a campaign urging Hamp-shire shoppers to throw their support behind their local high street traders. Our Buy Local, Shop Local campaign aims to encourage shoppers to ease the pressure of the recession on our traders
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Romsey exhibition is model success
MORE than 1,000 people attended the Romsey and District Modellers Society exhibition at Crosfield Hall in the town, making it one of the most successful in the club’s history. Club spokesman Patrick Collins said that top attractions included the Ballyconnell
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Unions say don’t ban staff from Facebook
UNION chiefs have pleaded with bosses not to ban thousands of council staff from using a social networking site on their office computers. Hampshire County Council bosses threatened workers with the ban after it found that 46 employees had
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Three cheers for the market!
I THINK that the weekly market in Bitterne is a real success, attracting a lot of people from outside the area as well. Stalls are crammed and a high atmosphere prevails. MRS ANNE HOOPER, Southampton.
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University needs research helpers
RESEARCHERS at the University of Southampton would like to extend a second call for individuals to participate in their research, which is examining the relationship between chronic headache, processes of attention and coping-strategies. Individuals
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Save Barton Farm Group rallying cry for protest march
THE leader of the campaign against developing on Hampshire farmland is calling for a massive turnout at a march on Saturday. The Save Barton Farm Group is battling proposals for 2,000 homes – which Winchester City Council planners are poised to support
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Twenty is plenty say pupils
Pupils from Oliver’s Battery Primary School, Winchester are urging drivers to cut their speed as part of a road safety scheme organised by Hampshire County Council. Sixty pupils wrote to Oliver’s Battery Parish Council asking it to back
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Restore school dental service
RESTORING the school dental service would remove inequalities in care. All school children would benefit from regular inspections and accessible treatment when necessary. Peter Richards, Hayling Island.
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Mass action is the only way
THE no payment campaign is a good idea. I have never heard so many lies since the Iraq campaign. The reason I think, is so there is a clear path to privatise all dental care just as they did to the railways. Mass action is the only way, the poll tax
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Why should Exchequer recompense him?
SO Jason Fellner was disappointed with the lack of help offered when he met Gordon Brown. What did he expect? It is a well known fact that when dabbling in shares it should, he understand, that shares can just as easily decrease in value as gain in value
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Thank you readers!
ON behalf of the Tenovus Solentside Committee and the cancer scientists working in Southampton, I would like to thank the readers of the Daily Echo for their support. As you know, we run a highly successful research team looking for new treatments of
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Race for Life aim for £590,000
This year, ladies, we can do even better! THE race is on to sign up for this year’s Cancer Research UK Race for Life, which comes under starter’s orders in Southampton on July 12. Entries are being taken now for the 5km charity run,
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Club demolition plans are thrown out
CONTROVERSIAL plans to bulldoze a landmark Lymington building have been thrown out. Planners have rejected an application to demolish the former Wellworthy Social Club, in Stanford Road, and replace it with 13 homes. Councillors claimed that
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Wii will be raising cash at Monty’s for Comic Relief
IT’S a chance to prove your sporting prowess for charity. The Monty’s bar at the Montagu Arms Hotel in Beaulieu will be holding a Nintendo Wii Sports Competition to raise cash for Comic Relief. Competitors can take part in golf, tennis, bowling
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Gorre: Big defeat is a good learning curve
SAINTS coach Dean Gorre described his young reserve side’s heavy league defeat to an experienced Brighton team last night as a “good learning curve.” The home side fielded a team packed with players with plenty of Football League appearances
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Future of £20m bus to be decided this month
A BID for £20m of Government cash to pay for a rapid bus link between two Hampshire towns will be determined by the end of the month. Hampshire MP Sir Peter Viggers asked the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport when a funding
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FA Cup coming to town
FOOTBALL fans will be able to get their mitts on one of the sports most treasured trophies. The FA Cup will be in Asda in Chandler’s Ford on Friday. Shoppers can have their picture taken with the historic cup in return for a donation to Comic Relief.
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Hants want to go ahead with Northern Ireland match
Hampshire Cricket will play in Northern Ireland in May – providing they get the go ahead from the England and Wales Cricket Board. Hampshire have been liaising with the ECB following the recent murders of two soldiers and a policeman in Northern
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Airport staff most courteous in Europe
STAFF at Southampton Airport are celebrating after being named the most helpful and courteous in Europe for the second year on the trot. The award has been given by Airports Council International following a survey of more than 200,000 passengers
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Virus outbreak still affecting hospitals
THE outbreak of Norovirus continues to affect hospitals in Winchester and Andover. By yesterday the numbers had dropped to seven at the two hospitals, Royal Hampshire County in Winchester and War Memorial in Andover. At the RHCH, Freshfield
