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Part of roof destroyed in Fareham fire
A FIERCE blaze is being tackled by fire-fighters. The fire is in a house in Chantrell Walk, Fareham and has destroyed part of the first floor and the roof. Whether anybody was injured and the extent of the damage is not yet known.
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Lemar cancels South Coast gig
LEMAR’S BIC date, scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed after the If There’s Any Justice singer developed tonsilitis. The soul star, who first made his name on Fame Academy and has other hits including 50/50, Dance (With U) and It’s Not
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Maximo Park at Isle of Wight Festival
MAXIMO Park, White Lies, The View, The Rifles, The Zombies and special guest Paolo Nutini have been added to the main stage line-up for Saturday June 13 at the Isle of Wight Festival. They join a list of names already confirmed, including Neil
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Blue remembered Hills, New Theatre Royal, Portsmoutn
SET during the Second World War, Dennis Potter’s dark comic-drama encapsulates (through adults playing children) a world of innocence that comes tumbling down in the most traumatic of circumstances. Performed before a predominantly student-audience,
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Finally free - but is it 11 years too late?
A MASSIVE compensation claim is set to be launched after the final incredible twist in wrongly-convicted Sean Hodgson’s extraordinary tale was revealed. Yesterday, he said he felt “ecstatic” as he was finally freed after serving 27 years behind
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Seriously injured soldier back home after city attack
A SOLDIER left fighting for his life after trouble flared outside a Southampton pub has returned home from hospital. Chris Jones was transferred back to Cardiff from Southampton General Hospital where he had spent days unconscious in the specialist
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Dognappers steal pedigree poodle
DOGNAPPERS are being hunted by police after a poodle was snatched from a van outside its Fareham home. The owners of the pedigree poodle, called Ted, are appealing to the thieves to return their pet who has recently had an operation.
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Fritzl sentenced to life imprisonment
A jury today formally convicted Josef Fritzl of the rape, incest, homicide and enslavement charges he had already pleaded guilty to in Austria. Earlier today, Fritzl made a pathetic plea for mercy from the jury that will decide his sentence
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Out of the Doldrums, it’s plain sailing for Nick
A HAMPSHIRE sailor is just days from finishing an historic 22,500-mile round-the-world voyage. Nick Houchin and the crew of Oman Sail’s 75ft trimaran, Musandam, are crossing the Equator in the Doldrums as they make their way to Muscat. On the 68th
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The ultimate challenge . . .
ARMED Forces personnel are to embark on an epic round the world sailing exercise. Three 67ft steel yachts named Adventure, Challenger and Discoverer will set off from the start gate off Southsea Castle at 1pm on July 11. Sailing under the banner
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Climb our 125ft mast and raise funds
IT is a gruelling 125ft climb that offers some of the best views over Southampton. Now a sailing charity has issued a challenge to Hampshire residents – to scale the mast on one of their illustrious tallships. The Jubilee Sailing Trust
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Son's shock at mother's decline while cared for at Memorial Hospital
THE son of a patient who died at a controversial hospital today told of his shock at his mother's rapid deterioration while receiving rehabilitative care after suffering a stroke. Inquests are being held at Portsmouth Coroner's Court into the death of
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Get nominating for Great Citizen Awards
A LUXURY cruise, 100 bottles of Champagne, trips to Belgium, MP3 players and theatre tickets. These are just a few of the amazing prizes that will soon be showered on the county’s most amazing people as part of The Coast – Great Citizen Awards 2009
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David Coffin
David Coffin Contact details phone number/email address: 07925 698004 / DaveCoffin09@aol.com Qualifications – academic and professional: Woolston school - GCSE's A-C in IT/IS, English, History and Drama Itchen College - Numeracy and
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Traders say back us and we’ll be here for you
OUR bid to get Hampshire residents to support their local shops and producers has reached Winchester. Dozens of independent traders in the city have backed the Daily Echo’s new Buy Local, Shop Local campaign by displaying our campaign posters
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Ford swamped with redundancy requests
FORD bosses have been swamped by workers requesting redundancy from the Southampton Transit factory as news of a further three-week shutdown hits the shop floor. The Daily Echo understands around 550 employees have registered an interest in getting
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Google Street View launches for city
THE controversial Street View in Google Maps has been extended to cover Southampton. The online mapping service now allows users to see large parts of the city as they would if they were walking along the road. Faces and car number plates
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Pervert is locked up for seven years
A TAXI driver took saucy photos of two teenagers having naked food fights in the New Forest. David Harris, 56, said he did not know who the naked teenagers were, but claimed they had volunteered to go there and strip off while he snapped their
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Jobless benefit claims soaring across county
VICTIMS of redundancies made at the start of the year are swelling the ranks of people claiming jobless benefits in the south. Official records published yesterday show 28,957 people in the region claimed Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) in February
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Broken down car causing tailbacks on motorway
A BROKEN down luxury car caused long tail backs of rush hour traffic into Southampton this morning. Traffic snarled up on the approach to junction 3 of the M27 after an S-type Jaguar broke down on the eastbound exit slip road to the M271 just
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Tenant finally found for long-empty office block
IT’S been empty for four long years, but owners of Southampton’s landmark Charlotte Place offices are today celebrating after landing their first tenant. Specialist insurance litigation law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer (BLM) have signed a deal
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Whoops...a banana state!
THIS government has slipped on so many banana skins, this country has begun to look like a banana state! TERESA RUMSEY, Lymington
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Our three tier education system
FREE education was the last bastion of the welfare state, where even the poorest kid can go to university. But now we are seeing that this is eroding into a three tier system where degrees from the red brick universities are seen as second class degrees
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Christians Against Poverty
ONE of the biggest problems faced by families today is overwhelming debt and eviction from their homes, as well as being unable to afford the essentials required to lead a healthy life, food, heating etc, the minimum debt being up to £20,000. This year
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Calling teenagers. . .
HERE at Twenty Twenty Television, we are currently producing the new series of World’s Strictest Parents for BBC3. If this is the first time you have heard of the program, the basic premise is that we take outspoken young people (aged 16-17) and place
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Let’s leave the EU now
THE EU axe’s long shadow hangs over Hampshire Fire Brigade. Britain’s EU opt-out on the 48 hour week has gone. Retained fire fighters are working illegally if their hours (including time “on-call”) exceed the EU limit. Half the Brigade (most of Hampshire
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Cemetery vandals strike
VANDALS ripped a water standpipe was pulled out of the ground at the Brookwood Road cemetery in Eastleigh, starting a leak that caused £200 worth of damage. The damage was done overnight between Monday and Tuesday.
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Students evacuated from flats fire
DOZENS of students had to be evacuated from a high rise apartment block in Southampton after a fire broke out on the 15th floor. Firefighters from St Mary's station were called to tackle the blaze in communal lounge at the 522-room Mercury Point block
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Saints' Wright-Phillips should learn from Liverpool ace Torres
MARK Wotte believes a motivated Bradley Wright-Phillips could give Saints’ survival hopes a real boost. But the head coach has told his player to learn a lesson from Liverpool striker Fernando Torres in order to improve his finishing.
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Svensson warns Saints of familiar danger
MICHAEL Svensson has warned Saints they will be up against a former striker with a never-say-die attitude on Saturday – Brett Ormerod. The ex-St Mary’s star is back at Blackpool – the club Saints signed him from in 2001 – and is set to line up against
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Hunt for attackers
POLICE are hunting for two attackers who assaulted a Hampshire teenager as he walked with his girlfriend. The 16-year-old victim was walking along the cycle track near the Hutamaki factory, in Rowner Road, Gosport, at about 8.30pm. As he entered the
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Man stole three cases of lager
A SHOP assistant challenged a former school mate when he picked up two cases of lager and walked out with them. The following day, Michael Shanley returned to the same premises in Totton where she told him he was barred. He promptly picked up
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Hants defend Aussie signings
HAMPSHIRE have hit back at the England and Wales Cricket Board for criticising Kent and Middlesex over their signings of Australia duo Stuart Clark and Phil Hughes. Kent have signed Clark on a six-week deal, during which the former Hampshire
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Former experimental farmland up for sale
FARMLAND north of Winchester is being sold off by the Government with a potential for various new uses. Agents Smiths Gore is selling an unusual block of 73 acres between Martyr Worthy and Micheldever. Harry St John, of Smiths Gore,
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Parking restrictions tightened at estate
PARKING rules are being tightened on the Stanmore estate in Winchester, which could drive students and commuters further out of town. Winchester City Council is making the changes after talks with residents. Many struggle to park outside their
