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Over 750 fugitives on the run
MORE than 750 fugitives wanted by police in Hampshire are on the run from justice, the Daily Echo can reveal today. Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show officers have failed to track down 768 people with outstanding arrest
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Car arrest leads to burglaries bust
POLICE got an unexpected bonus when they arrested a banned driver caught on a speed camera at the wheel of a stolen car. At his Southampton home, they discovered proceeds of a series of night burglaries he had carried out with three accomplices
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Fake guns can still be fatal
CHILDREN at schools across Southampton are to be taught about the dangers of carrying imitation guns and knives. Dozens of pupils were due to gather today for the launch of the Firearms and Knife Education (FAKE) programme. The campaign, which
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Man dies after road accident
A MAN has died after a road accident in Hampshire. The victim's silver-coloured Volkswagen was in collision with an Iveco van in Eastfield Lane, Ringwood. He is thought to have suffered a fatal heart attack either just before or just after
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Jordan and Peter Andre to split
Glamour model Jordan and husband Peter Andre are to split. The couple have been together five years since they first met on I'm a Celebrity.. and half been married for four-and-a-half years. Jordan - real name Katie Price - and ran the
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Dead mother's ashes stolen from car in Hampshire
THE cremated remains of a woman have been stolen from a car in Hampshire. Sometime between 11.30am and 1.10pm today, an urn containing ashes was stolen from a vehicle in Buriton, near Petersfield. The Nissan was parked in a car park
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Looking to the heavens for church repairs
IT was a case of Nearer My God To Thee when a clergyman was given a lift in a specialist aerial platform. The Rev Roy Hemmings, vicar of Maybush and St Judd in Southampton, brought the words of the famous hymn to life when he turned to local
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Busiest day of the year for city's docks
MORE than 22,000 cruise passengers passed through Southampton in just 12 hours on the busiest day for Southampton docks so far this year. With four cruise ships alongside both the Eastern and Western Docks, including two of the biggest vessels in
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Hollywood stars helping Titanic survivor
HOLLYWOOD superstars who made their names immortalising the doomed liner Titanic have stepped in to help secure the future of the last remaining survivor of the tragedy. Film stars Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio have pledged "considerable
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Drugs factories found by chance
POLICE smashed a major cannabis-growing operation in Southampton – almost by accident. Officers investigating a suspected burglary discovered the first “factory”. Then while carrying out door-to-door inquiries at neighbouring homes they stumbled
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Why SISU’s offer 'should have been accepted'
KEN Dulieu, the Company’s Chairman, has asked us to reply on his behalf to the Open Letter Regarding Refinancing Proposal by SISU dated 26 October 2007 which was addressed to him. We regret that you are unwilling now to meet with us to discuss
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Saints directors: Ranson told SISU proposal will succeed
RAY Ranson has informed former Saints directors that he was told the majority shareholders would almost certainly agree to SISU’s takeover plans. As it turned out, Michael Wilde, Leon Crouch and Rupert Lowe were all sceptical at first – and none
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Board discussions on the SISU takeover
LEON Crouch and Patrick Trant were the only Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC directors who did not vote in favour of SISU’s takeover plan back in the autumn of 2007. From countless hours of meetings with potential investors stretching back
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The £40m SISU takeover that could have saved Saints
THIS letter sets out the indicative terms (the “Proposal”) on which SISU Capital Limited, for and on behalf of the SISU Capital Private Equity Funds (hereinafter “SISU”), would be prepared to make an investment in Southampton Leisure Holdings
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City 'could benefit from congestion charge'
BUSINESSES in Southampton could benefit from congestion charging, a study published today reveals. Researchers say well designed and implemented road charging schemes can deliver “substantial” overall benefits to businesses. However,
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Seeing is believing
WOULD a window cleaner see through pompous people? PHILIP G HAWKINS, Sholing.
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So, how was leaflet distribution paid for?
I WAS interested to receive a campaign leaflet from my Labour MP Alan Whitehead. You may remember that I wrote to you about having twice been ignored by the MP even though he spends £10,000 a year on “correspondence’’. The campaign leaflet
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Where have those missing billions gone?
NEITHER Mr Darling’s Budget Speech, nor the published documents, informs the electorate who is benefiting from the billions of pounds being extorted from wage earners. One assumes that these billions are being repaid to international investors and speculators
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Fluoride: thanks for your support
THANK YOU so much for enabling readers to express their views on the plans to add the fluoride chemical to local water supplies. Your local newspaper provides a vital mouthpiece & is true democracy - unlike the actions of the Health Authority! A dental
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Firefighters tackle warehouse fire
FIREFIGHTERS tackled an early morning blaze in a Southampton warehouse full of LPG cylinders. The fire broke out at a workshop full of the cylinders and car tyres in Imperial Road, Bevois Valley, just after 3am this morning. Crews from
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Schools cannot expel badly behaved pupils, Tories claim
BADLY behaved pupils are repeatedly being allowed to return to classrooms in the south after being suspended from school because the Government has made it hard to expel them, it has been claimed. Record numbers of children are being suspended
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Anti-fluoride petition grows to almost 9,000
NEARLY 9,000 people have now signed a petition against fluoride being added to the tap water of thousands of homes across Hampshire. Dozens of new signatures were added at a special drop-in session in Eastleigh. Eastleigh MP Chris
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Vandals in drunken rampage at cricket club
VANDALS caused thousands of pounds of damage in a drunken rampage at a Hampshire cricket club. They destroyed equipment and left the pitch at Fair Oak Cricket Club’s Pavilion Close ground covered in broken glass. Just seven days earlier
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Eleventh hour bid to save popular hospital
PROTESTERS took to the streets in an 11th hour bid to stop the axe from falling on a popular Hampshire hospital. Gosport's Royal Hospital Haslar is due to close this summer. But angry protestors have not given up their fight to save
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Wotte believes in English style
MARK Wotte believes Saints need a “typical English” centre forward and centre half to compete in League One next season, writes ADAM LEITCH. Wotte has already started planning for the next campaign even though his own position is uncertain until a
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Wilde: I wanted British boss for Saints
MICHAEL Wilde has revealed he had lined up a British manager with a view to taking over at Saints following Jan Poortvliet’s resignation. Wilde, the former football board chairman, would have preferred a British option rather than appointing another
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Fake gun and knife campaign launched in schools
A FLYPAST will mark the launch of a police firearm and knife education campaign for schools in Southampton. Dozens of students from across the city will gather today for the launch of the Firearms and Knife Education (FAKE) programme.
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Couple's sporting fun day in memory of late pal
A COUPLE have organised a sporting fun day in memory of a pal who died aged just 30. Clare Gotts and her partner Neil Bowers are bidding to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust in honour of Jake Hubbard. Jake, from Southampton,
