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Government £81bn spending cuts - the key points
HAMPSHIRE is calculating the cost of the government's Comprehensive Spending Review. George Osborne spent just over an hour outlining how the coalition intend to cut to national deficit. The Chancellor set out plans to cut government
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Schools hoping for slice of rebuilding cash
EDUCATION bosses are today are hopeful that Southampton will receive some of the billions of pounds set aside for school rebuilding by the Government today. Chancellor George Osborne, in his Commons statement on the Spending Review, defended the decision
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Fire chiefs draw up plan to meet cuts
FIRE service chiefs in Hampshire have drawn up a plan for £17m of cuts over the next three years in a bid to meet the spending cuts. Finance chiefs are planning to slash the authority's £70m budget by up to 12 per cent by 2013/14. With the costs of
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Nursery must tackle noise issue
A CHIILDREN’S day nursery in Ampfield must work with Test Valley planning officers to find ways to reduce noise levels on outside decking. It follows Test Valley’s southern area members’ decision to defer Yellow Dot Nursery’s retrospective
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Hendry advised to play golf!
DISAPPOINTED Eastleigh boss Ian Baird has advised departed midfielder Will Hendry to take up golf or tennis – because he isn’t a team player. While Baird rates Hendry’s ability, he feels his attitude leaves a lot to be desired, resulting in the 23-
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Just days remain to have your say on schools
THERE are just days left for parents to have their say on plans to expand up to 19 Southampton primary schools. The city council wants to create nearly 3,000 new places for pupils in the next eight years to avert a crisis in the system, which
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Union slams police cuts
UNION bosses have condemned the policing budget cuts, estimating that some 1,150 police jobs may go. Yvonne Cleary, the Unison regional organiser for Hampshire & Isle of Wight Police says progress made over the last year was “under attack”. She
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Charity wants clocks changed permanently
THOUSANDS of children’s lives across Hampshire could be saved if clocks are put back permanently, a leading parent charity revealed today. Parentline Plus has thrown its support for a campaign to change the clocks to gain an extra hour of evening
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Special dog could help save diabetic's life
A DOG may be a man’s best friend, but for one Hampshire woman, it could be a lifesaver. Emmie Wallace, 26, who has type 1 diabetes, is raising money for a specially trained assistance dog to help her control her condition. But not content to
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Bransgrove: Hants job gave me a panic attack!
Rod Bransgrove today celebrates his tenth anniversary as Hampshire chairman. But in the first of an exclusive three-part interview starting today, he dramatically reveals how he nearly resigned before it began. Bransgrove recalls: “I woke up at 2am
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Tyzer fizz puts Sholing top
Sholing are walking tall at the top of the Zamaretto South & West – thanks to one of their smallest players. For the second time in four days, Tyronne Bowers weighed in with a sweetly struck free kick as the unbeaten Boatmen edged a tight game
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‘I don’t think he cared’ woman tells rape trial
A WOMAN who claimed she had been raped by the former captain of a Hampshire rugby team spoke of her ordeal as she spent a second day in the witness box. She told jurors that David Ewen seemed to have not cared what he had done and didn’t say a
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Police 'will protect frontline' as much as possible
POLICE bosses have vowed to protect frontline work “as much as possible” in the wake of a savage four-year government spending plan announced today. Around four per cent a year will be slashed from the country’s policing budget up until 2014
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Cuts will 'bring UK back from the brink'
Chancellor George Osborne set out a four-year plan of cuts today which he said would drag the country ''back from the brink''. Unveiling a comprehensive spending review which could result in almost half a million job losses over four years, Mr Osborne
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Don't Miss! Scissor Sisters At BIC.
Metropolis Music presents. Scissor Sisters. Thursday 16 December 2010. BIC Windsor Hall. It was 2009, and Jake Shears was in Berlin. Dancing. “There were nights when I’d look out into the crowd and it would look timeless
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£1m 24-hour gym will create 20 jobs
A £1m new gym that runs 24 hours a day is to open in Southampton next month creating 20 jobs. The 20,000 square foot Bitterne precinct site, the former AMF Bitterne Bowl ten pin bowling alley, will be PureGym’s seventh in the UK and will be
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£11,000 ticket scam students to pay back cash
TWO Southampton students who ripped off thousands of pounds from people through a bogus festival tickets website have been ordered to pay back those they defrauded. Dale Frost and David Martins earned £11,000 from selling worthless novelty
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Alleged killer was 'bitter about divorce'
A MAN who was bitter about his pending divorce smashed a sledgehammer into the head of his sleeping wife before slitting her throat, a court heard. George Kibuuka delivered “two deliberate and very hard blows” to the mother of his children’
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Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (360)
Genre: Rhythm Game Platform: Xbox 360 Publisher: Activision Classification: 12 (PEGI) Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock is like a breath of fresh air in a room that’s become stuffy, stale and somewhat funky – and that’s not
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Pavey pulls out of Great South Run
FORMER champion Jo Pavey has withdrawn from the 21st Bupa Great South Run because of a bout of sickness. The 2006 winner has not recovered from an attack of influenza in time to take part in Sunday's race, in Portsmouth. Although she
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Fans hopeful Lallana will stay at Saints
SAINTS fans have urged Adam Lallana and Saints to negotiate a new deal for the star midfielder. Speculation has been heightened with regards to a potential move as Lallana’s current contract is due to expire at the end of the season, as reported
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McFly At Southampton Guildhall. Wow!
McFly. Before the Noise Tour Reviews. Southampton Guidhall. As I entered Southampton Guildhall, I was immediately overwhelmed by the sheer number of teenage girls clambering to get closer to the stage, wearing McFly Tour T-shirts
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Horrific injuries of robbery victim
A RESTAURANT worker savagely kicked in the head during a robbery in a Hampshire street required treatment from a specialist surgeon for his injuries. The staff member from Kuti’s in Fair Oak was kept in hospital overnight after being violently
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Vow to save stroke support groups
STROKE victims have vowed to do all they can to finance their support group after council chiefs withdrew funding. Hampshire Stroke Association has been told it will lose a £60,000 grant from Hampshire County Council from April next year. The charity
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Doctors 'could not save OAP'
DOCTORS could do little to save the life of a Hampshire pensioner on her arrival at hospital, an inquest heard. Hilda Andrews, 88, of The Harrage, Romsey, was taken from Southampton General Hospital to Romsey Hospital for rehabilitation after
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Malaria man was arrested after sex attack
A NURSE who went missing after being infected with malaria is at the centre of a sex attack investigation, it has been revealed. Matthew Lloyd, who had been injected with the potentially fatal disease as part of a clinical trial, had not been
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Truancy rates fall across Hampshire
FEWER children are cutting class at Southampton and Hampshire schools. Absence figures released by the Government reveal there was a ten per cent drop in the number of half-days missed by Southampton secondary school pupils in the last year
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Hampshire MP slams government cuts
A HAMPSHIRE MP has said that the impending government cuts are a "reckless gamble." Shadow Business Secretary John Denham accused the Government of a ''reckless gamble''. ''My real worry is that we will see a lot of people lose
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Mills has unhappy start to loan spell
SAINTS loanee Joseph Mills suffered an unhappy Doncaster Rovers debut last night. The left-sided utility player – who celebrates his 21st birthday at the end of this month – was booked during Rovers’ 3-2 home Championship loss to Derby County. He
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City protest against Government cuts
Workers, union activists and campaign groups are to protest through Southampton today to warn of the threat to jobs and public services as a result of the Government's spending cuts. Public sector workers including nurses, teachers, librarians
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Woman harassed ex-partner
A WOMAN who would not accept her former partner no longer wanted to see her bombarded her with text messages, letters and phone calls, a court heard. Sharon Labrum defied a court order banning her from contacting Hannah Sharman. Eventually, Labrum
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MP puts heat on government over green promises
A HAMPSHIRE MP is putting the heat on the Government to prove its green credentials are not just a load of hot air. Southampton Test MP Alan Whitehead is joining green campaigners in calling for the Government to honour its promise of a Renewable Heat
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Window fall man critical but stable
A MAN who fell from a third-floor window is still in a “critical but stable” condition in hospital. Jason Green suffered serious head and spinal injuries after plunging 30ft from a second floor flat in the centre of Fordingbridge on October 9. Police
