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AFC Totton to prioritise regulars for Rovers clash
AFC Totton chairman Phil Shephard has promised the club’s most loyal fans priority for the FA Cup second round tie against Bristol Rovers. Following the successful staging of the win against Bradford Park Avenue, police and the FA are happy
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Nurse wins top research award
THE hard work and dedication of a Southampton nurse has won her a prestigious international award. Jennifer Allison, pictured, based at Southampton General Hospital, has been selected for the International Association of Clinical Research Nurses
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New era in Prospect for flagship homes
THE first 16 homes on a flagship £16m council estate regeneration project in Southampton will be unveiled tomorrow. Four one-bedroom and 12 two-bedroom flats for affordable rent and five new shops, including a new Co-op, will officially opened
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Cancer patients should come before over-eaters
IN THE current climate of spending cuts and the NHS in which I am employed struggling to make ends meet, I find it difficult to read of the first person in the UK having groundbreaking surgery to fit her with a “gastric pacemaker” (Daily Echo
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Meter fitting leaves a leak
WELL done to Southern Water in fitting the water meters. Not only did we have a major water leak afterwards in the area and were left half a day without water, but they have also managed to cut through a number of cable networks, including our own
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Bribing the ‘grey voters’
MR David Keyworth (Letters, November 1) is absolutely right, the tax discount to pensioners who, under the rules, don’t qualify for it, amounts to no more than political bribery of the “grey vote”. I feel it should be investigated by the Electoral
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Graffiti symbol is not a swastika
WHILE I in no way condone vandalism, may I just say that the graffiti on the cenotaph (Daily Echo, November 5) is not a swastika, but a “sanskrit well being” one of man’s oldest symbolic devices found in almost every part of the world for hundreds
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Cancer knows no divide
WHEN we learned that a CD single had been produced by Karen Mann to raise funds for cancer research we decided to help raise some money. Karen sent some copies of her CD Why, Oh Whyÿ to Hartlepool. We raised money through CD sales and from donations
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Stand for election – not behind anonymity
I write regarding the letter “The truth hurts, Mr Smith” (Letters, November 5). Well I do wonder what this mystery person, who attacks Councillor Smith wishes us to “shout about”, or indeed if the whole point of their argument is to simply put
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Small amount is code for lots more housing
LAST week, no less than three Lib Dem leaflets dropped through my letter box. All three highlighted a common theme – to protect our green spaces. I didn’t have long to bask in the comfort of these assurances. In one of the leaflets I read “a
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College rejects 'inadequate' tag
ONE of Hampshire’s top sixth-form colleges has lodged an appeal after being branded “inadequate” by inspectors. Award-winning Totton College is reeling from a highly critical report published by the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted
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Walker named after after 400ft fall
A WALKER found dead on a mountain in North Wales has today been named as Christopher Currie. The 47-year-old, from Fair Oak, in Eastleigh, was found by mountain rescue teams yesterday. It is believed he fell while out walking on Cader
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Probation officer sent home for wearing tartan trousers
A HAMPSHIRE probation officer was ordered home from work - because he was wearing tartan trousers, it has been revealed today. The worker, an offender manager based in Southampton, was suspended for half a day after bosses objected to his attire. It
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Leader slams ‘absurd’ attack on privatisations
Southampton’S council leader has hit back at attacks on plans to cut costs by a quarter and privatise more services. Cllr Royston Smith accused the unions of “scaremongering” and said claims that residents will receive an inferior service from
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Disease victims can quiz experts
SOUTHAMPTON residents with a life-threatening disease are being offered the chance to quiz the country’s top experts. Vasculitis inflames and destroys blood vessels, affecting one in 30,000 people in the UK. The online consultation has
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AFC Totton earn their Spurs
IT is a good time to be a Tottonian. Not so long ago, Totton was best known for being the largest village in the UK, a hinterland on the edge of Southampton passed through en route to the New Forest. When the football team was mentioned
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Return of normal rubbish collections
BIN collections in Southampton were returning to normal today after months of industrial action, council chiefs claimed last night. A summer of rolling strikes and work-to-rule action over pay cuts wrecked the usual timetable leaving rubbish
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The Weekend, Lymington Players
RELUCTANT to endure a family weekend, cynical Stephen seems determined to be cantankerous. Faced with challenges provided by his daughter, her husband and his granddaughter (plus the uncontrollable dog), Stephen takes refuge in whisky and sarcasm
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A Clockwork Orange, The Nuffield
WELSH theatre company Volcano brought their version of Anthony Burgess’s dystopian novel to the Nuffield on a suitably dank night. With the UK riots still relatively fresh in the mind, the story’s themes of violence and disconnection take
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Birdy soars into UK top 20
HAMPSHIRE schoolgirl Birdy is celebrating after her debut album went straight in the UK’s top 20. The 15-year-old, pictured, from Lymington, whose real name is Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, released the self-titled album a week ago and last night
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Fiona’s fury at her ill dad’s medical care
TV presenter Fiona Phillips’s dad was found by Hampshire police officers after going missing from his retirement home. Fiona, who was brought up in Southampton, has spoken of her gratitude to the “huge team” of officers that went looking for
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Thieves strike
BURGLARS forced their way into a Romsey home while the family slept upstairs. Police say the intruders got away with two laptops, a Kodak camera and £300 in cash during sometime between 11pm last Sunday and 6.30am the next day. Officers believe
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Lawrence parents arrive at court
The parents of Stephen Lawrence have arrived at the Old Bailey as the trial began of two men accused of his murder.Doreen and Neville Lawrence came to court to see the start of the trial of Gary Dobson, 36, and David Norris, 35, both of south London.Dobson
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Georgina trial jurors to be chosen
JURORS are today being chosen for the trial of the man accused of murdering Hampshire grandmother Georgina Edmonds, pictured. Matthew Hamlen denies killing the 77-year-old by hitting her repeatedly with a rolling pin in the kitchen of her cottage
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Driver hunted in boy alert
POLICE are hunting a motorist seen to be acting suspiciously towards a child. The man, who was driving a black four-by-four style vehicle, pulled up alongside an 11- year-old boy as he walked near St Lawrence on the Isle of Wight, and offered
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Don't miss! Stereophonics - at Bournemouth’s O2 Academy
Stereophonics. Announce four intimate shows this December. LP ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’, out now. Stereophonics – one of Britain’s best-loved bands – will perform four nights of highly anticipated, intimate shows, starting out
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Deadlock continues over hospital helipad
HOSPITAL and union chiefs are still locked in talks in a bid to break the deadlock over Southampton’s £1.2m helipad. Plans to fly critically ill patients direct to Southampton General Hospital in a bid to save more lives were stalled at the 11th
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Totton's Gos is in dreamland
AFC Totton star Mike Gosney is dreaming of an FA Cup third round trip to Old Trafford. The winger, who scored twice in Saturday’s thrashing of Bradford Park Avenue, was back at the Testwood Stadium yesterday to see his club paired at home to
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Reveller hurt in plunge from nightclub window
A REVELLER suffered a fractured pelvis and wrist after falling out of the window of a Southampton nightclub. The 21-year-old plunged from the second floor of Jesters in Bevois Valley Road in the early hours of yesterday. Witnesses reported
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Less than half Hampshire's school meals budget spent on British food
HAMPSHIRE’S school caterers spend less than half their budget buying British food. Figures released following a Freedom of Information request show the county council spent only 41 per cent of the total £2,520,178 budget in 2009/10 on UK produce. Southampton
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Cyclist in hospital after collision with motorbike paramedic
A PARAMEDIC on a motorbike responding to an emergency call has collided with a cyclist in Hampshire. The 23-year-old woman who was riding the bike has sustained injuries to her head, pelvis and knee and is being treated at Southampton General Hospital
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Cancer surgeon's marathon bid to beat disease
A LEADING Southampton surgeon is paying tribute to his brave patients by running the London Marathon. Tim Underwood, an oesophageal cancer surgeon at the city's General Hospital, is already in training for the gruelling 26-mile run through
