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Sports ground saved by £50k cash boost

FOR months its future looked bleak. Despite hosting football matches for hundreds of youngsters across Hampshire for almost 90 years, the much-loved BTC Sports Ground was staring oblivion in the face, after volunteers revealed it was becoming “

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Positive aspects of care home report

THE Daily Echo report into Glen Lee residential care home was based on a report dated January 16, 2013 by the Care Quality Commission, who had visited the home unannounced on November 1, 2012. Your story gave prominence to the failings at Glen

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Care home gives wonderful care

MY father lives in Glen Lee. He receives high quality care from staff who show kindness and understanding. They deserve medals caring for people who nobody wants, because they do not understand dementia and Glen Lee does. This article is not

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Care home report was unfair

AM appalled at your article about Glen Lee care home. You have portrayed the home unfairly. Glen Lee provides a wonderful place for people with severe dementia and who are cared for by staff with exceptional skills. My wife could not have received

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Keep staff on their toes

AFTER reading your article about the problems uncovered at Glen Lee care home in Bitterne, it is reassuring to know that the Care Quality Commission have the powers to enforce good working practices. There can be no excuses when it comes to dealing

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Unhappy at report

I AM very unhappy in the way the Daily Echo article was written. I have helped at Glen Lee on many occasions and for you to say that vulnerable adults are at risk is a load of rubbish. It was written that faeces were found smeared on a toilet seat

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Surprised by negative report

REGARDING Glen Lee care home, I was very surprised to read the negative report, as it is a local authority home. My own mother is in a local authority residential home, Holcroft House, and we are very pleased with the care and the cleanliness the

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Former Saints target backed to be Anfield success

New Liverpool signing Philippe Coutinho has the right mentality to succeed at Anfield according to assistant manager Colin Pascoe. Less than a week ago boss Brendan Rodgers publicly criticised his younger players after their 3-1 FA Cup exit to

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Young girl sails yacht after dad collapses

An 11-year-old Hampshire girl has been praised for her courage for taking the helm of a 24ft (7.3m) yacht and sailing it to safety after her father collapsed on board. Unity Bowns and her father, Matthew, were anchored aboard the Achilles 24 boat

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Motorist injured in crash

A MOTORIST was seriously injured after a pick-up truck and a car collided in Hampshire today. Fire fighters were called to the scene at Long Lane in Holbury in the New Forest to cut out the motorist from the pick-up Ford Transit after a smash involving

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Music Highlights

THE Kerrang! Tour is back for 2013 – and is set to rock Southampton Guildhall on Thursday. Organisers at the weekly music magazine have created another stellar line-up featuring headliners Black Veil Brides, Chiodos, Tonight Alive and Fearless

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Martinez impressed with Pochettino

Wigan boss Roberto Martinez is well aware of Mauricio Pochettino's management credentials and feels the Argentinian has made an encouraging start to life in charge at Saints. The Saints' decision last month to sack Nigel Adkins, who guided them

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Stage Highlights

TU I Teraz (Here and Now), a vibrant new play by Nicola Werenowska, centres on Polish migrant Marysia and her transition to life in England, a country she admires. Her new life with her teenage son is interrupted, though, by the surprise arrival

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Seven Days

AT WATERSTONES, ABOVE BAR, SOUTHAMPTON... AS part of a special evening designed to promote club historian Duncan Holley’s new book, Suited and Booted, Saints legend Matt Le Tissier will be taking part in a question and answer session on Monday

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Wreck-it Ralph - Review

Reviewed On: Nintendo DS Available For: DS, 3DS, and Wii Publisher: Activision Developer: Activision Genre: Action Age: 3 (PEGI) Price: £22.99 Disney's next big hit will pack a real punch in cinemas, thanks

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FA Cup hero returns to AFC Totton

Stefan Brown has returned to AFC Totton on loan from Basingstoke Town. The striker whose hat-trick earned him the player of the round award when Totton beat Bradford Park Avenue in the first round proper of last season's FA Cup, joined Basingstoke

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Suspected illegal immigrants arrested

UK BORDER Agency officials are today questioning two men on suspicion of being illegal immigrants after they were arrested at a Hampshire industrial site. Police were called to Tower Lane in Eastleigh at around noon yesterday after a Hungarian

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Rocket Man and the Rapper

WELL I didn’t see that one coming. I’ve gloated in this column in recent weeks that we at Echo Towers have correctly predicted all three of the main stage headliners for this year’s Isle of Wight Festival. But Elton John and Snoop Dogg on the

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Between the Scales

WHEN instrumentalists of the calibre of Tim Edey and Brendan Power decided to fuse their prolific talents there could only ever be one outcome - spontaneous combustion! Kiwi Brendan Power is a harmonica genius who has played with everyone from

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Host of stars at Ex-Saints Association event

The Ex-Saints Association are hosting a Q&A session and quiz featuring a host of club legends later this month. The likes of Matt Le Tissier, Jimmy Case, Franny Benali, Gordon Watson and Paul Jones will all take part in the evening, at the

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Fergie has grounds for concern

Sir Alex Ferguson is crossing his fingers that a change in the weather and an easing match schedule will lead to an improvement in the state of Manchester United's Old Trafford pitch. Ever since Ferguson revealed the pitch had "collapsed" over

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Gig of the Week - Geno Washington and his Ram Jam Band

IT promises to be a hand clappin’ foot stompin’ hot running soul night. Geno Washington and his Ram Jam Band will be at The Concorde tonight. A cult hero of the 60s soul scene, 69 year-old Geno’s electrifying stage performance has made him

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Just when do you become an adult?

When are you an adult? In law you are finally free of your parents – and they free of responsibility for you – at the age of 18. For many young people and their parents that may seem too soon, particularly in this era where so many children

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Top marks or the dunce's cap for whoever thought up this one?

Director of People. Now there’s a title to grapple with. As opposed, perhaps, to Director of Inanimate Objects, I suppose. The title will belong to a new super-civil servant to be appointed at Southampton City Council. Carrying a salary

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Quite a bright spark our dear leader

A bright spark, or just plain dim? Southampton City Council leader Richard Williams is certainly a brave man, setting aside half a million pounds in these times of economic crisis to fund his energy-saving pet projects. As this paper reported

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Alex is my real hero - not some over-paid, over-rated footballer kicking a pig's bladder

I’m not surprised that round-the-world yachtsman Alex Thomson is a little coy about whether he will be looking to take part in the next Vendee Globe race in 2016. Alex became even more of a Top Brit – he has already completed two round the world

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Golding: "I've pretty much run out of everything."

Mike Golding is tantalisingly close to fifth place as his Vendee Globe battle with Jean Le Cam continues. The Southampton yachtsman is nearing the end of his third Vendee Globe, approximately 1220 nautical miles from the finish and just 22 behind nearest

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Transfer window ins and outs

ARSENAL Ins: Nacho Monreal (Malaga, undisclosed) Outs: Marouane Chamakh (West Ham, loan), Johan Djourou (Hannover, loan), Emmanuel Frimpong (Fulham, loan), Chuks Aneke (Crewe, Loan) ASTON VILLA Ins: Yacouba Sylla (Clermont, undisclosed), Simon

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Manchester City captain to miss Saints clash

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany could be out of action for another three weeks, manager Roberto Mancini believes. Kompany limped out of last week's FA Cup fourth-round win at Stoke with a calf strain and missed the champions' goalless draw

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Harry Hill and Jo Caulfield coming to Hampshire

HARRY HILL tries out new material for a live show that promises incontrovertible proof that God exists at Theatre Royal Winchester tomorrow night. Joined by showband The Harry’s, there’s a section exclusively for Tongans, a chance to catch up on

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Connells announces record new homes sales

Last year Connells Southern Region sold in excess of 350 new homes units on behalf of house builders and housing associations, an increase of 22% on 2011 figures. “This significant uplift clearly demonstrates not only that buyers are back in force

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Robbery at Lloyds in Ringwood

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Search for a Superstar

YOUTH Music Theatre has launched a nationwide search for the best actors, singers, dancers, musicians and back stage crew – and they’re in Southampton looking for youngsters to join their company this weekend. Successful auditionees will work with

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Armed bank robbery

Two men on motorbikes have stolen cash-in-transit from a security guard at Lloyds TSB in Ringwood this morning. Police have confirmed that money was taken from a security guard at the bank as it opened. For more updates, follow our live

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Maxwell celebrates Test call-up with ODI blitz

Glenn Maxwell celebrated his call-up to Australia's Test squad with a stunning second ODI fifty for Australia. Within 24 hours of his inclusion in the 17-man squad for the forthcoming tour of India, Maxwell blasted an unbeaten 51 from only 35 balls

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Lallana's revenge mission

Adam Lallana insists Saints are gunning for revenge against Wigan tomorrow after being “taught a footballing lesson” by the Latics earlier this season. In only the second match of the campaign, Saints were beaten 2-0 at St Mary’s, as Roberto Martinez

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Meet the Parent

WHAT will happen as two sets of parents meet to discuss their children’s bad behaviour? Watch a rational conversation descend into a hysterical argument in God of Carnage, which opens at The Nuffield next week. The theatre welcomes back Matthew

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Saints are the loan arrangers

There was no deadline day drama at Saints, as the January transfer window shut last night without further additions to the squad. The only activity at St Mary’s before the clock struck 11pm involved four fringe players being loaned out. New

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Austin powers Romsey to safer ground

IT’S a mark of how far Romsey Town have come this season that they have taken the loss of striker Ryan Long to Sydenhams Premier rivals Verwood comfortably in their stride. When Long returned to the Bypass Ground club at the end of August, manager

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Totton's young guns raise the bar

AFC TOTTON’S senior players have a lot to live up to when they face manager Steve Riley’s old club Bashley at the Testwood Stadium tomorrow. The bar was raised remarkably high on Tuesday when a predominantly young Stags side brushed aside Gosport

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Alternative Cinema

THE quietly beautiful film Times and Winds examines the lives of children in a small Turkish village situated on a mountainside near the sea. Their lives are ordered five times a day by the “voice of God’s messenger” floating down from the

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Cup agony goes on for Eastleigh

ANOTHER costly Hampshire FA Senior Cup experience has shorn Eastleigh of two senior players for tomorrow’s Blue Square Bet South trip to Sutton United. Left-back Michael Green and striker Lee Peacock are both the worse for wear after Tuesday’s

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Pochettino was right not to spend

As Saints fans wake up the morning after transfer deadline day, things look pretty much exactly the same at their club as they were before – and why not? Mauricio Pochettino has had that vital away time to assess his new squad in Barcelona and

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Hampshire MP under fire for his support of gay marriage

A JOINT attack has been launched by five Hampshire clergymen over their MP’s support for gay marriage. New Forest MP Desmond Swayne is under fire from ministers in his constituency accusing him of helping “jettison a key part of the Christian heritage

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New £135,000-a-year People Director unveiled by council

THIS is the face of the new leader of a controversial new post created after children’s and adults services were merged. Alison Elliott, currently working in a London borough overseeing disabled children’s services, is expected to take up her £135,000

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Hospital admits failing to care for cancer sufferer

A GRIEVING family wept as they heard a hospital admit that it had failed in its care of a cancer sufferer. Just 18 days after he was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of bladder cancer Nigel James died while being treated at Southampton

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Hospital recruitment drive to tackle nurse shortage criticism

A MAJOR recruitment drive for nurses launched by Southampton hospital bosses is already helping to tackle concerns raised by inspectors over staffing levels risking quality of patient care. That was the message last night from hospital chiefs who

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Hampshire gardeners in OAP swindle

TWO Hampshire gardeners are facing prison after being found guilty of ripping off an elderly man who was forced to pay thousands of pounds for work they supposedly carried out in his garden. Robert Whitaker and his nephew James – who described

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Schools' cash boost to help struggling pupils

SECONDARY schools in Southampton and Hamp-shire are to receive an extra £1.3m to help youngsters who failed to make the grade in literacy and maths at the end of their primary education, it has been revealed. All schools will be given £500 per

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Tributes pour in for Saints fan after sudden death

TRIBUTES have poured in for a popular Saints supporter who died suddenly. Kevin Sadler, who was born in Millbrook, Southampton, passed away aged 31. The father-of-three lived in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, with his children and fiancee,

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Man charged over nightclub attack

A SOUTHAMPTON man has been charged with assault after a clubber was left blind in one eye. Thomas Goff, 29, appeared before the city’s magistrates court charged with grievous bodily harm. It comes after dad Dean De Freitas told how he was the

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Hampshire wind powered sea park plan taken to people

THE firm behind the controversial wind farm planned off the Hampshire coast has launched a new bid to gain public support for the £3 billion scheme. A series of public events got under way across the south yesterday where a new visual video display

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Theatre group spends two years finding enough black actors for new show

AN AMATEUR theatre group is finally staging its production of Ragtime – after taking two years to find six black actors. Milton Musical Society decided to produce the musical, which tackles the issue of immigration and racial prejudice in 1902

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Crackdown on truants

A major crackdown has been launched against truants in a Hampshire town. Police joined forces with schools bosses in the blitz on kids bunking off lessons in Romsey. With the help of council officials, officers knocked on the doors of known

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Tributes paid to young Saints fan who died suddenly

Tributes have poured in for a popular Saints supporter who died suddenly. Kevin Sadler, who was born in Millbrook, passed away aged 31. The father-of-three lived in Stoke with his children and fiancé, Kerry James, but continued to be an avid