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Labour wins Woolston by-election
Labour have won the Woolston by-election with a reduced majority. UKIP came second, pushing the Conservatives into third. Labour's Christopher Hammond was named as the winner of the election with 864 votes. The election was called after
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Cook takes blame for England defeat
England captain Alastair Cook paid tribute to Sri Lankan centurion Kumar Sangakkara and took his own share of the blame for England's Champions Trophy defeat tonight. Sangakkara came in in the third over and batted through for 134 not out as Sri
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Labour wins Woolston by-election
Labour have won the Woolston by-election with a reduced majority. UKIP came second, pushing the Conservatives into third place. Labour's Christopher Hammond was declared the winner in the council chamber at the Civic Centre at 12.17am.
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Rush hour misery for motorists
MOTORISTS are facing rush-hour traffic misery after a crash on a busy Southampton road. The accident happened at the junction of The Avenue and Burgess Road at about 5.42pm. Traffic is building up along both roads which are closed as a result
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Retirement flats plan for former boathouse
RETIREMENT flats will soon be built on the site of a derelict boathouse in Southampton. Plans to build 51 apartments on the site next to the River Itchen at Cobden Avenue have finally been approved, six years after the proposals first surfaced.
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City shopping centre boarded up
A BELEAGUERED Southampton shopping centre has been closed after the receiver struggled to find a buyer. The Bargate Shopping Centre, once the gleaming answer to transforming a neglected part of the city, has now become one of its worst eyesores
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Parking mistake cost couple a £75 fine on wedding anniversary
MY husband and I decided to celebrate our 55th wedding anniversary with a nice meal at an old haunt in Southampton. It was around 7pm when we arrived by car and proceeded to look for an accessible parking space – we both hold blue badges. We
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Partnerships are key to success in education
AFTER three decades of being a councillor, it never ceases to amaze me that almost everyday brings a new challenge or experience. A good example of this was my first official engagement as the county’s Executive Member for Education at the end
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Distressing news of veterans harmed by benefits crackdown
RECENT news that disabled war veterans are being are being ‘humiliated’ by the benefits crackdown is distressing. Combat Stress, like many charities working with injured military veterans, has heard stories from those we treat regarding the reassessment
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Mix up over BT broadband and ebilling password
I WONDER if other readers have come across similar experiences with BT. I could not access ‘my bt a/c’, as it would not accept my password. Some days later, after complaining, BT got back to me via email, saying that there was a second user
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Why have new jobs figures changed?
I HAVE received my copy of Eastleigh News, the regular periodical from the Council. In reporting to us the update on the Rosebowl development we are notified that “it is hoped to create 100 new jobs”. During the recent local election campaign
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Animal Aid thanks after street collection
ANIMAL AID would like to thank the people of Shirley, Southampton for their generosity in raising £86.57 at a street collection on Saturday, May 11 2013. The money will help fund our peaceful campaigns and our important educational work on all
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Using word ‘green’ is excuse to get money
ACCORDING to Mr Cox, the renewable energy subsidy will add £63 to average household energy bills because The Department of Energy and Climate Change says so. I suppose if I was daft enough to believe (a) in global warming and (b) any figures issued
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Brickwork repairs on footbridge done well
I WOULD like to express my appreciation to the workmen who repaired some of the brickwork on the Mount Pleasant Road footbridge. It is now a real pleasure to walk to my allotment in Radcliffe Road. The brickwork has been tastefully selected and
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More changes being made by First Bus
I SHOULD like to bring to the attention of your readership the amount of changes which First Bus are bringing to the neighbourhoods. They include the axing of cross-town routes, the disenfranchisement of whole neighbourhoods (no buses from June
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First Bus should think about how cuts will hit elderly passengers
FIRST Bus, in their infinite wisdom, have axed all buses to Lordshill North. Do they not think of people who need to be able to get out? I am disabled and to walk to the next nearest stop (currently over the road from me) takes 20 minutes.
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Lashing out at UKIP
LASHING out at UKIP, D R Smith clearly cannot wait for the final meltdown of whatever sovereignty Britain has left, stating that, as “immigration...will almost certainly increase, we had better get used to it”. What defeatist nonsense. As someone
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Safety campaign goes on in memory of Mark
SOUTHAMPTON Cycling Campaign would like to thank all those cyclists who joined the first annual Mark Brummell memorial ride (the Brummell Bummel) on May 26 to celebrate the life of a truly remarkable man who enriched the lives of all who knew him.
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City centre pavements are in a ‘disgusting’ state
A fortnight ago the mother of my daughter-in-law had a very bad fall in Southampton, resulting in a chipped front tooth, split lip and numerous bruises. She is a lady not in the best of health, so a complete shock to her system. This fall happened
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Litter spoils common
ONE of the joys of the weekend is an early morning walk on Southampton Common, pictured. But not last weekend as the bottom field was awash with litter. Plastic and glass bottles, cans, boxes, discarded plates, knives, forks, food wrappers,
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A sad statistic
WHAT A very sad statistic from the national press, that nine out of ten babies born this year to cohabitating parents will see them break-up before they are 16. NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED.
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What a lot of hot air over wind farms
MARTIN Heath tells us (Daily Echo, June 3) that wind farms are one of the cheapest forms of energy. What utter nonsense! They are anything but efficient as he states. They may turn 70 per cent of the time but because the wind is unpredictable,
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Disastrous move
QUITE disastrous – Morrisons to take over the Blockbuster store in Portswood (Daily Echo, June 7). And possibly alchohol on sale from 6am? Appalling. It makes me wonder if I should desert the Labour council, though I have no idea what a Conservative
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Fracking not a danger to the environment
CE Watts (Fracking our way to destruction? Letters, June 6) gives us his deeply informed view of fracking, no doubt based on his years of experience working with the technology. Or not, as is clear from statements such as “fracking is dangerous
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Thanks for my prize
A BELATED thank you for the two tickets which I won in the Daily Echo competition to see Birds of a Feather at the Mayflower theatre in May. My daughter and I thoroughly enjoyed the show. Thanks again. ROSEMARY DORMAN, address supplied.
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This is not the UKIP we recognise
MAY I take this opportunity to respond to D R Smith’s misinformed article (In my view June 4)? His description of UKIP was entirely unrecognisable. If, as he states, UKIP make the Conservative party appear left wing, then why have so many hundreds
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Do parties have a cultural death wish?
DESMOND Swayne MP, in his defence of Islam (Daily Echo, May 31), loftily dismisses a few “churchy” folk who send him “considered but misguided stuff peppered with quotes taken out of context from the Koran...” Churchy folk, I’m afraid you are wasting
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Fake cigarette theft
A LOCKS Heath man has admitted shoplifting E-lite cigarettes valued at £53.80 from Superdrug in Petersfield. Basingstoke magistrates ordered Eugene Boland, 40, of Yarrow Way, to do 80 hours unpaid work, pay £26.90 compensation with a £60 victim
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Death of athlete is a mystery
MYSTERY surrounds what caused the death of former Southampton athlete Donna Hartley-Wass. A post-mortem was unable to confirm what caused the death of the 58-year-old, who died suddenly on Friday afternoon. She was found in the back garden
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Fantastic opportunity for new homes buyers
Connells Southern Region covering Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire is holding a Help to Buy Event from 21st June to 1st July to raise awareness of the Government scheme which offers a fantastic opportunity for those looking to purchase a brand new home
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Police act after brawl at funfair
POLICE are stepping up patrols at a funfair after about 20 teenagers were involved in a mass brawl. Officers say the violence that broke out at The Bickerley in Ringwood involved youths aged between 15 and 19, some of whom suffered broken bones
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Drug-dealing teenager is spared prison
POLICE recovered 15 wraps of heroin and 20 wraps of crack cocaine when a student was searched, Winchester Crown Court heard. Olnwatobi Adeyemi was arrested after police had been tipped off about an incident in a pub in Bugle Street, Southampton
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Driver taken ill at wheel
A MOTORIST was taken to hospital after her car collided with another vehicle and mounted the pavement. Police say the 51-year-old woman was driving through the town of New Milton yesterday when she was taken ill at the wheel of her Peugeot 206.
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Large skip fire contained
FIRE crews were called to a skip fire in a Hampshire community. A team from Fareham was called to a blaze in a large container in Solent Way, Whiteley, at 5.45pm on Tuesday. They spent nearly half an hour tackling the fire. The cause is
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Mum of school massacre victim to make TV appearance
THE mother of a Hampshire boy killed in the Sandy Hook school massacre will tonight appear on national television describing her battle for tighter gun controls in the US. Nicole Hockley will chart her desperate on-running bid to encourage stricter
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Man charged after knifepoint robbery at petrol station
A MAN has been charged following a knifepoint robbery at a Hampshire petrol station. At around 3pm on bank holiday Monday, May 27, a man entered the Esso Service Station on Sway Road, Brockenhurst. He managed to get behind the counter and demanded
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Cockroach infestation at restaurant
AN INFESTATION of cockroaches was found in the kitchen of a Hampshire takeaway, a court heard. Now the owner has been ordered to pay fines of more than £4,500 after failing to comply with a string of food hygiene regulations. Environmental
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Duchess of Cambridge names Royal Princess
THE eyes of the world were on Southampton today as the Duchess of Cambridge carried out her last solo engagement in the city before her baby is born. Launching the Royal Princess liner Kate, who is around eight months pregnant, looked relaxed as
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Two Hampshire hotels to close
TWO HAMPSHIRE Travelodges are closing a week after the company said it wants to build 10 new hotels in the county. The budget hotels at the north and southbound Sutton Scotney services on the A34 will close tomorrow. As reported last August
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Thief carries out break in while owner sleeps
A THIEF broke into a Southampton home through a window while the occupant was asleep. The intruder got into the house in Portswood Road through an insecure window in the early hours of Tuesday and escaped with a mobile phone. Contact the police
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Thousands head for polls in Southampton
THOUSANDS of people will head to the polls today to elect Southampton’s newest city councillor. Six candidates have been battling for the votes of Woolston residents over the past two months after the shock resignation of former city council leader
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'Mummy is an angel now' says daughter of possible murder victim
“MUMMY is in heaven and is an angel now.” They are the words that a grieving dad has been forced to tell his little girl after her mum was found dead in suspicious circumstances at her Southampton home. Gary Willoughby told how fouryear- old
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Drink driver fined
A WOMAN caught drinkdriving on a Hampshire motorway has been hit with a £2,000 fine. Linda Grace, 60, of Manor Way, Lee-on-the-Solent, admitted driving a Volvo V5 on the M3 southbound near Basingstoke on May 25. Her alcohol reading was 86 micrograms
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Southampton nursing students in aid mission to Ghana
THEY have been washing cars, baking cakes and parachuting from the sky. But now a team of nursing students are almost ready to travel more than 4,500 miles across the world to care for people in West Africa. Twenty-five students and staff from
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Top judges DOUBLE jail sentence imposed on Hampshire rapist
HE is the monster serving a prison term for a series of horrific rapes. Gareth Warburton also subjected his victim to a frightening assault in which he beat her about the head. Today, on what is his 47th birthday, one of the top judges in the
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REVIEW: My Name is Rachel Corrie, RAODS, The Plaza, Romsey
SPIKE Milligan had a joke that he told to film editors: “this editor was skiing down a big slope, lost his sticks and only just made it to the bottom. “It was terrible,” he said. “My whole life flashed before me, badly edited.” Sadly this version
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REVIEW: Two Gentlemen of Verona, Theatre Royal Winchester
TWO Gentlemen of Verona is one of the Bard’s earliest and least-celebrated plays, yet this production by Bristolbased company Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory proves it to be a gem well worthy of revival. Young men Valentine (Jack Bannell) and
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The Rumour Mill - Thursday June 13
The Daily Echo's look at the latest transfer rumours including yet more about former player Gareth Bale. It's the saga that just keeps running... Paris St Germain are prepared to outbid Real Madrid in the £85m battle to sign Gareth Bale (Daily
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LAST NIGHT'S REVIEW: Cats, The Mayflower
SITTING in the audience at The Mayflower last night was a bit like travelling back in time. Some 20 years ago I was a keen GCSE music student and part of my coursework involved studying Andrew Lloyd Webber’s feline musical. But this time round
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Duchess of Cambridge names Royal Princess - live coverage
A picture from today's naming ceremony. Another picture from the naming ceremony of Royal Princess. The concert at the naming ceremony. Alan Buckelew, CEO of Princess Cruises. Chief Constable
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Anger at £6m price tag for "flawed" heart unit review
“IT is a disgusting waste of money that could have been avoided if we had been listened to.” Those are the words of campaigners who have been left feeling “gutted”after the Health Secretary suspended the review that saved children’s heart surgery
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Firefighters rescue man stuck in mud
A MAN had to be rescued by firefighters after getting stuck in mud on Hayling Island last night. The man and two friends became stuck close to Langstone Road Bridge shortly before 7.30pm. Twenty-two firefighters from Havant and Fareham fire
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Duchess of Cambridge to name cruise ship in Southampton today
THE red carpet was rolled out, champagne put on ice and the world’s newest cruise ship, Royal Princess, was ready to welcome the Duchess of Cambridge in Southampton today. Royal mum-to-be Kate was due to make her first visit to the city to act
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Tew 'perfect' for Prizefighter contest
Matty Tew will have the chance to bag £32,000 for one night’s work after winning a place in the coveted Prizefighter tournament. The Betfair Prizefighter Light Welterweights III takes places at York Hall, Bethnal Green on July 6, and sees Tew up
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Hampshire signing a "shrewd" piece of business
THE chairman of the club where Sohail Tanvir last experienced an English summer believes Hampshire have made a shrewd signing. Tanvir spent the 2006 season playing in the North Staffs & South Cheshire League for Haslington CC, scoring 600-plus
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Supermarket’s booze sales bid sparks anger
A SUPERMARKET giant’s plans to sell alcohol until midnight have sparked anger in a Southampton community. As previously revealed in the Daily Echo, Morrisons plans to transform the empty former Blockbuster building in Portswood into a new convenience
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JWP out to restore young Lions' pride
James Ward-Prowse has landed in Turkey aiming to help restore some pride for England’s battered young guns. The Saints midfielder is part of Peter Taylor’s under-20 squad for the World Cup this summer and landed in Turkey a day after Stuart Pearce
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£2,000 fine for drink-driver
A WOMAN caught drink-driving on a Hampshire motorway has been hit with a £2,000 fine. Linda Grace, 60, of Manor Way, Lee-on-the-Solent, admitted driving a Volvo V5 on the M3 southbound near Basingstoke on May 25. Her alcohol reading was 86
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£300m a year cost of deaths due to smoking
IT IS the single biggest cause of premature death from lung disease in Hampshire, costing the county almost £300m over the last 12 months. And health bosses believe that kicking the smoking habit could be the key to significantly cutting the region
