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Motorcylist seriously injured in crash
A MOTORCYCLIST has suffered serious injuries in a crash in Hampshire. Police are appealing for information in which a Firefox motorbike was in a collision with an Audi A3. The motorcyclist sustained serious injuries, including a broken right
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Eagles of Death Metal pay tribute to victims killed in Paris attacks
THE international rock band whose concert was stormed by terrorists during the Paris attacks have paid tribute to the scores of fans slaughtered in the bloodbath. Eagles of Death Metal were on stage at the Bataclan concert hall when gunmen burst
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Star Wars: Battlefront fans queue for latest game
GAMING fans are being invited to dress as their favourite characters and camp outside shops to get their hands on a hotly-anticipated new game. Hampshire GAME stores will host the Star Wars Battlefront midnight launch and are calling on fans across
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PHOTOS: Students celebrate graduation
Students battled the blustery weather to receive their degrees at Southampton’s Guildhall. • Solent Graduation 2015 - in pictures >> But the harsh winds weren’t going to knock the smiles off the Southampton Solent University graduates
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Attempted murder trial: Alleged victim 'would have a party' if sister got sent to prison
A company director who escaped a fire allegedly started by her sister in a plot to kill her, admitted saying she would "have a party" if she got sent to prison for the crime. Under cross examination at Winchester Crown Court Rachael Bartlett admitted
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Winchester and Trojans warm up for derby by extending winning runs
WINCHESTER and Trojans go into Saturday’s South Hockey League Premier Division 2 derby at Kings’ (1.30) with a winning mindset. Four straight victories have swept newly promoted Winchester into second place, one point behind Old Edwardians, while
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NHS admits charges over pensioner's mobility scooter plunge death
THE NHS has admitted breaching health and safety laws after a pensioner died after plunging off a walkway on his mobility scooter. The Health and Safety Executive is prosecuting NHS Litigation for a breach of rules after Benjamin Withers fell 12ft
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Ablett scoops PGA England (South) title
JAMES Ablett has been voted the PGA in England (South) Golfer of the Year for 2015. The Lee-on-the-Solent player enjoyed an exceptional year in the region. He racked up 14 wins, eight runners-up spots and 11 other top five finishes. Ablett
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Mitchell Thorne is boxing champion
Mitchell Thorne has become the class a 54- 57kg Southern Area NABC champion thanks to a great performance against Bailey Phillips. Phillips (Yeovil ABC) came flying at Thorne from the opening bell but the Southampton ABC youngster kept his cool
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Setback for boxer Tony Hill’s title hopes as Hosea Burton suffers injury
TONY Hill has suffered another setback as he battles to make his professional boxing dreams finally come true. The 29-year-old fighter from Southampton was set to box Hosea Burton for the WBA Continental light heavyweight title on a star studded
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Multi-million pound facelift for cruise facilities
A MULTI-MILLION pound facelift for Southampton’s cruise facilities is set to get underway this winter. ABP Port of Southampton and Carnival UK have teamed up to invest £5million in improvements for the Queen Elizabeth II Cruise Terminal to help
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Burglar jailed for three years
A MAN has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for burglaries across Hampshire. Christopher Woodcock was sentenced for two counts of burglary, but also asked for 11 other offences of burglary to be taken into consideration at Bournemouth Crown
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High winds set to disrupt ferry services
FERRY services are set to be disrupted by adverse weather conditions in the Solent. Red Funnel has announced that its Red Jet shuttle between Southampton and West Cowes may face delays this afternoon as winds are forecast to reach up to nearly
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Investigation stepped up into crash that left 14 revellers injured
POLICE are stepping up their investigation into a horrific crash at a party that left 14 people injured. Eyewitnesses at the glamorous charity event in a Hampshire village said the scene was “like a bomb going off” as a car crashed through a marquee
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Police move into Fire headquarters
POLICE have begun their move into Hampshire's Fire and Rescue Service headquarters. Chief Constable Andy Marsh and more than 100 other senior police staff are making the move to join their fire colleagues at their Eastleigh base this week.
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Ainslie hopes to learn from England's misery
LYMINGTON'S Sir Ben Ainslie hopes to learn from England's terrible recent World Cup displays as Land Rover BAR bid to finally bring the America's Cup home. Roy Hodgson's men last summer returned home from Brazil on the back of the country's worst-ever
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Seager keen to impress at Southampton
SAINTS youngster Ryan Seager will not give up trying to break into the club's first-team. The 19-year-old played the full game in yesterday’s 4-0 friendly win against Ajax at Staplewood and has been around Ronald Koeman’s team in the last few weeks
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VIDEO: Southampton's Shane Long plays guitar to celebrate Ireland's Euro 2016 qualification
SAINTS striker Shane Long took the stage to celebrate Ireland's qualification for Euro 2016. The Irish striker played guitar while Robbie Keane led a sing-song in a Dublin pub last night, with international team mates Robbie Brady and Wes Hoolahan
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Join us at Southampton Business Show 2015!
Come and join Southern Daily Echo on stand 10 and find out about our exciting new projects and events and what we can offer you and your business, at the region’s biggest business to business exhibition taking place at The Ageas Bowl on Thursday (November
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Auction for Drury's captain's armband
THE armband worn by Eastleigh’s captain for the day, Andy Drury, at Guiseley last Saturday is up for auction with the money raised going to The Poppy Appeal. The Vanarama National League has joined forces with The Royal British Legion to raise
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Road delays after lorry jackknifes
A BUSY Hampshire road was brought to a standstill this morning after a caravan overturned. Police rushed to the A31 near Cadnam at 8.55am after reports the vehicle had jackknifed. The car and caravan had been moved to the layby by 9.10am but
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Van Dijk shrugs off injury worries
VIRGIL van Dijk has shrugged off an injury scare and declared himself confident that he will be available for Saints’ Premier League match with Stoke City. Despite withdrawing from the Netherlands squad with a knee strain, Van Dijk is confident
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Bertrand cameo on night of emotion at Wembley
Saints star Ryan Bertrand played the final ten minutes as England beat France 2-0 on a night of tears, compassion and defiance at Wembley. The night was one to remember especially for debutant Dele Alli, with the 19-year-old Tottenham midfielder
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Southampton stars could go head to head at Euro 2016 finals
THERE is a 50-50 chance that Saints’ stars from the British Isles will go face to face at Euro 2016. There could well be around six St Mary’s players at the tournament in France next June, with Ryan Bertrand, Steven Davis and Shane Long having
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Boost for plans to transform storm-battered coastline
THE plans to transform part of the Hampshire coastline by replacing almost 120 storm-damaged beach huts have taken another step forward. Civic chiefs have applied for planning permission to build new huts on the seafront at Milford on Sea – 21
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Rush-hour delays after motorway crash
MOTORISTS were stuck in traffic delays after a rush-hour motorway crash. Tailbacks built up on the eastbound carriageway of the M27 after the collision, which happened near junction seven at about 8am. Emergency services were called to deal
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Work begins on new science centre
WORK has started on a new high-tech science centre at a Hampshire college. Brockenhurst College staff, students, architects, funding representatives and builders defied the rain to take part in the ground breaking ceremony the new STEM (Science
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Attempted murder latest: accused said she would 'never hurt' sister
A woman wept as she told a jury how much she loved her sister who is accused of starting a fire which was intended to kill her. Rachael Bartlett was giving evidence in the trial of her sister Cathy who is accused of starting a fire in a bid to
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Special school reopens after £15,000 vandal attack
A HAMPSHIRE school caring for society’s most vulnerable children has re-opened after vandals forced a week-long shutdown. St Francis Special School in Oldbury Way, Fareham, was forced to closed on November 9 after hooligans entered the grounds
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Saints duo caught up in security fears
Jordy Clasie and Maarten Stekelenburg will return safely home to Southampton in time for the game against Stoke on Saturday after finding themselves caught up in a terror alert in Germany. The Saints duo were on the Dutch national team coach on
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Saints take first steps to break into lucrative North American market
SAINTS are to launch their own soccer schools in America next year. It is the first sign of trying to break the potentially lucrative North American market that chairman Ralph Krueger is so keen to do. The first soccer school will be rolled
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Mane the star as Saints stars take to international stage
Sadio Mane’s dreams of reaching the 2018 World Cup finals remain intact after Senegal defeated Madagascar 3-0. Mane scored in the first leg of the tie, which ended 2-2, and was an influential figure again as Senegal booked their place in the Africa
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Terror attack latest: police target massacre mastermind
The mastermind of the Paris attacks is believed to be the target of a police siege at an apartment block in the city, according to reports. Abdelhamid Abaaoud, from Belgium, has been named by French officials as the man behind the massacre of at
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'We are the lucky ones' - Hampshire family of injured rock fan
“WE ARE the lucky ones - we are getting him back”. Those are the words of a Hampshire family of a British rock fan shot twice as he crawled through bodies to escape the jihadists storming the Bataclan. Mark Backwell from London was hit in the
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Police use fan pics of Bataclan horror in terrorist hunt
THEY are innocent photographs taken by fans enjoying one of their favourite bands. But seemingly innocuous pictures are now vital evidence at the forefront of a huge international operation to strike at the heart of global terrorism. Police
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Live blog - November 18, 2015
5:55pm 'Ram-raid' at bank https://t.co/k6iOi64A6k pic.twitter.com/ghAHHAGNF2 — Daily Echo (@dailyecho) November
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70 retirement flats for former bus depot site in Southampton
MORE than 70 retirement flats could be built on the site of a former bus depot in Southampton. If approved, they would be the final piece of the jigsaw for the Portswood depot site after a Sainsbury’s superstore was built there and a student flat
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Brave couple fled Bataclan massacre - but went back to save friend in Paris attacks
A BRAVE couple told how they desperately went back into the Bataclan concert hall to rescue a friend hurt in the crush to escape from the terrorists. Maria and Patrick Moore from Southampton dramatically risked their lives to save an injured companion
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Tributes as rugby legend Jonah Lomu dies
Stars from the world of sport and beyond have paid tribute to legendary New Zealand rugby player Jonah Lomu, who has died at 40. Lomu, who won 63 caps for the All Blacks, had suffered from health problems since his retirement from the international
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X Factor winner and soap stars take stage in Chicago coming to Southampton
AN X FACTOR winner and two soap stars will take to the stage as musical thriller Chicago returns to Southampton, the Daily Echo can exclusively reveal. Herself a former prison officer, X Factor 2013’s Sam Bailey will play Mama Morton in the hit
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Showdown talks to decide the future of respite care centre
PLANS to close a respite centre for vulnerable residents in Hampshire will go before council chiefs next week. A final decision on the future of the John Darling Mall respite centre will be made by the county council’s adult social care chief on
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'Our pool will open again' claim campaigners after controversial shut down
CAMPAIGNERS are “100-per-cent confident” a popular paddling pool will reopen next summer following its controversial shutdown. Civic chiefs say they have found the money needed to fund vital improvements to the 45-year-old facility at Testwoood
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Englishness studies launched by former Southampton MP
FORMER Hampshire MP John Denham now a University of Winchester professor, launches the Centre for English Identity and Politics on Monday. Cambridge academic Professor Robert Tombs will give the keynote lecture, titled England’s Past and England
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Taxis smashed and cash stolen in wrecking spree in Southampton
THIEVES went on a wrecking spree stealing cash and smashing the windows of taxis across Southampton. All the taxis were targeted in the Woolston area of the city and most of them had their windows smashed before being looted of valuables. The
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Thieves spend £4,000 using pensioner's stolen credit card
THESE are the people police are hunting after a pensioner had her bag stolen and £4,000 was spent on her bank card. Officers want to speak to the two women and three men captured on CCTV after thieves targeted the OAP. The images show a group
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Delays alert: New barriers installed on Itchen Bridge as 25,000 drivers cross for free
New barriers are being installed on Southampton’s Itchen Bridge today to stop tens of thousands of drivers crossing for free. Workers will be onsite to create the new barriers this morning and they are expected to be in place from noon. The
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Woman dies after being hit by train
A WOMAN died after being struck by a train at a railway station. The incident happened at Micheldever Station just before 9.45am yesterday. Police and paramedics are currently at the scene. A spokesman for British Transport Police, said
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Nurses' hospital love triangle ends in tragedy
A love triangle among nurses at Southampton General Hospital ended in tragedy. Nurse Matthew Hills died of overdose of drugs obtained from work two days after telling his girlfriend he was having an affair with a work colleague who was four weeks
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MANHUNT: Face of Southampton's most wanted broadcast across UK
SOUTHAMPTON’S most wanted man will have his face broadcast across the UK as the charity Crimestoppers marks the 10th anniversary of its most wanted online gallery. Craig Ham, 22, is wanted by Hampshire police on warrant in relation to an attempted