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  • Police probe street robberies

    POLICE are hunting a man suspected of being involved in street robberies in an upmarket Hampshire town. Detectives are linking two late-night muggings in Lymington. The first involved a 19- year-old who had his wallet and mobile phone stolen

  • Saints down Sky Blues

    SAINTS beat Coventry 4-2 in a thrilling game at the Ricoh Arena to maintain their five-point lead at the top of the Championship. Richard Chaplow and Adam Lallana had fired Nigel Adkins’ men into a comfortable 2-0 half-time lead, following

  • Man talked down from railway bridge

    A DISTRESSED man had to be talked down from a bridge above a busy railway line in Southampton today. Officers spent more than 20 minutes persuading the man, believed to be in his early 30s, to come off a bridge parapet near the Junction Inn

  • Biggest firework display to go off with a bang!

    TONIGHT’S the night for the biggest firework celebration in the city. Tonight thousands of people will descend on Southampton waterfront for the Daily Echobacked firework extravaganza which will paint the sky with colour for Guy Fawkes Night

  • Coventry 2 Saints 4 - as it happened

    Follow @the_saints Like us on Facebook Live Match Updates The Sports Pink Online The Sports Pink is now available to read online. The latest edition goes live every Saturday night. Click the front page for

  • One person in hospital after accident

    One person was taken to hospital after a crash near Alresford last night. Emergency services were called to the B3047 at Bishop's Sutton just before 7pm to reports of a one vehicle accident. A person was taken to the Royal Hampshire County

  • Two injured in car crash

    Two vehicles were involved in a crash near Ringwood last night. One ambulance was called to the accident on the A338 at around 7.45pm. Two people were treated on the scene by paramedics but did not need to go to hospital.

  • Man ‘off his head’ during arson failure

    A SOUTHAMPTON man admitted he was “off his head” through drink and drugs when he launched an arson attack on a service station. Sanjay Ladher, high on cocaine and cannabis after a night’s heavy drinking, tried to set fire to petrol pump nozzles

  • Shake-up for vascular services?

    MORE than 6,000 people have had their say on the future of vascular services in Hampshire. Health chiefs are looking to shake-up sevices in the county to boost services and improve outcomes for patients. One proposal is for Southampton General

  • Network for elderly

    A HAMPSHIRE MP will be the guest of honour at the launch of a new network to support elderly residents. Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne launches the Eastleigh Older People’s Network at a special event at The Point theatre in Eastleigh next Friday from 1.45pm

  • Bowen delighted with Ding show

    PROVIDING he stayed awake long enough, seven-year-old Bowen Zhu would have been delighted with Ding Junhui’s performance at Southampton Guildhall on Thursday night. Bowen, a massive Ding fan, moved into a front-row seat vacated by Chandler’s Ford Snooker

  • Totton gripped by Cup fever

    AFC Totton boss Stuart Ritchie says “the whole club is buzzing” ahead of tomorrow’s trip to Redditch United in the Evo-Stik Premier Division. Not only do the Stags have next week’s massive FA Cup first round tie against Bradford Park Avenue