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  • Liverpool's leader branded "childish" in cruise wars cash row

    THE bitter Cruise Wars between Southampton and Liverpool deepened last night with a furious spat between the cities’ council leaders. Royston Smith branded opposite number Joe Anderson “childish” and “absolutely ridiculous” after he pointed

  • Water firm records lowest leak rate for four years

    SOUTHERN Water is recording its lowest leakage figures for four years as the firm braces itself for the driest winter since 1976. In September, October and November, the company beat the target set by regulator Ofwat by eight million litres of water

  • A sticky wicket?

    Eastleigh council this week voted to plough £6.5m of taxpayer's money into buying the lease of the Rose Bowl - having already pledged more than £30m for a new hotel at the ground. But as Julian Robinson discovers, Eastleigh is not the first

  • Grotto slip gran in line for £30,000 compo claim

    A HAMPSHIRE pensioner is in line for a £30,000 compensation payout after a bizarre accident in Santa’s grotto. Joan Dufosse slipped on a Christmas bauble and broke her leg when she took her grandchildren to see Father Christmas at a world famous

  • Prayers said for murdered Jo

    Prayers were being said today to remember Joanna Yeates - a year since she was murdered by her neighbour Vincent Tabak. The Hampshire landscape architect was last seen alive on the night of December 17 last year in Clifton, Bristol.

  • Taxi fares to be cut over festive period

    TAXI fares in Southampton will be slashed this Christmas after a single cabbie scuppered the goodwill gesture last year. Traditional double fares from 11pm on Christmas Eve to 6am on December 27 will be cut to time-and-a-half. Taxi chiefs hope the move

  • Hospital fined for mixed sex wards

    A SOUTHAMPTON hospital has been fined more than £3,000 for breaching single-sex ward rules in November. Last month Southampton General Hospital treated patients in mixed sex accommodation 15 times, racking up fines worth £3,750. All other hospital

  • House break-in

    A HOME in Bitterne Road East, Southampton, was broken into between 8.30am and 8pm on Tuesday. The burglar carried out an untidy search of the property, but it is not thought anything was stolen.

  • Q World C in the swim at Riverside

    THE Grinder insists he has speeded up and Alex Chircop was in Eric Cantona mode. It was just another Thursday evening at the Riverside Club in St Denys, home of the former Q World C pool team. Team statto Jerry Benham, known affectionately to one

  • Cows in Forest road accidents

    ONE cow was killed and two others injured in separate accidents in the New Forest. A Galloway died on the B3078 Brook to Godshill road – scene of several animal accidents in the past few years. Another cow was injured on the same road and an Angus was