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  • Appeal to help find missing woman

    POLICE are appealing for help tonight to find a Southampton woman who has been missing for five days. Concern is growing for Sabrina Cross, of Suffolk Road, Shirley, who has not been seen or heard from since Saturday, June 9, when she spoke

  • Hants clash abandoned after heavy rain

    Hampshire's opening Friends Life t20 game, against Sussex at Hove, has been abandoned following heavy rain. The Royals will now begin their campaign against Middlesex at The Ageas Bowl on Monday night (7pm).

  • Tragic suicide of mum who killed son, aged ten

    IT WAS a guilt she struggled to live with for 16 years. But ultimately the heartache of killing her own son proved too much to bear and Tara O’Connell took her own life. Miss O’Connell was found dead in her Southampton flat after taking

  • Five arrests in drug gang operation

    POLICE have arrested five people and seized suspected hard drugs after a tip-off from members of the public worried about “suspicious activity” in a Southampton street. Officers were called to Hill Farm Close, near Hill Lane, at around 3pm

  • Four arrested in 'paedophile' crackdown

    FOUR Hampshire men have been arrested as part of a national police crackdown on internet paedophiles. The men, all aged in their 40s and 50s, were detained through an operation targeting people suspected of downloading and sharing sick child

  • Southampton University Leavers Ball 2012

    Click here to see images We bring to you pictures from Southampton University Leavers Ball 2012. All these pictures were taken by The Southern Daily Echo, and each are available to buy as electronic files, prints, and other physical

  • Punk ap-pier-ance

    PUNK by the Sea comes to Portsmouth this weekend with an impressive line-up including The Buzzcocks, Sham 69 and The Damned. With a resurgence of interest for all things punk in the light of the Jubilee celebrations, the four-day event at South Parade

  • Having a ball

    Click here to see images WITH the hard slog of their studies over, celebrating students from the University of Southampton marked the end of their degrees at their annual Graduation Ball. Hundreds of undergraduates put on their glad

  • £50,000 spent on new bypass study

    THOUSANDS of pounds will be spent on finding out the cost of a new road in Botley. Eastleigh Borough Council has approved plans to carry out an “engineering and feasibility study” for a bypass for the village, even though transport bosses at Hampshire

  • Capital One Cup first round draw

    Last year's Blue Square Bet Premier winners Fleetwood will welcome two-time European champions Nottingham Forest to Highbury for their first ever Capital One Cup tie. Micky Mellon's side, who smashed the 100-point barrier on their way to the title,

  • Lucky cat survives 118-mile train horror ride

    HE must be the luckiest moggie in Britain – after surviving a 118 mile trip from Southampton to Cardiff clinging to the underside of a train. Rail workers were stunned when they discovered the frightened feline with no obvious injuries despite

  • Webb out, Gosney in at GE Hamble

    GE Hamble have made instant amends for the imminent departure of outstanding young goalkeeper Jon Webb. Webb, 21, is destined to join promoted Sydenhams Wessex champions Winchester City. And moving the opposite way to Follands Park is Ryan Gosney,

  • And now Sherborne re-signs for Totton

    THE good news just keeps on coming for AFC Totton boss Steve Riley. Striker Nathaniel Sherborne is the latest player to sign a two-year deal for the Southern Premier Division club, following hot on the heels of skipper Carl Pettefer.

  • Baker hangs up her apron

    SHE baked the wedding cake for Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Sarah Brightman – and had a TV super chef as one of her famous customers. But Jan Dearden is finally hanging up her apron after more than 40 years of top cake making. The 61-year-old

  • Outrage over £50m Hampshire windfarm plan

    A BATTLE is looming over a £50m plan to build the biggest wind farm in Hampshire. The 17 turbines near Winchester would be 125m tall – making them some of the tallest structures in Hampshire. The Spinnaker in Portsmouth is 170m while

  • Clarke hopeful pay dispute will be resolved

    Former Hampshire batsman Michael Clarke is hopeful the pay dispute between players and Cricket Australia will be resolved in the next week. As the Australian one-day side departed for their tour of the British Isles today, there was still no resolution

  • Harry Redknapp timeline

    1947: Born Poplar, March 2. 1964: March - Signs professional forms for West Ham following apprenticeship at Upton Park. 1965-71: Makes 149 League appearances for the Hammers, including three as sub, scoring five goals from his wing position during

  • Redknapp's replacement: The contenders

    Harry Redknapp's four-year stint at Tottenham ended today, with the failure to deliver Champions League football - despite finishing fourth in the Barclays Premier League - likely to have been a telling contributor in the 65-year-old's departure.

  • City among worst for diabetes checks

    SOUTHAMPTON is one of the worst places in the country for providing essential checks for diabetics, a report reveals. Health bosses have come under fire after it was found that less than half of diabetics in the city are getting all of the nine

  • Europe to demand Liverpool repays cruise cash

    LIVERPOOL looks likely to have to pay back its full European grant before it can legally use its taxpayer-funded terminal as a start and finish point for lucrative cruises. Southampton’s cruise business rival has already been told it must repay

  • Ex Saints boss Harry Redknapp leaves Spurs

    Former Saints boss Harry Redknapp is to leave his post as Tottenham manager, the club announced this morning. Redknapp and agent Paul Stretford spent yesterday in negotiations with chairman Daniel Levy and it became clear last night the former

  • Village to be monitored for traffic fumes

    A VILLAGE choked with traffic fumes will be constantly monitored for pollution. The area between Broad Oak and Mill Hill in Botley was designated an “Air Quality Management Area” earlier this year because of high levels of chemicals in the atmosphere