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  • Olympic celebrations planned for September

    A parade will be held for all of the British athletes who take part in the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, it was announced today. The parade, a celebration of British success called Our Greatest Team, will travel from Mansion House in the

  • Team GB stars are set for greatness

    Britain's athletes at the Olympics did not just exceed expectations, they smashed them, and in doing so a series of previously little-known athletes became household names. Nicola Adams was just one example, the 29-year-old from Leeds becoming

  • GB's Olympic medal winners in full

    Full list of Great Britain’s Olympic 2012 medallists ... GOLD: Day five, Helen Glover and Heather Stanning, rowing, women's pair. Day five, Bradley Wiggins, cycling, men's time trial. Day six, Etienne Stott and Tim Baillie, canoe slalom

  • Breast screening to go digital

    Southampton women will have access to the latest breast screening technology that will help save lives, the Daily Echo can reveal. Bosses at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust have announced that all breast screening services

  • Pietersen left out of England squad

    Former Hampshire star Kevin Pietersen was today left out of England's squad for the must-win Lord's Test against South Africa. England announced this afternoon they have picked Jonathan Bairstow in place of Pietersen, whose involvement has been

  • City centre crash causes traffic

    A city centre crash has caused tailbacks in Southampton . Two cars were involved in the accident, outside the Sea City Museum in Havelock Road. Police and fire crew were called to the crash, which blocked the road, at around 11.53am and officers

  • Detectives hunt sex attacker in Gosport

    Detectives are hunting a man that tried to sexually assault a woman in Gosport . The 20-year-old victim was walking home from the Clarence Tavern in Mumby Road at 1.15am this morning. She was approached by a man who attacked her – but she was

  • Dulcie leaves cash to African orphan

    SHE starred in the River Hamble based Dallas-by-the-sea blockbuster Howards’ Way. It captured the rich jet set life of the eighties but actress Dulcie Gray never forgot those who lived in a very different world, blighted by poverty. Now Ms