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Morris dancers celebrate May Day

11:39am Wednesday 1st May 2013

THE sound of jangling bells could be heard across Southampton this morning.

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Coronation Street star arrested in sexual assault investigation

10:42am Wednesday 1st May 2013

CORONATION STREET actor Bill Roache has been arrested on suspicion of an historic allegation of a sexual assault, sources said today.

Be A Part of Art and Culture

9:34am Monday 29th April 2013

Launching today in the Daily Echo, CultureSouthampton Friends is a new scheme encouraging everyone to sign up and boost the city’s burgeoning status as the arts capital of the south coast. LORELEI REDDIN reports

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Marking 12 years at Orange Rooms

7:26pm Thursday 25th April 2013

GROOVE Armada, Russell Brand, Grandmaster Flash, Mixmaster Mike, Annie Mac and TEED are just a few of the standout highlights of 12 years at Southampton’s Orange Rooms.

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Ultimate A-Z of the Isle of Wight Festival

9:48am Thursday 25th April 2013

WITH less than two months to go before Isle of Wight kicks off the summer festival season, Your Entertainment guides you through the alphabet of what to expect in 2013… A is for the best Artists appearing across all the awesome stages, at the first major festival of the season!

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Vision for controversial Cineworld complex

1:17pm Monday 22nd April 2013

THIS is how a controversial cinema proposed for Whiteley would look.

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Mini Chitty Chitty Bang Bang revs up birthday

5:14pm Friday 19th April 2013

THREE-YEAR-OLD Indiya Tasker drives her miniature Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car – a special birthday present built by her grandparents.

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Hampshire secretary is Internet dancing sensation - VIDEO

7:21am Thursday 18th April 2013

A Hampshire secretary has become an internet dancing hit after being unwittingly caught on video camera strutting her stuff while waiting on a bus.

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Tributes to Plonkers’ drummer

6:00am Thursday 18th April 2013

TRIBUTES have been paid to a Hampshire musician who has died aged 84 – just two months after the death of his wife.

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A big step for Sammy Sunshine

10:20am Wednesday 17th April 2013

A CLOWN and children’s entertainer who has worked in the trade for more than 50 years has opened a small museum dedicated to his career.

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City gears up for first fashion fest

10:20am Wednesday 17th April 2013

SOUTHAMPTON’s first fashion festival will be showcasing a whole host of emerging clothing brands, live DJs and acoustic sets, live art, makeovers and competitions in a two-day event at The Marlands this weekend.

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Look out Bond - Jaws is back!

10:21am Tuesday 16th April 2013

AFTER 17 years in showbiz, it was a role he could really get his teeth into.

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A catalan flavour for festival

11:17am Monday 15th April 2013

AGEAS Salisbury International Arts Festival has revealed the full details of its 2013 programme.

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Is this the Hampshire ring that inspired Lord of the Rings?

7:00am Sunday 14th April 2013

DID incantations and spells fill the air as the curse was evoked and brought down on the gold ring, which lies at the centre of a centuries’ old Hampshire mystery.

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Starsky and Hutch star coming to The Mayflower in Fiddler on the Roof

7:00am Saturday 13th April 2013

STARSKY and Hutch’s Paul Michael Glaser will star in the brand new production of Fiddler on the Roof, which is set to open at The Mayflower this autumn.

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