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Police wasted £11m on HQ that never was

12:10am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

HAMPSHIRE police announced today that it would sell the site it bought for more than £11m for a new headquarters that has been empty for five years.

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Pensioner is still fighting for his life

6:00am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A PENSIONER was last night still fighting for his life following a serious accident in Southampton.

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Thief tries to steal £1,000 worth of chewing gum

5:00am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A THIEF bit off more than he could chew when he took a supermarket trolley stuffed full of £1,040 worth of chewing gum.

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Arrests after drugs found following bungalow fire

5:20pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

THREE men have been arrested after police found cannabis growing equipment in a Hampshire home gutted by fire.

Man denies stabbing murder victim in the eye

1:42pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

A MAN today denied stabbing Jamie Dack in the eye with a bottle as he lay dead on the kitchen floor of a Southampton flat.

Investigation continues after violence at festival

12:21pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

ALL six men who were arrested after a brawl in a Hampshire village yesterday are still in custody this morning.

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Police hunt after object hurled at train

5:41pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

POLICE officers are appealing for information after a train driver was left with a cut and bruised face when an object was thrown at the windscreen he was standing behind.

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Hampshire firm ordered to pay £350k after worker's death

4:51pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

HAMPSHIRE-based defence giant BAE Systems has been ordered to pay almost £350,000 in fines and costs after a worker died when he was crushed by a 145-tonne metal press at one of its sites.

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Devoted mum's plea for judge to lift son's restraining order placed for her own protection

12:03pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

A loving mum bullied and harassed by her troubled son made an impassioned plea to a judge to let her help him rebuild his shattered life when he gets out of prison.

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Villagers fight plans for criminals' rehabilitation centre

12:02pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

Residents in an idyllic village are fighting plans to turn a former nursing home into a rehabilitation centre for almost 100 drug and alcohol-addicted criminals

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Cyclist back in the saddle thanks to theft report

2:50pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

ADAM Kowalski thought he had seen the last of his trusty bike after it was stolen from cycle sheds at university.

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Ambassadors greeted by hover firm

1:00pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

THEY have spent more than half a century designing and building world class hovercrafts.

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'Body in bin' accused admits vicious assault victim but denies murder

12:19pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

“I hit him with a baseball bat, stamped on him and stabbed him – but I didn’t kill him.”

Wife charged with attempted murder of husband

11:37am Tuesday 21st May 2013

A WIFE has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of her husband.

Train driver hurt as brick thrown through train windscreen

7:19am Tuesday 21st May 2013

A train driver was badly hurt when a brick was thrown through the glass of her window in Hampshire.

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Plans for Southampton sports ground are a step closer

2:30pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

IT has been fenced off for more than a decade, with entry strictly limited to school games lessons.

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Countdown to opening of Whiteley Shopping Centre begins

1:50pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

THE windows are being cleaned, the shelves are being stocked and the final coats of paint are going on the walls.

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Rescue in high rise fire drama in Southampton

7:55am Tuesday 21st May 2013

A STUDENT had to be rescued from a high rise flat after a fire broke out.

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Charity swimming pool hits its £55K fundraising target

3:10pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

STAFF at a popular Southampton swimming pool are celebrating after achieving a fundraising goal of £55,000 to replace its ailing roof.

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Six hopefuls for role as Southampton's newest city councillor

1:30pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

THESE are the six contenders who will battle it out to become Southampton’s newest city councillor.

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Hampshire winners celebrate Chelsea success

9:57am Tuesday 21st May 2013

HAMPSHIRE horticulturalists have scooped top awards at the Chelsea Flower Show.

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Marks and Spencer profits slump

8:34am Tuesday 21st May 2013

Marks & Spencer's annual profits fell to their lowest level in four years today after clothing sales slumped.

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Plans for criminal rehab centre at former nursing home

4:00am Tuesday 21st May 2013

PLANS have been revealed for a rehabilitation centre for almost 100 drug and alcohol-dependent criminals on the site of a former Hampshire nursing home.

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Bees in close trophy victory

4:30pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

Marchwood Bees swarmed to the top in a trophy challenge that had a nail-biting finish, as 91 teams who took part in forest challenges testing their mental, physical and creative skills witnessed a one-point difference between top three.

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Former Priestlands School teacher died of natural causes

2:10pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

A FORMER teacher died just months after his wife’s death, an inquest heard.

Firefighters called to office complex

1:47pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

FIREFIGHTERS have been called out to a major office complex in Southampton.

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Animals killed in New Forest

1:10pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

A New Forest pony was killed on the B3056 at Matley Ridge, near Lyndhurst.

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Accountancy partner

1:00pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

ONE of the south’s largest accountancy firms has appointed a new partner to its Chandler’s Ford office.

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Museum seeks new chief

1:00pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

HAMPSHIRE’s Museum of Army Flying is searching for a new boss.

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Bluebird Care to offer round-the-clock service

1:00pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

A HAMPSHIRE home care provider has launched a new 24-hour service for the city, Alresford and Eastleigh.

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Tourism award entries invited

1:00pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

AN award recognising quality, innovation and service in the region’s tourism industry is now open for entries.

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Inquest into death of former Southampton dock worker

12:50pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

A former Southampton dock worker died of asbestos-related cancer, an inquest heard.

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Princess Royal to attend Shipping Festival Service

12:30pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

Organisers of an annual service that pays tribute to those working in the country’s shipping industry have urged anyone wanting to attend to apply for a free ticket.

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Daughter's cancer disgnosis inspired Race for Life run

12:25pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

One call from her daughter and Maggie Love’s life was turned upside down, she tells her story

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Find out about fostering

12:20pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

YOU can learn how to become a foster carer at one of a number of roadshows in Southampton this week.

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Earn cash rewards for recycling

12:11pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

SOUTHAMPTON residents could soon be earning cash rewards of £30 – for recycling correctly.

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Art House Cafe appeals for volunteers

12:04pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

THE Art House Cafe in Above Bar Street, Southampton, is on the hunt for volunteers.

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Stroke survivors' 'mountain climb' challenge

11:49am Tuesday 21st May 2013

More than 20 people, some of which have survived a stroke, will be climbing the equivalent of Ben Nevis and Mount Snowdon in an effort to raise money for charity.

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Life Chances work scheme has given me my first pay packet!

9:13am Tuesday 21st May 2013

When Kim received her first paypacket it was a proud moment. Sally Churchward finds out how the Daily Echo-backed Life Chances scheme helped her

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Police hunt after racial incident

8:55am Tuesday 21st May 2013

Police are hunting a man following an unprovoked racial incident in Hampshire.

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'Vampire' therapies - is injecting blood the best way to heal?

8:00am Tuesday 21st May 2013

US TV star Kim Kardashian swears by it, top sports stars are using it to speed up the healing process of injuries and now it is available in Southampton.Tara Russell finds out about the gruesomely nicknamed ‘Vampire Facial’

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Southampton teacher attempts record-breaking tandem cycle ride

8:00am Tuesday 21st May 2013

SOUTHAMPTON science teacher, David Cooper, 28, and his brother-in-law, maths teacher Tom Wilkinson, 36 are set to make a record breaking attempt to ride the ‘Side to Side’ from Pembroke to Great Yarmouth; Britain’s widest stretch.

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Tickets for service paying tribute to mariners

7:31am Tuesday 21st May 2013

ORGANISERS of an annual service that pays tribute to those working in the country’s shipping industry have urged anyone wanting to attend to apply for a free ticket.

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I was addicted to heroin - but good Samaritans saved me

7:00am Tuesday 21st May 2013

Aaron Ballard was a penniless heroin addict living in a tent, but two good Samaritans helped him turn his life around. He tells Sally Churchward how his experiences have motivated him to help others

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Parkinson's sufferers needed for new research

6:30am Tuesday 21st May 2013

SCIENTISTS at Southampton University are looking for people with Parkinson’s disease in Hampshire to take part in a new study.

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