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The 999 calls putting lives at risk

8:39am Thursday 5th January 2012

THEY are the 999 calls to the emergency services that are actually putting lives at risk.

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SPENDING CUTS: Dead weight cost or help for 2,826 students?

2:28pm Tuesday 14th December 2010

GOVERNMENT ministers say the allowances are inefficient – a view hotly disputed by supporters of the EMA scheme.

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Water Metering: How much will you pay?

11:37am Monday 6th December 2010

SARAH JONES questions Darren Bentham, director of metering at Southern Water, to find out just how it will affect people across the south.

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Water Metering: River Itchen at risk if nothing is done

11:33am Monday 6th December 2010

SUPPLYING around 300,000 people in southern Hampshire, the River Itchen is a vital source of water in the county.

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Water Metering: Money down the drain?

11:27am Monday 6th December 2010

Figures show Southern Water wastes nearly 95 million litres of water every single day.

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I always worried about my mum at The Briars

3:50pm Thursday 1st July 2010

As the disgraced owners of a Hampshire care home await sentencing for neglect, the daughter of an elderly resident gives the first shocking insight into conditions inside The Briars

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A first look inside the Sea City museum

4:12pm Friday 18th December 2009

THE final plans for Southampton’s £15m Sea City Museum can today be exclusively unveiled.

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How do we tackle our drink problem?

9:20am Sunday 22nd November 2009

IT’S billed as the Government’s ‘last resort’ to stop alcohol-fuelled violence and antisocial behaviour. But is creating an Alcohol Disorder Zone (ADZ) in one of Southampton’s most popular night-time areas – Bedford Place – the answer?

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Images found in food are more common than you think

9:36am Wednesday 11th November 2009

SIGHTINGS of the image of Jesus have been reported all over the globe and in all shapes and forms.

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Baby Seth's high quality of care earns praise for Intensive Care unit

7:00am Monday 18th May 2009

THE death of their baby son has prompted a couple to raise money for the Southampton hospital that cared for him.

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Saints: Down but not out

11:38am Saturday 25th April 2009

THEY are down, but not out. Saints fans now know that next season their heroes will be playing at their lowest level for nearly half a century.

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Why won’t health chiefs reveal truth about Fordingbridge Hospital?

11:30am Saturday 25th April 2009

HEALTH chiefs are facing fresh allegations of a cover-up after they threw out a second request to make public a report into substandard care at a Hampshire hospital.

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Gosport War Memorial Hospital - 100 deaths dating back to the late 1990s

3:50pm Monday 20th April 2009

THE unprecedented inquest into ten deaths at the Gosport War Memorial Hospital (GWMH) follows a series of inquiries by police and the NHS into almost 100 deaths dating back to the late 1990s.

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I was drinking myself to death

7:00am Sunday 29th March 2009

SUSAN was just 16 when she started drinking Babycham, gin and tonic and rum and black.

One in 400 babies born with cerebral palsy in UK

10:26am Wednesday 25th February 2009

Ivan Cameron suffered from cerebral palsy and severe epilepsy which caused a range of disabilities.

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Saints frozen assets? - Part Two

8:30am Sunday 15th February 2009

Is the answer to the club’s financial problems right underneath their noses – the ground?

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Valentine's Day messages - Cont.

11:27am Saturday 14th February 2009

USE this page if you want to post a Valentine's message to someone special.

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At over 40,000 staff Hampshire County Council will employ more than the Royal Navy

4:00pm Thursday 12th February 2009

Leader says it’s a ‘budget for jobs and for the public’, but finance watchdogs have hit out at council’s staffing levels

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Park bench shooting victim lost life savings in biggest ever alleged fraud

1:53pm Thursday 12th February 2009

A HIGHLY decorated ex-soldier shot himself dead in a Southampton park after losing his family’s life savings in what is alleged to be the world’s biggest fraud, his family have revealed.

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Park bench shooting - cont.

1:57pm Thursday 12th February 2009

Park bench shooting victim lost his life savings in world’s biggest alleged fraud

Men who want to be babies

10:50am Wednesday 11th February 2009

There’s a cot, a high chair and a selection of nappies – but this is no ordinary nursery. Meet one Hampshire couple who belong to the world of “adult babies”.

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Men who want to be babies - cont.

2:10pm Wednesday 11th February 2009

Nine years ago, the “nursery” opened, with many of Stephanie’s clients coming from their circle of friends.

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Earn your stripes by buying a wristband

2:06pm Monday 9th February 2009

HAMPSHIRE residents are being urged to honour the courage of the men and women of the Tigers with a yellow and blue wristband.

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The weird and the wonderful on Google Map's Street View

1:25pm Saturday 7th February 2009

Google Street View has captured some amazing moments in time across the globe.

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Google Maps v The Ordnance Survey

1:20pm Saturday 7th February 2009

THE rise of Google as a mapping force across the globe poses a major threat to one Southampton institution – Ordnance Survey.

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The landlord's story - This is not a business to go into

1:43pm Wednesday 4th February 2009

Publican Terry Lennon, signed a 20- year lease on the Dorchester Arms, in Bevois Valley, Southampton, in 1992, but has seen his turnover halved.

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Conan Trial - Dad's viking funeral for son he killed

10:41am Tuesday 27th January 2009

He knifed his partner to death, then smothered his own son

CARE HOMES: 'How can they treat our relatives this way?'

4:24pm Tuesday 2nd September 2008

THEY have devoted their lives to serving their country and contributing to their community.

CARE HOMES: Council admits there is a waiting list at home

4:21pm Tuesday 2nd September 2008

THE Daily Echo can reveal that elderly people are on a waiting list to get into one of the care homes threatened with closure despite city council claims that demand for its residential homes is falling, writes Matt Smith.

Over 50's festival

4:36pm Monday 11th August 2008

IT is a unique fortnight of fun for senior citizens. Southampton's Over-50s Festival returns at the weekend with another packed programme of activities for the more mature person.