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Saints striker banned from driving

4:00am Friday 24th May 2013

A SAINTS player caught breaking the speed limit for the third time in three months was yesterday  banned from getting behind the wheel for half a year.

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Efit released after young girl sexually assaulted

4:26pm Friday 24th May 2013

POLICE have released an efit of man they want to find after a 15-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in Southampton.

Mum condemns rape claim ‘lies’ levelled at boy

12:12pm Friday 24th May 2013

THE mum of a Hampshire 15-year-old boy falsely accused of rape said her son was the victim of a “horrendous” lie.

MP issues ultimatum to school at centre of sex abuse claims

1:00pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

A HAMPSHIRE MP today issued an ultimatum to leaders of a Romsey school at the centre of sex abuse claims following a damning report.

Double arrest after bank robbery

2:40pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

TWO men have been arrested in connection with a cash box robbery in Hampshire.

Muslim community rallies together to condemn brutal killing

2:52pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

MUSLIM leaders and faith groups in Southampton have today moved to condemn the horrifying Woolwich terror attacks.

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Bikers plan tribute to teen killed on major road

5:18pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

Hundreds of bikers are planning a tribute to a teenager killed in a crash on a notorious Hampshire road.

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Former police finance head defends botched HQ scheme

4:05pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

THE woman in charge of Hampshire police finances when a controversial £9.6m was spent buying a new headquarters that has never been used today defended the decision - insisting it was the best option at the time.

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Woman loses licence for driving with friends on bonnet

5:22pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

HAMPSHIRE police are warning drivers about seemingly innocuous pranks  - after a woman lost her licence for driving with friends on her bonnet.

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Victims' aunt speaks out over triple child killer

5:44pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

THE HAMPSHIRE aunt of three children murdered and impaled by their babysitter says the killer has shown no remorse, and should never be released from prison.

Park robbers steal Christian Dior watch worth £3,700

3:51pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

DETECTIVES are investigating the robbery of a man in a Southampton park who had his £3,700 Christian Dior watch snatched from his wrist.

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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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'Embarrassment' of the unused police HQ bought for £9.6m

1:15pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

MORE than £11m of public money has been wasted buying and maintaining a new police headquarters for Hampshire – and nobody has or will ever work there, the Daily Echo can reveal.

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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.

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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Gang member spared jail

11:50am Friday 17th May 2013

THE final member of a crime gang that plundered £160,000 in property from a string of shops across the south has been spared further jail time.

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Live webchat with Police Commissioner

4:39pm Thursday 16th May 2013

LOG ON tomorrow morning for your chance to quiz the man in charge of policing in Hampshire.

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Couple lie about driving offences

2:30pm Thursday 16th May 2013

A COUPLE from Southampton admitted lying about who was behind the wheel when the husband was caught speeding and jumping a red light.

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Digger stolen

2:25pm Thursday 16th May 2013

THIEVES have stolen a digger worth £16,000 from a hire company in Hampshire.

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Illegal immigrants caught at Hampshire ferry port

1:43pm Thursday 16th May 2013

Two illegal immigrants have been found hiding in a lorry at a Hampshire ferry port.

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Water leaks blight new £30m police station

4:00am Thursday 16th May 2013

A MAJOR Hampshire police station virtually closed down and earmarked to be sold looks set to be given a new lease of life – due to Southampton’s iconic new station being riddled with water leaks, the Daily Echo can reveal.

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Police car rammed during dramatic high-speed chase across Hampshire

2:11pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

A police car was rammed during a high speed chase across the Hampshire countryside today.

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Man tasered for threatening police

12:04pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

A MAN was tasered by police last night when he became violent and threatening to officers who were trying to arrest him in a supermarket car park in Hampshire.

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Is this property yours?

6:10pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

TAKE a good look at this array of jewellery and electrical goods, as police are trying to trace its rightful owners.

Refusal to leave cell to face GBH charge

6:00am Wednesday 15th May 2013

A SOUTHAMPTON man accused of violence refused to leave the cells at Winchester Crown Court and attend his hearing.

£3.3m seized from criminals

11:36am Tuesday 14th May 2013

IT is the dirty money made by those who heap misery on the people of Hampshire.

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Officer in court charged with disclosing intelligence to criminals

11:50am Tuesday 14th May 2013

A former Southampton police constable appeared in court today charged with disclosing information and intelligence to alleged criminals.

Great Britain athlete has 30 pairs of Nike trainers stolen in burglary

3:42pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

The kit belonging to an international athlete from Hampshire has been stolen in a burglary.

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Madam must pay back £50K

11:50am Tuesday 14th May 2013

SHE benefited by more than £50,000 from her crime, and now she’s facing losing everything she’s got as police take the money back.

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Man charged with murder

5:32pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

A MAN has been charged with murder, following the discovery of a body.

Police clamp down on illegal raves

1:11pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

POLICE chiefs are set to launch a campaign aimed at stamping out illegal raves across Hampshire – ten days after hundreds of youths brought chaos to a village.

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Fundraiser's bike stolen weeks before charity challenge

1:00pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

SHE has raised thousands of pounds for charities, supporting the country’s most vulnerable and impoverished adults and children.

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Police launch race hate app

10:53am Tuesday 14th May 2013

IT's the new tool that police hope will help stamp out hate crime in Hampshire.

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Gang 'tried to con taxman of £2m'

9:43am Tuesday 14th May 2013

A CRIME gang operating in Southampton tried to con £2m of taxpayers’ money from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), a court heard.

Madam netted £51,000 running brothel

4:46pm Monday 13th May 2013

A WOMAN who ran a high-class brothel from penthouse flats in Southampton made £51,000, it has been revealed.

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Prison 'a sobering experience' says Huhne

1:28pm Monday 13th May 2013

Disgraced former Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne repeated apologies for his wrongdoing today, saying that prison had been a ''humbling and sobering experience''.

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Pryce to publish prison diaries

4:43pm Monday 13th May 2013

Chris Huhne's ex-wife is to publish a book based on the diaries she kept during her recent two months in prison, her publisher announced today.

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Police given more time to question murder suspect

3:29pm Monday 13th May 2013

Detectives from Hampshire Constabulary’s Major Investigation Team (HMIT) have been granted more time by magistrates to question a 39-year-old man on suspicion of murder.

Disgraced MP's ex-wife speaks on release from prison

9:53am Monday 13th May 2013

THE EX-WIFE of disgraced former Eastleigh MP, Chris Huhne, has spoken publically after the pair were released early from prison today.

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Police launch Hampshire murder investigation

8:59am Sunday 12th May 2013

The death of a man in Hampshire is being treated as murder by detectives from Hampshire Constabulary’s Major Investigation Team.

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Gang jailed for spree of burglaries across Hampshire

4:30pm Friday 10th May 2013

A GANG has this afternoon been jailed for more than 13 years for carrying out smash and grab raids at stores across Hampshire and the south of England.

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Fake pilot on the run after flying passenger jets

5:12pm Friday 10th May 2013

A HAMPSHIRE conman who faked pilot’s qualifications to get a job flying holiday makers to the UK is on the run after failing to appear before the courts for sentencing.

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Naked Rambler fined again

4:23pm Friday 10th May 2013

HAMPSHIRE'S Naked Rambler' has been fined after he was found guilty of nine public order offences for walking nude in public places including outside a primary school.

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Charged with murder

6:27pm Friday 10th May 2013

A SOUTHAMPTON man has been charged with murder.

Jim Davidson bailed in sex offence investigation

2:46pm Friday 10th May 2013

Comedian Jim Davidson has been rebailed over alleged sex offences by police investigating the Jimmy Savile scandal.

City youth at heart of anti-crime initiative

12:20pm Friday 10th May 2013

SOUTHAMPTON youngsters are set to be at the heart of a groundbreaking new project aimed at reducing youth crime and offending.

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Murder detectives are given extra time to question suspect

11:32am Friday 10th May 2013

DETECTIVES have been given an extra 36 hours to question a murder suspect arrested in Southampton after an international manhunt.

‘Sleeping’ would be burglars arrested at store

11:29am Friday 10th May 2013

POLICE have arrested two men following a break-in at a furnishing shop.

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Police to pay £150k for officer's cut thumb

11:05am Thursday 9th May 2013

Hampshire police will have to pay £150,000 of public money to lawyers after losing a legal appeal today against compensation given to an officer who cut her thumb while dismantling a cannabis factory.

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Men approaching children prompts police investigation

6:27pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

POLICE are investigating after a number of 'suspicious' incidents involving men approaching children.

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