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Guilty plea after drugs charge

Southern Daily Echo

3:10pm Tuesday 9th April 2013

A NETLEY Abbey man was bailed for reports after pleading guilty at Winchester Crown Court to possessing cocaine with intent to supply and producing cannabis, said to be capable of making about 1,200 cigarettes.

Police investigate as Eastleigh teen is left with puncture wound

Southern Daily Echo

10:44am Tuesday 9th April 2013

AN investigation is under way after a teenager was left with a mystery “puncture wound” in a vicious assault in a Hampshire town.

Thief makes off with lorry cab

Southern Daily Echo

12:00pm Friday 5th April 2013

A BRAND new £40,000 lorry cab has been stolen from a vehicle site in Chandler’s Ford.

Businesses join forces for-meet-the-buyer event

MATCHMAKERS: Derek Chartres, Hampshire Chamber chairman, Bernie Topham, chief executive of Eastleigh Borough Council, MP Mike Thornton and Jimmy Chestnutt, chief executive of Hampshire Chamber

1:00pm Thursday 4th April 2013

BUSINESSES in Hampshire got connected at an annual matchmaking day at the Ageas Bowl.

Hampshire firm wins at Master Builder of the Year Awards

Hampshire firm wins at Master Builder of the Year Awards

1:20pm Thursday 4th April 2013

A HAMPSHIRE firm has been named as the best builder in the country after constructing a stunning beach-side home.

£500k to bring new life to town

Aerial photo of Eastleigh town centre

4:00am Friday 29th March 2013

MORE than £500,000 is being spent on breathing new life into a Hampshire town centre, the Daily Echo can reveal.

US school massacre took less than five minutes

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3:29pm Thursday 28th March 2013

THE US gunman who shot dead a young Hampshire boy among his 26 victims in a school massacre, too just five minutes to complete his rampage, it has been revealed.

Prosecution refuse Eastleigh man's fight plea

Southern Daily Echo

11:50am Thursday 28th March 2013

THE prosecution refused to accept the plea of an Eastleigh man alleged to have been involved in a fight.

Officers to be quizzed over disabled parking bay row

Hampshires Finest

10:16am Monday 25th March 2013

TWO police officers are to be quizzed today after a patrol car was photographed parked across disabled spaces outside a Hampshire fast food restaurant.

'Bin spies' checking your rubbish

Cllr Asa Thorpe –  pictured launching the new bin for garden waste – says bins containing unacceptable materials will not be emptied.

11:10am Thursday 21st March 2013

COUNCIL snoopers are spying on the contents of hundreds of thousands of wheelie bins across Hampshire, the Daily Echo can reveal.

Claire's family show campaign 'bravery'

MUCH LOVED: Claire Reed

12:10pm Thursday 21st March 2013

THE family of the young woman who died from a rare heart condition just five months after her wedding have been praised for their “courage” in lobbying for improved screenings for the syndrome which killed her.

Newlywed hunts for missing wedding ring

The missing wedding ring

1:30pm Thursday 21st March 2013

A HAMPSHIRE newlywed is desperately trying to find his wedding ring which he lost while playing football.

Pylon blaze

Southern Daily Echo

5:00am Thursday 21st March 2013

A TEAM of firefighters were called out after an electrical pylon caught fire in a Hampshire village.

'Perfect bride' died just five months after wedding

Claire Reed

10:30am Wednesday 20th March 2013

TRIBUTES have been paid to a 22-year-old 'perfect bride' who died suddenly of a rare heart condition just five months after her wedding.

Bin torched

Southern Daily Echo

12:36pm Wednesday 20th March 2013

POLICE are hunting the arsonists who torched a wheelie bin in an alleyway.

Thousands more to be asked to pay for a third wheelie bin

Helen Martin in the alleyway at the back of her home, which is already full of bins.

12:40pm Tuesday 19th March 2013

THOUSANDS more Hampshire residents are being asked to pay for a third wheelie bin outside their homes.

Man fined for ignoring noise orders

Southern Daily Echo

2:10pm Tuesday 19th March 2013

A RESIDENT has been fined for repeatedly ignoring orders to stop blasting out loud music from his home.

Young musicians rock the theatre

KEY PLAYER: Emily Read at the piano.

12:30pm Monday 18th March 2013

TALENTED children from two schools joined forces for a musical extravaganza.

Southampton from Space

Southampton as seen from the International Space Station. Photograph by Commander Chris Hadfield

10:19am Friday 15th March 2013

This picture of the Solent region was snapped from 234 miles above the Earth – from the International Space Station.

Teens remanded after burglaries

Southern Daily Echo

12:03pm Friday 15th March 2013

TWO Eastleigh teenagers have been remanded into custody after three alleged burglaries in Winchester.

Huhne still a friend, says Clegg

Chris Huhne watches on as Nick Clegg delivers a speech

2:20pm Thursday 14th March 2013

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg said today that he still regards jailed former colleague Chris Huhne as a "friend", but is not expecting to visit him in prison.

Cuts spark fears of crumbling buildings

Southern Daily Echo

4:30pm Thursday 14th March 2013

FUNDING for school repairs in Southampton has been cut sharply – raising fresh fears of leaking roofs and crumbling classrooms.

Young entrepreneurs have mugs full of money

CLEVER COOKS: Emily Page, Jessie Wall, Kate Heinrick-Jones, Polly Robey and Abigail Wall

4:50pm Thursday 14th March 2013

ENTERPRISING Hampshire students are hoping to turn the humble mug into a money-spinner.

Driver in court over crash death of girl, 10

DIED: Evey Rose Staley

4:10pm Thursday 14th March 2013

A MAN will appear in court next month charged with causing the death of a ten-year-old girl in a road crash while over the drinkdrive limit.

Strike action a threat to Ford

Strike action a threat to Ford

12:04pm Wednesday 13th March 2013

PRODUCTION at Ford’s doomed Southampton Transit plant could be “disrupted” in its final months after furious staff at a key supplier decided to ballot over industrial action.

Huhne bullied by prisoners on first day in jail

Chris Huhne arrives at court yesterday

9:05am Wednesday 13th March 2013

Disgraced MP Chris Huhne was this morning waking up on a jail wing for vulnerable prisoners after being bullied during his first day behind bars.

Smash and grab cigarette raid

Southern Daily Echo

11:50am Wednesday 13th March 2013

THIEVES smashed their way into a petrol station and stole thousands of pounds worth of cigarettes.

Store raided twice in week

Southern Daily Echo

7:00am Wednesday 13th March 2013

THREE masked people smashed their way into a Hampshire supermarket.

Drowned on way home from wedding

Ben Hilton

12:20pm Tuesday 12th March 2013

A HAMPSHIRE man drowned after getting drunk at his sister's wedding and falling asleep on the train home.

Car damaged

Southern Daily Echo

3:30pm Tuesday 12th March 2013

VANDALS smashed a car’s rear windscreen in Bishopstoke.

Two arrested after drugs raid in Eastleigh

Southern Daily Echo

11:10am Tuesday 12th March 2013

POLICE have carried out a drugs raid in Eastleigh.

Huhne and Pryce jailed

Police could investigate Chris Huhne

5:12pm Monday 11th March 2013

Disgraced MP Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce were both sentenced to eight months jail for perverting the course of justice over speeding points a decade ago.

Passengers' terror after bus ploughs into wall

Passengers' terror after bus ploughs into wall

9:30am Monday 11th March 2013

PASSENGERS have spoken of their terror, after nine people were injured when a bus smashed into a garden wall after careering across a busy road.

Gardener claims victory in battle with Eastleigh Council over allotments

Alex Mullins

5:10pm Monday 11th March 2013

A Hampshire allotment holder is claiming victory in his long-running battle with a local authority over rent increases.

Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce jailed - live

Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne

12:15pm Monday 11th March 2013

FORMER Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce are due to be sentenced today for perverting the course of justice.

Eastleigh Council pledge to help servicemen and women find houses

Southern Daily Echo

5:30pm Monday 11th March 2013

CIVIC chiefs have made a pledge to help armed forces personnel and their families find housing in a Hampshire borough.

Countdown to the South Coast Business Awards 2013 begins

The managing partner of Trethowans, Simon Rhodes

1:30pm Thursday 7th March 2013

IT recognises the best of the best.

Jury due to retire in Vicky Priyce trial

Vicky Pryce arriving at court

7:35am Tuesday 5th March 2013

The jury is expected to retire today to consider its verdict in the case of the wife of the former Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne charged with taking his speeding points.

Naked Rambler arrested outside court in Southampton

Stephen Gough, the Naked Rambler, being arrested in Southampton

9:58am Friday 1st March 2013

THIS is the moment the Naked Rambler was arrested, minutes after defying a legal ruling to finally put some clothes on.

Clegg hails Lib Dem win in Eastleigh

Mike Thornton with party leader Nick Clegg at the Ageas Bowl

12:04pm Friday 1st March 2013

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has hailed his party's success in the Eastleigh by-election, telling activists in the Hampshire town: "We held our nerve, we stood our ground... we overcame the odds and we won a stunning victory."

Naked Rambler handed ASBO to cover up - UPDATE

Stephen Gough, the Naked Rambler

4:30pm Thursday 28th February 2013

THE man known as the Naked Rambler has been handed an antisocial behaviour order in an attempt to force him to cover up.

Town hit by yet another power cut

Southern Daily Echo

3:22pm Thursday 28th February 2013

EASTLEIGH shops have been hit by a power cut for the second time in 24 hours.

Ashdown and Balls in Eastleigh to impress voters

Ed Balls in Eastleigh today

4:39pm Tuesday 26th February 2013

MORE big name politicans have descended on Eastleigh today as by-election fever continues to grip the town.

Royal Mail meets targets for 94 per cent of post

Royal Mail to create 150 jobs in Hampshire

7:00am Tuesday 26th February 2013

POST in Southampton was delivered on time thanks to Royal Mail delivering a target-beating performance throughout most of last year, latest figures reveal.

Eastleigh too close to call

MIke Thornton

5:15pm Monday 25th February 2013

As the candidates enter the final days of canvassing in the Eastleigh by-election a Daily Echo poll has revealed it is going to go down to the wire.

Warning after sheep attack

Sheep on Ditchling Beacon before the attacks during the last two months

12:49pm Monday 25th February 2013

DOG owners are being warned to keep their pets under control after sheep were injured in Bishop’s Waltham.

Cameron defends Hutchings for pulling out of hustings

Maria Hutchings and David Cameron yesterday

11:53am Friday 22nd February 2013

DAVID Cameron was forced to defend Tory candidate Maria Hutchings after she came under fire for pulling out of a by-election debate.

Education one of the winners in new council budget

The Castle, Winchester, home of Hampshire County Council

4:04pm Thursday 21st February 2013

YOUNG people in Hampshire are set to benefit in the county council's new budget, announced today.

Cameron grilled by workers in Eastleigh

Cameron grilled by workers in Eastleigh

2:39pm Thursday 21st February 2013

David Cameron rolled into the Eastleigh by-election today as he attempted to bolster the campaign to get Maria Hutchings elected.

Internet millionaire loses legal battle over £1.1m house

Internet entrepreneur Niklas Zennstrom

3:37pm Thursday 21st February 2013

An internet entrepreneur today lost a High Court fight over a £1.1 million house overlooking a Hampshire marina.



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