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An outstanding success story

PLAIN SAILING: Years 6 and 3 pupils with teachers at New Forest Primary School celebrate their success.  Echo picture by Paul Collins.  Order no: 11084431

10:10am Wednesday 8th September 2010

A CHALLENGING year which saw two schools become one has ended with a ringing endorsement from Ofsted inspectors.

Heroin dealer jailed after dawn raids

Steven Parsons

4:28pm Monday 6th September 2010

THE first person to appear in court following a crackdown against drug dealers in a New Forest town was jailed for four and a half years.

Mystery potent pong causes a stink!

PHEW!: Jolly Sailor landlord Jason Plank believes it is more than a natural phenomenon that has caused pollution in the creek.

7:10am Monday 6th September 2010

IT IS a potent pong that is causing a stink for Hampshire residents and killing hundreds of fish.

Classic way to toast marina

Classic way to toast marina

8:50am Thursday 2nd September 2010

A FLOTILLA of classic boats will take part in a sail-past as part of the anniversary celebrations for a Hampshire waterside development.

End for famous pub?

Firefighters tackle the blaze at the Red Lion last night. Picture by Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service.

10:29am Wednesday 1st September 2010

CAMPAIGNERS say a massive fire that ripped through a Hampshire pub has almost certainly wrecked any hope of it reopening.

Mobile dentist will serve remote areas

FLASHBACK: Saturday's Echo

8:03am Tuesday 31st August 2010

RELIEF could be in sight for residents in rural Hampshire struggling to find an NHS dentist.

Engine noise will be music to the ears of classic car fans

The 1909 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost

7:29am Friday 27th August 2010

A BANK holiday event being staged at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, will be music to the ears of classic car enthusiasts.

‘Asbestos station is safe’

CONFIDENT: SES contracts manager Ian Chiddicks in front of the asbestos skips. 	Echo pictures by Chris Moorhouse. Order no: 11030949

5:55pm Thursday 26th August 2010

A COMPANY planning to store asbestos near homes and a school has hit back at critics who claim the depot would be a health risk.

Dragon lizards were left to die in bin bags

A bearded dragon

11:09am Wednesday 25th August 2010

A COUPLE who dumped exotic reptiles in dustbin bag were tracked down after their fingerprints were found on the binliner.

Hospital beds to remain closed

Hythe Hospital closure fears

4:07pm Tuesday 17th August 2010

HAMPSHIRE hospital is to remain closed for longer than expected, the Daily Echo can reveal.

Hundreds at funeral of murdered mother and daughters

Two services have been held to remember Phoebe (right) and Nereya Case who were found dead at their family home in Fordingbridge

4:41pm Friday 6th August 2010

HUNDREDS of mourners turned out today to say their farewells at the funeral of a mother and her two daughters who were found murdered in their Hampshire home.

Funeral for mum and daughters found dead in house

Nereya and Phoebe Case

7:42am Friday 6th August 2010

A FUNERAL for a mother and her young children who died at their Fordingbridge home will take place today.

Latest design bid for £80m project

TOO BOXY? An artist’s impression of the latest proposed design for the former chicken factory site.

8:20am Friday 6th August 2010

IT has been almost a decade in the planning but this is the latest vision of how a multi-million pound waterfront development will look.

Court axe threat but £15m in fines goes uncollected

New Forest Magistrates’ Court in Lyndhurst

9:17am Thursday 5th August 2010

THE VALUE of unpaid fines in the south would cover the cost of keeping open a threatened Hampshire court many times over, official figures show.

Former PC guilty of sex abuse on teens

Gordon Hunter

4:20pm Wednesday 4th August 2010

A FORMER village bobby has been found guilty of sexually abusing two teenage boys while working for Hamp-shire police.

Stage collapse ruined my opera star career

PERFORMER: David Montague-Rendall in a previous  production of Otello.

1:59pm Wednesday 4th August 2010

A WORLD-renowned opera singer from Hampshire has launched an international battle for compensation after a terrifying accident he claims ruined his career.

Fordingbridge killings: Inquest hears how bodies were discovered

Vicki Case who died from knife wounds with her daughter Nereya

10:05am Tuesday 3rd August 2010

THE BODIES of two children were found lying next to their mother after their father apparently killed them before taking his own life, an inquest has heard.

Sickness bug at hotel wrecked our holiday

John and Elizabeth Frankham with daughter Helen and th Savoy Gardens Hotel in Madeira.

9:00am Saturday 31st July 2010

A HAMPSHIRE family are demanding compensation from a tour operator after being sent to a hotel where many of the guests were ill.

Emergency care staff drafted in to Hampshire nursing home

Watch out for flooding

11:04am Friday 30th July 2010

EMERGENCY care staff have this morning been drafted in to run a Hampshire nursing home at the centre of an immigration raid.

Lifeboatmen celebrate 40 years of saving lives

LIFESAVERS: Lifeboat station crew past and present celebrate the 40th anniversary of Calshot Lifeboat Station. .	 Echo pictures by Matt Watson. Order no: 10853081

10:54am Friday 30th July 2010

A GROUP of Hampshire lifeboatmen staged a party to celebrate 40 years of lifesaving.



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