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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.

Floating a new idea for waste

Marchwood company building dinghies out of waste material. Echo picture  by Matt Watson.  Order no: 10818965

8:50am Wednesday 28th July 2010

BUSINESS is buoyant for a boat builder from Hampshire after it floated the idea of building dinghies out of its waste.

Fordingbridge Killings - 'All my babies are dead'

Dad Andrew Case and daughters Phoebe and Nereya

10:30am Tuesday 27th July 2010

Post-mortem examinations were being carried out today on the bodies of two little girls and their parents who were found dead in their family home, police said.

Four bodies found in Hampshire home

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1:36pm Monday 26th July 2010

FOUR bodies have been found in a house in a Hampshire town.

Pub’s farewell is blocked by police

The Red Lion at Totton

7:49am Monday 26th July 2010

POLICE shut down a popular pub to stop a farewell bash just days before it closes for good.

‘Too soft’ over toxic pollution at Eling Wharf

The foreshore at Eling closed to the public by New Forest Dictrict Council

7:00am Friday 23rd July 2010

COUNCIL chiefs have been accused of being too lenient with a company that owns a large area of polluted land.

Tory MP’s anger at fluoride silence

Julian Lewis MP

2:40pm Thursday 22nd July 2010

ANOTHER Tory Hampshire MP has attacked his own party for failing to deliver its promises to change the law on fluoridation.

Last orders for popular pub

The Red Lion in Totton

12:40pm Thursday 22nd July 2010

MYSTERY surrounds the imminent closure of a popular pub that has stood at the entrance to a Hampshire town for generations.

Free swimming is back on the agenda

Free kids swimming axed....

4:04pm Thursday 22nd July 2010

PLANS to axe free swimming for teenagers and pensioners in the New Forest have been put on hold, the Daily Echo can reveal.

Council will axe 58 library jobs

Staff picket at Southampton library this morning.

8:45am Thursday 22nd July 2010

A CONTROVERSIAL plan to axe 58 jobs from Hampshire libraries has been rubber-stamped by civic bosses.

Bonus questions for council leader

Councillor Ken Thornber

6:30am Thursday 22nd July 2010

HAMPSHIRE County Council boss Ken Thornber faces questions today from a powerful committee over secret bonus payments to senior staff.

Tributes to RAF man killed in Afghanistan

RAF Senior Aircraftman Kinikki Griffiths

10:32am Tuesday 20th July 2010

TRIBUTES have poured in for a Hampshire serviceman killed in Afghanistan.

Blades and barbed wire left strewn around play area

Debris included glass and rusty saw blades

10:10am Tuesday 20th July 2010

MORE THAN 100 bits of barbed wire, rusty saw blades and broken bottles were used to sabotage a toddlers’ play area in Hampshire.

A31 closes over three nights for maintenance work

The Southern Daily Echo

9:41am Tuesday 20th July 2010

A MAJOR road near Winchester is closed for three nights this week for maintenance work.

‘Rapunzel’s Tower’ can be trimmed

Development at Avenue Road

7:53am Friday 16th July 2010

PLANNING chiefs have been forced to accept a compromise in the long-running battle over a town centre housing development dubbed ‘Rapunzel’s Tower’.

Major airline suspends winter flights from south

ATTACK: The head of business watchdog, the Office of Fair Trading, John Fingleton, has criticised budget airline Ryanair over aspects of its charging policy

1:40pm Thursday 15th July 2010

Ryanair has announced it will be suspending all services from Bournemouth Airport for three winter months.

Jobs hope may be dashed

Watch out for flooding

2:37pm Thursday 15th July 2010

COUNCIL chiefs in the New Forest could go back on their decision to allow a £2m factory that will create at least 30 jobs.

Animals ban for couple in cruelty case

Sarah Moore and Anthony Ward

8:30am Thursday 15th July 2010

A HAMPSHIRE couple have been banned from keeping cattle and pigs for five years after they were convicted of a catalogue of cruelty to animals on their farm.

Hop on board for open-top tour of New Forest

7:41am Thursday 15th July 2010

VISITORS to the New Forest are being urged to leave their cars behind and enjoy a bird’s eye view of the area.



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