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Teenager, 15, injured in van hit-and-run
7:22am Tuesday 9th February 2010
A TEENAGER was left with a broken ankle after he was hit by a van that failed to stop.
‘Ring of steel’ targeted motorists across Southampton
9:56am Monday 8th February 2010
HUNDREDS of motorists were pulled over by police in a “ring of steel” operation to take illegal drivers and suspected criminals off the roads.
King of city retailers opens its 21st store
12:31pm Friday 5th February 2010
TESCO, Southampton’s biggest retailer by some margin, is preparing to extend its share of the city’s shopping spend with another new store.
Students go to Philippines
12:08pm Friday 5th February 2010
A GROUP of Southampton school pupils are today due to embark on a trip of a lifetime to the Philippines to help build a school playground.
Taxi driver vows to defy English sticker ban
5:37pm Wednesday 3rd February 2010
A DEFIANT Southampton cabbie last night vowed to defy a council ban on “racist” window stickers.
Driver caught having sex on bus stairs
8:47am Wednesday 3rd February 2010
A MARRIED bus driver was caught on camera having sex with his teenage lover on the stairs of his doubledecker.
New Cromarty ferry to be built by SMS
11:17am Wednesday 3rd February 2010
SOUTHAMPTON Marine Services is keeping the city’s shipbuilding tradition alive with a £500,000 contract to build a car ferry.
School pupils support dementia charity
6:40am Wednesday 3rd February 2010
PUPILS at a Southampton school have given their support to people suffering from dementia by holding a fundraising cake sale.
Council crack down on 'English speaking' taxi stickers
4:18pm Tuesday 2nd February 2010
COUNCIL bosses today vowed to crackdown on taxi drivers displaying "English speaking" stickers that have sparked a racism row.
Brutal assault left man in coma
11:41am Tuesday 2nd February 2010
POLICE in Southampton are hoping the public will help them investigate a brutal assault that left a man in a coma.
‘I am God’ drug dealer detained
3:43pm Tuesday 2nd February 2010
A JUDGE has ordered a man to be detained in a psychiatric hospital after he claimed to be God.
Flybe ends Saints sponsorship deal
7:29am Tuesday 2nd February 2010
AFTER four years and almost £2m, Flybe is to end its role as main sponsor with the Saints at the end of the season, the airline has announced.
'English-speaking' stickers row for cabbies
2:50pm Tuesday 2nd February 2010
A ROW has broken out among Southampton’s cabbies over some drivers displaying St George and Union Flag stickers saying they are “English speaking”.
Mum’s joy as park attack victim wakes from coma
6:40pm Monday 1st February 2010
THE mother of a man left for dead after a sickening attack in a Hampshire park has revealed how she never gave up hope she would be able to communicate with him again.
City's £8.1m cuts threaten library and 120 jobs
4:11pm Monday 1st February 2010
CLOSING a library is part of a huge package of budget cuts due to be discussed by Southampton’s Tory council chiefs tonight.
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