Daily Echo | Southampton

Glimmer of hope for future of pub

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:23:58 +0000

ONE of Hampshire’s best-loved music venues could reopen towards the end of next month.

Women warned not to walk alone after teen is raped

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:09:56 +0000

WOMEN were today being warned not walk home alone as police stepped up their hunt for a rapist who attacked a student in the city.

Final curtain for man who saved theatre

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:20:00 +0000

AFTER 26 years at the top Dennis Hall, the chief executive of The Mayflower theatre, is to retire.

Health secretary backs controversial implants for school girls

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:40:18 +0000

HEALTH Secretary Andrew Lansley defends sexual health services that fitted a 13-year-old girl with a contraceptive implant at her school without her parents knowing.

British Gas call centre goes face-to-face

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:58:53 +0000

BRITISH Gas call centre staff in Southampton will be talking face-to-face with customers through a new video service.

Taxi trade survey 'flawed'

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:30:00 +0000

Taxi trade leaders have called a survey that could flood Southampton with more cabs “flawed”.

Poignant re-enactment of Titanic's departure

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:10:00 +0000

Titanic’s departure from Southampton will be re-enacted at the city docks to mark centenary commemorations of the liner tragedy, The Daily Echo can exclusively reveal today.

Shop could lose alcohol licence

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:30:00 +0000

A corner store in Southampton could be temporarily stripped of its alcohol licence today for selling fake bottles of Jacobs Creek wine.

Serial burglar wins sentence appeal

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:40:00 +0000

A SOUTHAMPTON criminal who has been burgling since he was only 15 has had his latest prison sentence cut at the Court of Appeal.

Burglars strike at city home

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:20:00 +0000

ALCOHOL and a camera were stolen in a break in home in Kent Road, in Portswood, and stolen a Casio camera valued at £100 and bottles of wine and gin worth £180.

'I'd rather tell mum I had implant than tell her I was pregnant'

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +0000

THE 13-year-old girl at the centre of a school contraceptive storm has told the Daily Echo why she wanted the implant fitted.

Raw sewage forces family to flee home

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:30:00 +0000

A FAMILY has been left homeless after raw sewage flooded their house.

Solar panels to save council £360,000

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:00:00 +0000

NEW solar panels on the roof of Southampton’s landmark Civic Centre are set to save the council more than £360,000.

Benefits cheat spent £3,700 in swindled cash on drink

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:20:00 +0000

AN ARMY veteran swindled £3,797 in benefits by faking a letter from his landlord and spent it on drink, a court heard.

Prince backs jobs bid

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:30:00 +0000

THE Daily Echo’s drive to help get Hampshire’s young jobseekers a vital first step on the employment ladder has been given royal backing.