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Hampshire park one of the best in the country

3:08pm Tuesday 20th November 2012

A HAMPSHIRE country park has been voted one of the nation's 10 favourite green spaces.

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Giant Hampshire wind farm scheme scaled down

6:00am Monday 19th November 2012

DEVELOPERS of a giant wind farm in Hampshire have reduced the number of proposed turbines.

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Windfarm support 'not unconditional'

6:00am Wednesday 31st October 2012

FRIENDS of the Earth says its support for a £3 billion wind farm due to be built off the Hampshire coast is “not unconditional”.

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Solar farm plans for Hampshire

3:00pm Monday 22nd October 2012

A SOLAR farm with more than 25,000 panels could be created on Hampshire countryside.

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'Good Life' couple cut gas bill to £2 a month

12:00pm Sunday 21st October 2012

IT’S the kind of bill we would all like to see. A Hampshire couple who have spent thousands of pounds making their bungalow “carbon-neutral” have got their gas bill down to just £2 a month.

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At loggerheads over plans for 1,400 new homes

10:30am Thursday 18th October 2012

IT is a plan that developers say will boost services and the economy – while campaigners warn it will rip a community apart.

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Call to protect the Rec

12:50pm Wednesday 17th October 2012

CIVIC bosses will be urged this week to formally protect the “last green lung” in the centre of Eastleigh.

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Torrential rain brings flash floods to Hampshire

7:17am Wednesday 17th October 2012

Torrential rain brought flash flooding across Hampshire overnight.

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£50m pipeline to help save River Itchen

11:48am Monday 15th October 2012

IT is one of Europe’s most renowned fishing locations.

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Next stage wind farm talks are delayed

3:09pm Wednesday 3rd October 2012

THE NEXT stage of consultation into controversial plans to build a giant £3 billion wind farm off the Hampshire coast will be delayed.

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Chris is set to delight viewers with Winterwatch

10:36am Wednesday 3rd October 2012

HAMPSHIRE wildlife expert Chris Packham, pictured, will be keeping a close eye on Mother Nature this winter.

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Brothers bid for pumpkin glory

6:17pm Monday 1st October 2012

TWO green-fingered brothers have grown a huge pumpkin weighing more than 1,100 pounds.

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‘Virgin green belt’ plans unfounded, says Nick Clegg

12:53pm Wednesday 26th September 2012

CONTROVERSIAL planning reforms will not spell the end for Hampshire’s “virgin green belt”, Nick Clegg has promised.

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Fawley Power Station to close

10:58am Tuesday 18th September 2012

FAWLEY Power Station is to close next year after more than 40 years of service, it has been announced this morning.

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Car costs pushing more into poverty

3:59pm Friday 14th September 2012

THE rising cost of running a car is pushing local people into poverty and making it difficult for them to get to work.

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Warning to council chiefs as changes are approved to county gravel extraction plans

2:53pm Tuesday 11th September 2012

LARGE swathes of countryside will be destroyed by a plan earmarking sites for gravel and mineral extraction, county council chiefs were warned.

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Green belt bid causes anxiety

4:12pm Wednesday 5th September 2012

HAMPSHIRE countryside campaigners say they are “filled with anxiety” over a new development threat to green spaces.

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Recycling wins resident a brand new TV

4:22pm Wednesday 5th September 2012

A SOUTHAMPTON resident was rewarded for her recycling efforts when Councillor Asa Thorpe presented her with a brand-new flat-screen television.

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City one of the least car dependent

7:20am Wednesday 5th September 2012

Southampton drivers are more likely to leave their car at home than virtually anybody else in England, new figures reveal.

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MP backs calls for an end to animal experimentation

6:00am Wednesday 29th August 2012

A Hampshire MP has backed calls to prevent stray animals being experimented on.

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Plan to pipe heating to city from incinerator

10:50am Friday 17th August 2012

AN AMBITIOUS green scheme to pipe cheap heat under Southampton Water and the River Test to homes and businesses has been unveiled by the city council leader.

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University joins probe into tsunamis threat to UK

5:00am Friday 17th August 2012

A TEAM of Southampton experts is to study the threat to the UK posed by potentially-devastating tsunamis.

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Wildlife blooms again in forest

7:00pm Wednesday 15th August 2012

A FIVE-YEAR project to transform a Hampshire woodland has seen it bloom into a wildlife haven.

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Experts predict jellyfish baby boom thanks to rising sea temperatures

4:52pm Wednesday 8th August 2012

WATCH out – the bane of all sea bathers is back with a vengeance.

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Costly legal bill for council in mast row

2:38pm Tuesday 7th August 2012

TAXPAYERS in Southampton face a costly legal bill in a mobile phone mast row after council planners failed to send out a refusal letter in time.

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City worst for fly-tipping

10:02am Tuesday 7th August 2012

FLY-TIPPING is worse in Southampton than in any other part of the South East according to shocking new statistics.

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Campaign to protect New Forest ponies

11:58am Friday 3rd August 2012

A NEW campaign aims to cut the number of ponies killed in accidents on two of the most dangerous roads in the New Forest .

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MEP questions biomass plant's green credentials

4:20am Wednesday 1st August 2012

A HAMPSHIRE Euro MP has questioned the environmental credentials of proposed biomass power plant in Southampton and called for the developer to ditch the plans.

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Owner gallops away as bailiffs move in to impound horse

6:10pm Monday 30th July 2012

A HORSE that was about to be impounded for illegally grazing in Southampton was ridden away from the clutches of council bailiffs as they were about to move in.

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Biomass supported by government

1:30pm Thursday 26th July 2012

GOVERNMENT support for biomass has been maintained – as plans are drawn up for a huge plant in Southampton .

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Vow to press ahead with biomass plans

5:10pm Wednesday 25th July 2012

THE developer behind a proposed power plant at Southampton docks has insisted it will press ahead with the scheme.

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City the rat capital

4:05pm Wednesday 25th July 2012

It seems that it’s not only humans that want to move to Winchester – as figures reveal it is also the rat capital of the south-east.

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Council agrees objection to city power plant

11:10am Tuesday 24th July 2012

COUNCILLORS in Southampton have this morning agreed holding objections to controversial plans for a wood-fired power station at the city's western docks.

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Coast conservation plans scaled back

5:10pm Monday 23rd July 2012

PLANS to set aside sections of the sea off Hampshire and the Isle of Wight as nature reserves could be scaled back, it has been revealed.

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Water firm pumping cash into overhaul

11:55am Tuesday 17th July 2012

SOUTHERN Water is about to begin its latest stage of a major overhaul of Hampshire’s creaking water and waste network.

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Spike the orphaned hedgehog rescued

8:43am Tuesday 17th July 2012

Sitting in the palm of a hand, Spike the baby hedgehog has been rescued after being found abandoned in the New Forest.

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Landfill gas risk is ‘acceptable’ – report

4:20pm Monday 16th July 2012

RESIDENTS in Fair Oak have been told that the risk from landfill gas “is within acceptable levels” – though more research is needed.

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Action on climate change conference

3:07pm Monday 16th July 2012

THE University of Winchester has teamed up with a local environmental group to host a conference on renewable energy this week.

Save our hedgehogs

11:00am Wednesday 11th July 2012

A HAMPSHIRE wildlife favourite could be facing extinction as a survey estimates there are only one million hedgehogs left in the UK

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City residents to get vote on biomass plant

9:00am Friday 6th July 2012

Southampton residents will be given a vote on whether a £300m power plant should be built at Southampton docks, the Daily Echo can reveal.

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Hidden gems in students' dumped rubbish

8:30am Sunday 1st July 2012

IT’S a treasure trove of unwanted stuff collected from just one neighbourhood that includes laptops, luxury watches, rubber ducks, punch bags and pirate hats.

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Residents told to catalogue illness over bypass fears

12:20pm Saturday 23rd June 2012

Residents are being told to write down their coughs, colds and sneezes as campaigners in a Hampshire village attempt to gather evidence about the health risks of pollution.

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Sewage works’ £25m upgrade under way

11:30am Thursday 21st June 2012

A £25 million upgrade to a sewage works once notorious for blighting people nearby with a pungent pong is now underway.

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The illegal flytipping no-one wanted to investigate

12:19pm Friday 8th June 2012

WHEN flytippers struck in a quiet country lane Hamsphire farmer David Buckett knew you did not have to be Sherlock Holmes to investigate.

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Public 'should be charged more for washing cars'

7:00am Thursday 7th June 2012

Meters which charge households more for using extra water to wash cars and water gardens are needed to help tackle shortages, engineers have said.

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University has vital role in cutting railway noise

4:05pm Wednesday 6th June 2012

A “SILENT” railway developed by scientists at the University of Southampton has been installed in the UK for the first time.

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£7.5m power station gets go-ahead

10:00am Friday 1st June 2012

PLANS to build a £7.5m power station have been given the go-ahead in a move that will help secure more than 100 jobs.

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Don't build on our park!

6:40pm Thursday 31st May 2012

ANGRY residents have demonstrated at a beauty spot earmarked for more than 1,000 houses.

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£30,000 lakes makeover

12:20pm Thursday 31st May 2012

A HAMPSHIRE beauty spot is in line for a £30,000 environmental makeover.

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Council chief quits after investigation

12:30pm Wednesday 30th May 2012

THE council boss caught in the heart of an industrial dispute that left more than one million rubbish bags strewn across the streets of Southampton has resigned.

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