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Tower block inferno claims Hampshire designer's life

Catherine Hickman

4:30pm Monday 6th July 2009

A TALENTED Hampshire fashion designer, who cheated death in the September 11 New York terror attack, was one of the victims of the London tower block inferno.

M271 closed after lorry jack-knifes into central reservation

8:31pm Monday 6th July 2009

A SOUTHAMPTON dual carriageway has been partly shut tonight after an articulated lorry jack-knifed into the central reservation.

Fury at advertising boards clampdown

Jane Stayman of Ginger

3:38pm Monday 6th July 2009

TRADERS are “infuriated” after council chiefs launched a clampdown on advertising boards in Winchester.

Cannabis factories closed in police raid

Cannabis factories closed in police raid

2:42pm Monday 6th July 2009

CANNABIS with a street value of more than £650,000 has been seized by police waging a war against organised crime in Southampton.

Suspicious car alert to pupils’ parents

Daily Echo News

3:41pm Monday 6th July 2009

A WARNING letter has been sent to parents of children at two schools following reports of a suspicious car spotted in the area.

Give our Tigers a hero’s welcome

Give our Tigers a hero’s welcome

1:44pm Monday 6th July 2009

AS THE 1st Battalion, The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment come home to Hampshire, the Daily Echo is urging everyone to get out and welcome them back.

Cat mauled to death by dogs

Pauline Foster with Charlie, after the attack which killed another of her cats

9:59am Monday 6th July 2009

THE hunt is on for the owner of a pack of dogs who viciously mauled a cat to death as it sat in its front garden.

Shock as pub landlord dies aged 48

Daily Echo News

5:08pm Monday 6th July 2009

FRIENDS have paid tribute to a popular landlord who collapsed and died aged 48.

Multi-million pound primary school unveiled

Multi-million pound primary school unveiled

4:22pm Monday 6th July 2009

THIS is the new multimillion- pound primary school at the centre of plans to improve education for children with learning difficulties.

Woman run over by train

Daily Echo News

11:23am Monday 6th July 2009

A WOMAN plunged in front of a train at a Hampshire train station this morning.

Swine virus teacher’s school will stay open

Swine virus teacher’s school will stay open

8:29am Monday 6th July 2009

A PRIMARY school will stay open despite one of its teachers testing positive for swine flu and a second being off sick with flu-like symptoms.

Murder inquiry after body discovered

John McCarthy

2:03pm Monday 6th July 2009

Police have launched a murder enquiry following the discovery of a man's body at his Hampshire home.

Two men charged with murder

Matthew Stacey

5:00am Monday 6th July 2009

Detectives have charged two people with murder following the fatal stabbing of two Hampshire men.

Gun terror as jewel thieves strike

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1:41pm Monday 6th July 2009

THIS is the terrifying moment that a jeweller suddenly became the target of a gun-toting robber.

Fears for future of warship yard

An artist’s impression of what one of the new aircraft carriers would look like

10:54am Monday 6th July 2009

MAJOR question marks have again been raised over the future of a Hampshire warship factory once it has completed work on two new aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy.

Toasts to John Beer as he calls time on career

John Beer

10:41am Monday 6th July 2009

ONE of Southampton City Council’s top paid officers is stepping down after 13 years in the job.

Drug runner given a suspended sentence

Daily Echo News

10:20am Monday 6th July 2009

A SOUTHAMPTON man with a drug problem was spared an immediate prison sentence.

Young woman killed by alcohol addiction

Daily Echo News

10:21am Monday 6th July 2009

A YOUNG woman’s life was cut short by alcohol addiction, an inquest heard.


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