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Move to reopen former rail line

2:40pm Friday 10th February 2012

NEW moves to reopen a Hampshire rail route that was axed have taken a major step forward.

Unsung stars of the city’s hospital wards honoured in prestigious ceremony

3:17pm Friday 10th February 2012

IT WAS a night that honoured dozens of unsung heroes who work round the clock to care for patients on Southampton’s hospital wards.

Glimmer of hope for future of pub

10:23am Friday 10th February 2012

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

12:09pm Friday 10th February 2012

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

11:20am Friday 10th February 2012

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

7:40am Friday 10th February 2012

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.

Nursery in biomass power station plan

12:50pm Friday 10th February 2012

ONE of Britain’s top nurseries is planning to build a £7.5m power station on the edge of the New Forest.

Dog with hay fever needs a new home

11:50am Friday 10th February 2012

RESCUE bosses are hoping a touch of sea air will help this dog cope with a severe case of hay fever.

Ed visits city in jobs boost campaign

8:30am Friday 10th February 2012

LABOUR leader Ed Miliband was due to visit Southampton today to campaign for more jobs and growth in the south.

Safety net to help reduce homes being repossessed

10:40am Friday 10th February 2012

MINISTERS have unveiled a new package of measures to cut the number of repossessions – as it was revealed that 1,350 Hampshire households faced losing their homes last year.

Salon robbed of thousands

10:31am Friday 10th February 2012

AN investigation is under way after £2,600 was stolen from Hair Express solon in the town’s Swan Centre either overnight on Wednesday or early on Thursday morning.

British Gas call centre goes face-to-face

7:58am Friday 10th February 2012

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

Flybe sales lifted by Finnish joint venture

9:18am Friday 10th February 2012

SOUTHAMPTON airport’s largest carrier Flybe announces quarterly revenues rose 19 per cent to £165m, boosted by its joint venture with Finnair.

Crash car may have been in convoy

7:00am Friday 10th February 2012

POLICE are investigating reports a car containing five teenagers that smashed into another vehicle and a garden wall was being driven in convoy around a town before the crash.

‘Don’t rock the boat’ warns boss of taxi association

6:30am Friday 10th February 2012

THE chairman of a taxi body in Southampton has criticised fellow trade leaders for “rocking the boat” over a review into the number of cabs in the city.

Break-in at house

5:00am Friday 10th February 2012

THIEVES forced the door to get into a home in Jupiter Close, Southampton.

Mum demands answers from health chiefs over 13-year-old's contraceptive implant

4:00pm Thursday 9th February 2012

Health bosses asked a mother for permission to talk to her young daughter about contraceptive services – even though they fitted the 13-year-old with a birth control implant without her knowing.