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Motorists face traffic chaos

7:25pm Friday 10th February 2012

Thousands of motorists are tonight facing severe delays on a major Hampshire road.

Neighbours forced family out of home

Sandra Houston and son Jack.

4:10pm Friday 10th February 2012

SHE has escaped years of harassment – but getting away left this Hampshire mum more than £50,000 in debt.

Miliband launches Labour local election campaign in Southampton

Miliband launches Labour local election campaign on visit to Southampton hovercraft factory

6:03pm Friday 10th February 2012

Labour leader Ed Miliband calls for bankers bonus tax to get young people into work as he launches the party's local election campaign in Southampton.

Move to reopen former rail line

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

Hospital Heroes award-winners and runners-up with Esther Rantzen at the Novotel, Southampton, for last night’s 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

Talking Heads in Portswood Road, Southampton

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

The crime scene near the Dorset Street underpass, Southampton

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

Dennis Hall

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

Andrew Lansley's reforms have been criticised in an editorial published simultaneously by three leading healthcare journals

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

Artist’s impression of how the proposed power station at Double H Nurseries will look.

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

Guinness, the dog with hay fever

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

Ed Miliband's approval ratings are at their lowest level since he became Labour leader

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

15,000 homes stand empty

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

Southern Daily Echo

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

Customers will be able to speak to British Gas staff via a new video service

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.

Schoolgirl given new £2,000 bike

5:24pm Friday 10th February 2012

A Hampshire schoolgirl who suffers from cerebral palsy can now go cycling with her friends thanks to a charity donation.

Flybe sales lifted by Finnish joint venture

ALTERNATIVES: Flybe is among low cost airlines hoping to benefit from Ryanair’s decision to suspend its Bournemouth flights for the winter

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.

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BBC Online 11:40am Fri 10 Feb 12

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Winchester black swan statue being restored (link)

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IT has been a long-running saga – the mystery of the headless swan.

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Royal visit to Laverstoke Park (link)

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