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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.

Man crushed while fixing caravan

1:00pm Thursday 9th February 2012

A man died after his large Sterling caravan fell of its jack and trapped him underneath, an inquest has heard.

Parents' campaign to see speed limit cut on busy school road

6:00pm Thursday 9th February 2012

Parents have launched a campaign to slash the speed limit on a busy Hampshire road.

Aldi store planning persmission deadline nears

5:10pm Thursday 9th February 2012

Time is running out for cut-price supermarket chain Aldi to build a new store in a Hampshire city.

'Business as usual' at sex club

2:10pm Thursday 9th February 2012

Bosses of a sex club in the New Forest say it is “business as usual” despite a bid by council chiefs to shut it down.

Taxi trade survey 'flawed'

1:30pm Thursday 9th February 2012

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

Breaking news Rapist hunted after city centre attack

11:40am Thursday 9th February 2012

A RAPIST is being hunted by police today after a young student was attacked in a city underpass.

£131,000 fraudster must repay £14,000

9:31am Thursday 9th February 2012

AN office worker, who ripped off her employers for more than £100,000, has been ordered to pay just a fraction of the cash.

Support groups and sports clubs celebrate big donations

5:40pm Thursday 9th February 2012

Support groups and sports clubs in Southampton and Totton are benefitting from donations of thousands of pounds.

Solent coastguard help save explorers - in Iceland

12:50pm Thursday 9th February 2012

Two Hampshire explorers trapped on the edge of an Icelandic glacier in a freezing storm were saved from disaster – by Solent coastguards.

Poignant re-enactment of Titanic's departure

12:10pm Thursday 9th February 2012

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.

Health secretary visits Hampshire

12:00pm Thursday 9th February 2012

HEALTH secretary Andrew Lansley was today due to meet the new management team at Winchester hospital.

Restaurant plan rejected

6:10pm Thursday 9th February 2012

Plans to revitalise a New Forest town by giving it an “evening economy” have been thrown out.

Call to ban type of hair dye for under-18s

3:30pm Thursday 9th February 2012

A campaigner is lobbying the EU for a ban on a type of hair dye for under-18s. It comes just months after a Southampton teen was rushed to hospital with her head twice its size after dyeing her hair at home.

PM to probe psychiatric unit plans

2:40pm Thursday 9th February 2012

David Cameron has promised to investigate the controversial proposed closure of a Hampshire mental health unit.

Pensioner’s phone scam warning

3:00pm Thursday 9th February 2012

A pensioner from Chandler’s Ford has warned people to beware after he was targeted in the latest telephone scam.

Men charged over assault on police officers

12:30pm Thursday 9th February 2012

Two men have been charged in relation to assaults on police officers outside St Mary’s Stadium ahead of Saints’ match against Millwall on Tuesday night.