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Axe poised over 70 council jobs
9:59am Thursday 2nd September 2010
A CITY council in Hampshire has announced plans to axe 70 jobs in a bid to cut its spending.
East Hampshire leader resigns
10:38am Wednesday 1st September 2010
THE leader of East Hampshire District Council has resigned blaming the pressures of business and personal interests.
Delay to green light on £15m Titanic museum
8:00pm Tuesday 31st August 2010
FINAL planning permission for Southampton's proposed £15m Sea City museum has been postponed tonight.
Call to put clocks forward permanently
11:20am Wednesday 18th August 2010
MPs in the south have been urged to back a campaign to change the clocks to gain an extra hour of evening sunshine – and help the environment.
Tributes paid to education boss
12:44pm Tuesday 17th August 2010
TRIBUTES have been paid to the “larger than life” head of Hampshire’s schools, who has died suddenly, aged 63.
Civic chiefs get keys to Southampton's cultural quarter offices
7:10am Friday 6th August 2010
IT’S the first piece of the jigsaw in the transformation of Southampton’s cultural quarter.
Decision day for Southampton's Titantic Museum
7:39am Monday 2nd August 2010
THE final go-ahead will be given tonight for work to start on Southampton’s £15m Titanic Museum – despite questions hanging over its funding.
32,000 hit by benefits squeeze
12:03pm Saturday 31st July 2010
A SQUEEZE on benefits is set to hit 32,000 people across Hampshire, Southampton and the Isle of Wight, the Daily Echo can reveal.
Return of the council house after 15 years
10:30am Friday 30th July 2010
THE first bricks are being laid for the first new council homes in Southampton for over 15 years.
Hampshire to axe 185 jobs
12:10pm Wednesday 28th July 2010
MORE than 180 jobs are to be axed in children’s services at Hampshire County Council as bosses strive to save £25m.
Port tax bill pledge ‘not an election bribe’
7:20pm Thursday 22nd July 2010
THE GOVERNMENT has hit back at claims that a promise to ease the tax bills of Southampton port firms was a pre-election bribe.
Tory MP’s anger at fluoride silence
2:40pm Thursday 22nd July 2010
ANOTHER Tory Hampshire MP has attacked his own party for failing to deliver its promises to change the law on fluoridation.
Free swimming is back on the agenda
4:04pm Thursday 22nd July 2010
PLANS to axe free swimming for teenagers and pensioners in the New Forest have been put on hold, the Daily Echo can reveal.
Council will axe 58 library jobs
8:45am Thursday 22nd July 2010
A CONTROVERSIAL plan to axe 58 jobs from Hampshire libraries has been rubber-stamped by civic bosses.
Bonus questions for council leader
6:30am Thursday 22nd July 2010
HAMPSHIRE County Council boss Ken Thornber faces questions today from a powerful committee over secret bonus payments to senior staff.
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