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Titanic II to set sail from Southampton in 2016

12:12pm Thursday 4th October 2012

Titanic II, the multi-million pound replica of Southampton's ill-fated liner, will set sail from the city on her maiden voyage in 2016.

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Few voters wooed by a 'speed date'

5:10pm Friday 13th April 2012

IT was a novel way to give voters the chance to question top local politicians in the run-up to next month’s council elections.

Sole survivor of the Labour mauling at the polls

4:25pm Tuesday 9th June 2009

LABOUR just clung onto its only seat in Euro elections for the south east after being beaten into fifth place by the UK Independence Party and the Greens.

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Euro blues for battered Labour

3:32am Monday 8th June 2009

GORDON Brown has taken another mauling in the polls as Labour plunged to fifth place in the European elections for the south east behind the Greens.

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Parties ‘don’t represent our Euro views’ – voters

7:00am Tuesday 26th May 2009

A RISING tide of dissatisfaction with the EU could also harm the main parties, according to a recent poll.

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Tories want new vision for Europe

5:46pm Monday 18th May 2009

TORIES have pledged to form the first "official opposition" in European Parliament as they launch their south east Euro election campaign in Southampton.

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Green party lauch "New Deal"

4:36pm Friday 8th May 2009

THE Green party has pledged tens of thousands of extra jobs in Hampshire under a Green "New Deal".

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Lib Dems launch campaign in Romsey

7:06pm Friday 8th May 2009

LIBERAL Democrats held a rally in Romsey to launch their European election campaign for the south east.

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They all want your votes for Europe

2:01pm Friday 8th May 2009

THE candidates vying to become the next crop of Euro MPs for Hampshire have been revealed.

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Euro MEP fires parting shot to "Soviet" EU

10:38am Friday 8th May 2009

AN outgoing Hampshire Euro MP has dubbed the EU the “old Soviet Union dressed in western clothes”.

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Ex-Transit worker takes battle to EU

10:06am Saturday 2nd May 2009

HE spent three decades putting together iconic Transit vans and is now fighting for the political power to safeguard their future at the Southampton plant.

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10 reasons why the Euro elections matter to you

8:29am Thursday 7th May 2009

A vote in next month's European elections won't sweep a Government from power. But it will change the makeup of one-third of the European Union's decision-making machinery, the European Parliament. Matt Smith highlights ten reasons why a trip to the polls is still important on June 4.

Q&A: European elections 2009

10:28pm Thursday 30th April 2009

Voters in Hampshire will join millions of European citizens in electing their representatives to the European parliament this June. But what is it all about?

UKIP calls for "proper border controls"

6:00pm Wednesday 29th April 2009

SOUTHAMPTON'S Polish workers would find themselves out of a job under UK Independence Party (UKIP) proposals.

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MEPs in the European Parliament: A quick guide

2:07pm Monday 4th May 2009

The European Parliament is the only directly-elected body of the European Union.