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  SUE Atkins will contest the Woolston by-election for the Trade Union and Socialist Coalition.
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           <title>Tories reveal candidate for by-election</title>
           
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           <title>Prison 'a sobering experience' says Huhne</title>
           
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  Disgraced former Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne repeated apologies for his wrongdoing today, saying that prison had been a ''humbling and sobering experience''.
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           <title>Disgraced MP's ex-wife speaks on release from prison</title>
           
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  HAMPSHIRE MPs have been asked to pay over more than £20,000 of “profits” made from taxpayer-funded homes, it has been revealed.
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           <title>Council disputes pay claims</title>
           
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           <title>City to get another new leader</title>
           
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  MEET the man set to become Southampton’s next city council leader.
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           <title>Tories select new council leader</title>
           
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  HAMPSHIRE County Council has a new leader after the ruling Tory group voted for a chief – just five days after the local elections.
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           <title>Politicians row about 'disrespectful slur' over writing competition</title>
           
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  IT WAS supposed to encourage budding writers to put pen to paper and come up with their own imaginative tales.
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           <title>New Hampshire leader to be decided today</title>
           
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  TODAY'S battle to succeed veteran Hampshire County Council leader Ken Thornber is tipped to be a two-horse race between children’s services chief Councillor Roy Perry and deputy leader Councillor Mel Kendal.
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  A defeated Hampshire Conservative councillor who lost her seat to the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in yesterday's local elections has launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister David Cameron, saying: ''I don't believe a word he says.''
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           <title>Fathers for Justice face Twitter ban over campaign</title>
           
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  A CAMPAIGN group has been threatened with being banned from a social networking site following ‘abusive’ comments that targeted a number of Hampshire politicians.
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           <title>UKIP make huge gains but Tories maintain grip on county council</title>
           
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  The UK Independence Party has sent shock waves through Hampshire politics by making huge gains in the county elections.
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           <title>Council leader quits after election night drama</title>
           
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  The leader of Hampshire County Council has quit after a night of election drama across the county.
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           <title>Lib Dems stunned by Tory revival in Winchester</title>
           
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  WINCHESTER Liberal Democrats were this morning left stunned by the continuing Tory revival across the district.
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           <title>Tories and LIb Dems hold their seats in Romsey</title>
           
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           <title>Tories hold five seats but lose one to UKIP in Fareham</title>
           
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  A VICTORY for UKIP's Christopher Wood was the headline news in Fareham.
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           <title>UKIP win three county council seats in Eastleigh</title>
           
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  IT was a night of high drama in Eastleigh where UKIP claimed three seats in an area renowned for being a Liberal Democrat stronghold.
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           <title>UKIP make gains in Hampshire County Council elections - live coverage</title>
           
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  UKIP make gains in Hampshire County Council elections as the Tories battle to keep control of the authority.
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           <title>Fears of low turnout for local elections</title>
           
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  HAMPSHIRE goes to the polls today in the county council elections – but one party leader is predicting turn out could be the lowest for 20 years.
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           <title>City chief resigns on night of high drama</title>
           
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  Southampton City Council leader Richard Williams resigns after an investigation into his conduct.
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           <title>Conservatives say 'we'll still be kings of the Castle'</title>
           
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  They have had an iron grip on Hampshire County Council and its £1 billion budget for years.
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           <title>Shooting victim was ‘trying to better himself’</title>
           
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  THE GIRLFRIEND of the man shot dead in a Southampton flat has said he was trying to better himself, in an attempt to move away from his troubled past.
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           <title>Opposition demands answers over leader's 'pet projects fund'</title>
           
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  At a time of great austerity when vital services across Southampton are being cut it is important that civic chiefs make every penny count.
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           <title>Disgraced MP facing £100k court bill</title>
           
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  DISGRACED former Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne is facing a claim for more than £100,000 in prosecution costs, a court heard today.
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           <title>Disabled have been 'abandoned by the council'</title>
           
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  “WE have been abandoned.” That is the verdict of a Southampton mum, who says that her profoundly disabled daughter will be “punished” by controversial cuts affecting the most vulnerable people in the city.
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           <title>Council forced to call off its Thatcher tribute</title>
           
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  A HAMPSHIRE council says that it had to cancel a tribute to Baroness Thatcher after several members refused to take part.
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           <title>Council leader apologises for misleading the public</title>
           
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  THE LEADER of Southampton City Council has apologised after a report found he had been "economical with the truth" in misleading the public over the resignation of a senior colleague.
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           <title>Margaret Thatcher laid to rest</title>
           
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  Beneath the gilded dome of St Paul's they came to honour the Iron Lady.
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           <title>Silence falls on streets of London during Margaret Thatcher's funeral</title>
           
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  The silence was so intense it could almost be heard as Baroness Thatcher's coffin arrived at St Paul's Cathedral today.
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           <title>What has the council got to hide?</title>
           
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  “WHAT have you got to hide?” That is the question being asked by opposition councillors in Southampton, as they demand to know why the results of an inquiry into leader Richard Williams’ conduct have not been made public yet.
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           <title>Another councillor defects to UKIP</title>
           
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  A SECOND Conservative councillor has defected to UKIP in protest at plans to make disabled motorists pay to park in the New Forest.
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           <title>Cash-strapped council spends £805,000 on consultants - while making savage cuts</title>
           
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  IT is a sum of money that could allow Southampton City Council to reinstate council tax benefits for pensioners or free green waste collections.
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           <title>Parties go to battle for local elections</title>
           
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  THE UK Independence Party is making its strongest bid yet to win a seat on Hampshire County Council.
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           <title>Margaret Thatcher has died</title>
           
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  The UK's first female prime minister, Margaret Thatcher has died aged 87, following a stroke this morning.
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           <title>Investigation into why leader wasn't informed about sulphur plant</title>
           
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  AN INVESTIGATION has been launched to find out how major plans to build a sulphur plant in Southampton slipped under the radar.
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           <title>Stay of execution for mayor's number plate</title>
           
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  THE mayor’s number plate has been given a six-month stay of execution, the Daily Echo can reveal.
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           <title>Seven who hold key to future of city's art</title>
           
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  THEY are the chosen few with the power to reverse sweeping cuts to services across Southampton.
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  “IT is no change for us.” That was the verdict of Don Harper, secretary of the Southampton Pensioners’ Forum.
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  PEOPLE in Southampton will be able to buy a typical first home with a deposit of just £6,500, George Osborne pledged in yesterday’s Budget.
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  George Osborne delivers his Budget 2013 to the House of Commons on Wednesday March 20.
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