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  • I HAVEN'T HAD A BATH FOR 11 MONTHS

    A FRAIL Southampton pensioner has been told if she wants to have a bath she should think about moving house. When great-grandmother Phyllis Anderson complained to the city council that she could no longer use the bath in her Weston council home of 40

  • Man quizzed after sex attacks in car

    A MAN has been questioned by detectives investigating serious sex attacks against two young women in a car in Southampton. The 28-year-old was arrested after presenting himself at a Southampton police station yesterday. Detectives said he had been released

  • Accident at new roundabout

    EMERGENCY services were called to an accident at one of Hampshire's newest roundabouts yesterday afternoon. The incident, involving three cars, happened on the Bar End Road, Winchester, by the ATS Tyres store just after 2.15pm. Police and firefighters

  • Well, could you live on a dollar a day?

    LIVING on two slices of bread a day - that is what customers at Eastleigh's Save the Children charity shop have been asked to imagine. Every day millions of poverty-stricken children have to survive on this meagre ration. The menu from Albania, which

  • We're off to a sure start with results

    RESIDENTS in the SureStart Central area in Southampton have been rewarded for their educational achievements. About 40 people were invited to receive certificates from Southampton mayor, Councillor Parvin Damani at a special event at the city's Civic

  • Fratton Park to be redeveloped

    Portsmouth have unveiled plans for the expansion and re-orientation of their Fratton Park ground. The capacity of the stadium will ultimately rise to 35,000 while the pitch will be rotated to a north-south orientation. The redevelopment will take place

  • Michael signs on at Hants

    Hampshire have signed batsman Michael Brown from Middlesex - a former school colleague of James Beattie. Brown, 23, has signed a two year contract after requesting to leave Middlesex, for whom he made his first class debut in 1999. The Burnley-born right

  • In Port

    Today's Principal Arrivals: Takamine, vehicle carrier, 0530, 202; Arabian Breeze, ro/ro, 0600, 201; Caronia, cruise liner, 0645, 38/9; NYK Artemis, container carrier, AM, 207; Grand Benelux, ro/ro, 1300, 105; Grande Ellade, vehicle carrier, 1730, 106;

  • Vampires guilty of hounding vicar

    WHEN police searched the home of self-styled vampire Benjamin Lewis, they came across a blue exercise book which encapsulated his bizarre outlook on life. Lewis, 25, bragged in an article he had published in a specialist occult magazine, under a pseudonym

  • Traders blast plans to sell off car parks

    THE STORM of protest over plans by Southampton City council to sell off city centre car parks has stepped up a gear. Furious traders have begun a petition following our revelations this week that city transport bosses want to close car parks in Bedford

  • Raised kerbs on way for bus stops

    CITY transport bosses are set to splash out £150,000 on putting wheelchair-accessible raised kerbs at bus stops across Southampton. The announcement comes after First Hampshire decided to pull its fleet of 13 super-low-floor buses because they were being