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  • City council leader's job is on the line

    SOUTHAMPTON City Council leader Adrian Vinson's job is on the line this week. Liberal Democrat insiders say that he could face a leadership challenge from members of his own group at a crunch meeting due to be held today. The burning question of who will

  • Cruise ship being towed to Southampton after engine fire

    A CRUISE ship with 708 people on board is under tow to Southampton after an engine fire left it drifting in the English Channel. The blaze broke out at 3.47am today in the starboard engine of the Calypso as it sailed near Beachy Head, sparking a full-scale

  • Landlord fined after gas leak kills 11-year-old girl

    A LANDLORD whose failure to have a gas boiler serviced led to the death of an 11-year-old schoolgirl has been fined £60,000 for breaching health and safety rules. Katie Overton died in her bed in April 2003 from carbon monoxide poisoning, after the boiler

  • We can cut it in the big race, say salon team

    NEARLY 3,000 women will converge on Winchester tomorrow for the annual Race for Life event. For months they have been training for the 5km fun run and their efforts are expected to raise up to £200,000 for Cancer Research UK. Among those taking part will

  • Doctors surgery back Daily Echo 'Keep Them Safe' Campaign

    ATHERLEY House surgery is the latest doctors' practice to back the Daily Echo Keep Them Safe campaign. Cheryl Henly, who works at the surgery, in Shirley, Southampton, has placed a Keep Them Safe poster on their notice board for patients to read. The