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  • Ex-Trojans youngster raring to go against All Blacks

    Southampton's Anthony Allen will fulfil a prophesy when he makes a sensational England senior debut against New Zealand at Twickenham tomorrow. The former Trojans youngster made the prediction when he was a child - but even he wouldn't have foreseen

  • Police officer dismissed for revealing secret information

    TWO Hampshire police workers have been sacked following separate incidents in which they handed out secret information from the force's computer database. Police chiefs described the information as highly sensitive and said both leaks related to ongoing

  • Fears growing for missing Southampton man

    FEARS are growing for the safety of a missing Southampton man. Tony Wort, 21, left the house he shares with his parents in Wilton Road, Shirley, early on Thursday. He is an insulin-dependent diabetic and was only carrying enough medication for three

  • Iceland should stop whale hunting

    The Whalewatch Coalition is seriously concerned that the 30 minke and nine fin whales targeted by Iceland's new commercial whaling operation may suffer a prolonged and painful death. Whalewatch has compiled extensive scientific research which concludes

  • City's artworks are its heritage

    I noticed Ian Murray's subtle change of emphasis in his The End of the Week (Daily Echo, October 27). A bit of fun he called his article I responded to in my last letter. Then, it was a memorial, now a heritage centre. I think not. It is highly unlikely

  • Avoiding a speeding fine

    NOBODY can tell me the speed camera in Hythe, which is probably set at ten per cent over the posted speed limit, ie 33mph, has anything to do with road safety. We are told that the speed cameras are nothing to do with a stealth tax on motorists, or a

  • Help The Children's Society

    In 2006, The Children's Society celebrates 125 years of pioneering work with children, and you can help them continue this vital work by organising a Christingle celebration of your own. I am calling on the people of the south to help raise money for

  • Please help The Children's Society

    In 2006, The Children's Society celebrates 125 years of pioneering work with children, and you can help them continue this vital work by organising a Christingle celebration. I am calling on the people of the south to help raise money for The Children's

  • Bus passes should be free for all or not be issued

    WHEN are people going to realise that where working class citizens are concerned there is no such thing as a rich pensioner? Of course, there are bound to be some with a little more than others but owning one's home and maybe a car doesn't count for

  • Savage beating for a few cigarettes

    DRAMATIC video stills have been released to the public illustrate the sequence of events when thugs beat a Southampton shop manager over the head with a metal basket in a brutal attack - all for some cigarettes. Three youths targeted the Co-op convenience

  • Shipping movements - Saturday, November 4th

    Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Emden, roro, 0330, 43; Oriana, passenger, 0600, 106; Autotransporter, roro, 0730, 30; London Express, container, 1100, 205; Clementine Maersk, container, 1330, 207; Arroyofrio Dos, roro, 1730, 201; Symphorine,

  • Saints strength is also their weakness, says Hull boss

    HULL boss Phil Parkinson was today making his second visit to St Mary's in four days. The former Dell trainee was an interested onlooker when Saints defeated Wolves on Wednesday. This afternoon he was attempting to mastermind a shock result for his lowly

  • Ex-Trojans youngster raring to go against All Blacks

    Southampton's Anthony Allen will fulfil a prophesy when he makes a sensational England senior debut against New Zealand at Twickenham tomorrow. The former Trojans youngster made the prediction when he was a child - but even he wouldn't have foreseen

  • Ex-Trojans youngster raring to go against All Blacks

    SOUTHAMPTON's Anthony Allen will fulfil a prophesy when he makes a sensational England senior debut against New Zealand at Twickenham tomorrow. The former Trojans youngster made the prediction when he was a child - but even he wouldn't have foreseen

  • Charity fireworks spectacular on Southampton Water

    PREPARE to be dazzled by the Daily Echo-backed fireworks display at Mayflower Park tonight. More than £7,000 worth of fireworks will be set off from a barge on Southampton Water, setting the Southampton skyline ablaze with colour. Thousands of people

  • Flybe's BA deal means more jobs and flights

    MORE than 90 jobs and new connections to two major European cities will be created in South-ampton by the deal that sees Flybe taking over British Airways regional airline BA Connect. Flights to Paris and Frankfurt are set to start from Southampton and

  • Pub is closed down after late-night brawl

    A SOUTHAMPTON pub has become the first in the city to be shut down after police used tough new laws to curb drink-related crime. Officers placed a temporary closure order on the Merry Oak pub after they were called out to deal with a brawl that broke

  • Raising a glass in Stuart's memory helps charity

    A CHEQUE for £400 has been presented to the Wessex Cancer Trust in memory of a popular Southampton man. Stuart Brackenbury, pictured right,of Inner Avenue, Southampton, died of prostate cancer at the age of 63. Friends, family, staff and regulars at