IN response to Mrs Chappell (Letters, July 12), I have been consistent throughout the current disputes in calling for a negotiated settlement. Before the July 11 deadline I said the council should withdraw its threat to sack staff and the unions
WITH reference to the strike by the Southampton City Council workers I was wondering when the council are going to deport them to Australia? If I remember that the Tolpuddle Martyrs were deported by their employers for refusing to take a cut
SUE Buckingham (Letters, July 21) who now lives in Portsmouth asks why Portsmouth council has managed the Government cutbacks without producing the same chaos as in Southampton. The answer is obvious. Portsmouth is run by an efficient, caring
GIVE some people a little authority and they think they have the right to become dictators. This is what appears to have happened to our council. Their policy seems to be ‘we can waste money willy nilly and the workers can pay by loss of jobs
I FELT I just had to write to express my joy at reading about Kim Rose and the sterling work he and his volunteers have done in clearing the disgusting mess in Above Bar precinct. I was there recently and was shocked to witness and walk through
I AM gobsmacked by Derek Whitaker, Southampton (Letters, July 22). He hopes that every bin man and every councillor is sacked because of the state of the streets of Southampton. Does he not realise that it is the people of Southampton that dropped
LITTER louts – catch ’em, fine ’em, name and shame ’em. Never mind if it’s only one crisp packet. Many a mickle makes a muckle! BRENDA KNOPF, Southampton.
SO the European economy is collapsing, surprise, surprise! However Germany is busy building her economic strength. It has been very noticeable that after EU Law was imposed on us the enforcement of those laws have been more draconian in England
I AM sure regular patrons of Fountains Café at Southampton’s Civic Centre will be very sorry to learn of a forthcoming change of management. Those with a long memory will remember the café before it was transformed by the present tenant eight
I HAVE noticed recently that someone else has been putting their rubbish in the recycling bins presently situated outside the block of flats where I live, probably at night. Have any other residents of Southampton been affected in a similar way
COUNCIL leader Royston Smith says that the Unions haven’t come up with an alternative budget for him. Well let me ask him just what was the list of alternatives he has put forward? Did he give the staff a list of cost cutting options in which
I and my family have lived in the Millbrook area of Southampton for a while now and over the years have seen some eventful scenarios, and some lovely ones as well, however nothing quite shocked me until coming home from an evening out one Saturday
IT will be the biggest party the city has seen in years. Today a ten-strong fleet of yachts competing in the famed Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race will slip into Southampton. The sleek 60ft boats will moor at Ocean Village, which will
A Southampton wedding shop that closed suddenly is the second bridal business to shut down in the same building within two years, it has emerged. A Daily Echo investigation has revealed that one woman has been involved in both businesses
AN education manager duped her bosses out of 1.7m supermarket reward points, a court heard. Alison Robinson is accused of putting the points on her own Nectar card when they should have gone to two Hampshire colleges where she worked. She claims
FOSTER and adoption workers have announced that they will be striking for a further six days next week. On top of the 24 hour strike with social workers next Wednesday, those working to help find safe homes for children at risk in the city
The Daily Echo has removed a ballot for readers to vote on the industrial action by union members at Southampton City Council. This due to one user repeatedly attempting to skew the votes, thus rendering the opinion of other readers irrelevant
CONMEN posing as pest controllers took pet rats to a house to convince the vulnerable occupant his home was infested with vermin. They had specifically targeted the pensioner, who lived on his own near Fordingbridge. Prosecutor David Reid said
FOUR people have been arrested after more than a tonne of tobacoo was seized at Southampton Container Port. UK Border Agency officers discovered the stash hidden within specially constructed insulation panels in a 20-foot cargo container at
A TEENAGE girl accused of plotting to murder a pensioner told police a pack of lies because she “thought it would backfire” on her if she admitted the truth, a court heard. The 16-year-old said she was “horrible” to officers after being arrested
Game Name: The Smurfs: Dance Party Platform: Nintendo Wii Publisher: Ubisoft Rating: 3 (PEGI) Genre: Dance Happy, happy, happy. A collection of 25 Smurfed up songs that will make the clueless say, “Arrrrrrrr, isn
SAINTS captain Kelvin Davis has signed a new contract that ties him to the club until 2014. The 34-year-old keeper was due to be a free agent next summer, but is the latest key player to pen a fresh deal at St Mary's. Rickie Lambert,
SOUTHAMPTON’S recession- hit employment market has been given a boost with new jobs created in the city. Bristol-based bar chain Loungers, which owns Trago Lounge, in Portswood Road, has revealed that it will open a second outlet in the city.
COUNTY chiefs have approved £2.75m bus cuts, hitting pensioners, young people and those living in rural areas the hardest. Dozens of bus routes are to be axed as Hampshire County Council has slashed its subsidy for loss-making journeys by 45
A STUDENT lost her unborn baby after being threatened and robbed as she walked through a Southampton underpass, a court heard. Her attacker is today behind bars after admitting subjecting the woman to the traumatic ordeal, which a judge was
A MOTORCYCLIST was thrown from his bike after a collision with a car. The rider suffered suspected back injuries as a result of the accident that happened at the junction of Augustine Road and Northam Bridge in Southampton. The incident happened just
BUDGET-LESS Romsey Town have lost three key players to clubs tipped to challenge for the Sydenhams Premier title this term. James Embree has joined promotion-hungry Winchester City, while Ashley Johnson is among a host of summer arrivals at Blackfield
HUNDREDS of homes were without electric this morning following a power cut. The fault was affecting households in the Eastleigh, Chandler's Ford and Hiltingbury areas of the county. Southern Electric said the fault was detected at 7.30am but power was
Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne has been cleared of wrongdoing over his election expenses following an investigation by the Electoral Commission. The probe was prompted by complaints that Mr Huhne had under-reported the amount spent on his campaign
A WOMAN was assaulted after disturbing two men she caught burgling a house owned by an elderly neighbour. The 42-year-old victim was knocked to the ground and suffered injuries to her hands and knees as the intruders ran out of the property
A HAMPSHIRE food bank is facing a crisis because of soaring demand for its help. The Youth and Families Matter Food Bank has seen the number of people referred to it increase by a third over the last year, and is now desperately low on stocks, despite
HAMPSHIRE Police Federation chiefs have branded failed talks to reform the police service as "a disgrace". The comments follow a collapse in negotiations on how to save nearly £400m following a national review to streamline forces in England and Wales
A MAN who died in a car crash in the New Forest has been named as Richard James Turner from Brockenhurst. The 35-year-old shop worker was driving a red Mini eastbound on the A35 at Roeshot Hill on Monday, when his vehicle collided with a tree at 4.20pm
