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  • An ipod as Lloyd beers his soul

    A STUDENT from Winchester has just been given a new ipod Nano music player for his thoughts on sensible drinking. Lloyd Passingham won the gadget after entering a responsible drinking survey carried out during freshers week at the University of Winchester

  • Save this unit, it is our birth right!

    SAVE our birthing unit! That was the rallying cry from mums, expectant mums and supporters of the Romsey Birthing Centre as it closed its doors temporarily yesterday. About 30 supporters, many with youngsters in tow, staged a peaceful placard-shaking

  • Where is Santa?

    KEEP your eyes open for a seasonal visitor in and around Hampshire today. Santa is taking a break from the pre-Christmas rush in Lapland to lavish some Christmas cheer on Daily Echo readers. He has packed his sack full of presents and is prepared to give

  • In Friday's Daily Echo

    WHAT'S ON - The best in Film, Music, Theatre, Eating Out, Pubs, Days Out and a complete listing of things to do and places to go in your area. WIN £100 worth of vouchers in Southampton's new music store SAINTS - St Mary's latest Your chance to win - but

  • I feel so lucky to be alive

    The heartfelt words of Hampshire teenager Sarah Greenwood just two months after she was knocked down and severely injured at a busy roundabout. Sarah, 17, spoke out for the first time after the accident near her family home where she returned from hospital

  • Alice is 107 years young

    THERE aren't many people in the world who can boast that they have seen the turn of two centuries in just one lifetime. But Hampshire woman Alice Downing, pictured right, can do just that after she reached her 107th birthday. The centenarian celebrated

  • Done deal?

    Bookies now sure Harry's going back to Pompey after Warnock says "no" to move Harry Redknapp has become the red hot bookies favourite for a return to Portsmouth after Neil Warnock sensationally turned the job down this morning. Sheffield United boss Warnock

  • Dad turns midwife in back of car to deliver daughter

    THE quick-thinking actions of a father helped to deliver his newborn daughter in the back of his dad's car on a busy Hampshire lay-by. John Ward, 31, did not have time to think when Elizabeth Megan could not wait until her mum got to Royal Hampshire County

  • Testbank is still flying the flag for ship repair

    SOUTHAMPTON'S biggest surviving marine repair company has come out fighting following the closure of the city's last historic dry dock. New contracts have seen Testbank Ship Repair boost the balance sheet - and its fortunes contrast to that of on-the-move

  • Bard brought to life

    SCORES of youngsters at a Hampshire school had the Bard brought to life for them yesterday by a group of trainee teachers from the University of Winchester. The Year 6 pupils from Sun Hill Junior School in Alresford got the special Shakespeare surprise

  • Our resurrection

    IT was a night for remembering the past, giving thanks for the present and looking to the future. The bells of St Mary's rang out across Southampton last night to signal the first in a long line of events to commemorate the 50 years since the city's most

  • Crackdown on festive drivers

    RANDOM drink and drugs tests on drivers in Southampton and the New Forest have resulted in a number of arrests. With the Christmas party season fast approaching, officers are warning motorists that driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs will

  • Students mark World Aids Day

    TOGETHER, Itchen College students spelt out the word 'Aids' in giant letters on their playing field to raise awareness about the disease. About 900 youngsters stepped inside roped areas for an aerial picture to launch the Southampton college's support

  • Couple all at sea in Atlantic race

    A HAMPSHIRE couple finally set off on an Atlantic rowing race yesterday after it was postponed by bad weather. Liz O'Keeffe and Richard Mayon-White are among 58 oarsmen and women who are taking part in the gruelling race from La Gomera in the Canary Islands

  • We've been together now for 50 years!

    TRADESMEN of the past 50 years came together for an afternoon of drinks, music and awards for dedicated service to their union at a ceremony in Eastleigh. Celebrating half a decade of commitment to the workers' union Amicus, a host of plumbers, electricians