THE Conservative party has confirmed that it would abolish the South East England Development Agency (Seeda) if returned to government. Archie Norman, chief opposition spokesman on the environment, transport and the regions, endorsed the party's policy
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KEITH HAMILTON looks through past editions of the Echo and reviews the issues which made the headlines 50 YEARS AGOA mysterious hole, 12 feet long and six feet wide, appeared without warning in the pitch at The Dell, near the penalty spot. Groundsmen
IT was a real day out for all the family when four of the bravest children in Hampshire joined together for a party. The youngsters, whose achievement in battling against overwhelming odds was marked at a recent awards ceremony in London, again hooked
AURORA is heading home to Southampton - but not before the latest superliner brought a large part of Germany to a standstill at the weekend. Even the famous German efficiency could not cope with the tens of thousands who flocked to see the magnificent
THE CHAIRMAN of the campaigners fighting the desecration of graves at a Southampton cemetery is set to come face to face with city council leader June Bridle at the ballot box. In a show of extreme frustration at the council for failing to curb the vandalism
A FATHER is maintaining a hospital bedside vigil after his wife and two daughters were critically injured in a two-car collision on the Isle of Wight. Judith Michalski, 41 and daughter Chloe, 13, were flown by coastguard helicopter to Southampton General
CROWDS at one of Southamp-ton's premier millennium events will be able to quench their thirsts at six high-tech mobile drinks bars. Sponsors of this spring's Tall Ships 2000 event Appleton's Ltd unveiled the new mobile bar unit - which can dispense eight
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NO matter what time it is you can usually get a curry if you know where to look - and as all insomniacs know, you can buy anything from flip-flops to flowers before the sun comes up at the supermarket. Now, the notion of round-the-clock service is coming
A HAMPSHIRE villager who became the driving force behind a one-man road safety protest is celebrating after civic bosses jumped on board his campaign. Butlocks Heath resident David Collingwood has been behind the wheel of a long-running campaign to improve
TRACK star Iwan Thomas got back to his Welsh roots to help launch a major charity drive. The 400 metres champion, who lives in Southampton, helped launch the annual Marie Curie cancer charity's Daffodil Day appeal. He was joined on the charity drive -
SOUTHAMPTON Itchen MP John Denham has given his backing to a trailblazing scheme to improve life for the very young in the city. Already planners have given the green light to the scheme which will see a building put up at Weston Shore Infants School
SCHOOLS across the South have a massive £17 million sitting unspent in bank accounts, the Daily Echo can reveal. Latest figures show schools in Hampshire have £14.5 million yet to spend - in stark contrast to more than a third of all county state schools
