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  • Family tribute to alleged murder victim.

    THE FAMILY of a man who died after being stabbed have paid tribute to him. Ian Cadwallador, 35, was found with stab wounds lying in a Gosport street on Sunday evening. Despite the efforts of paramedics he died shortly after he was found. Today his

  • Grandad died in holiday cliff plunge

    A Southampton man plunged to his death when he fell off a cliff during a holiday with his wife. Grandad Bill Bain is believed to have slipped while walking along a cliff top before falling 180 feet. The 70-year-old was on a weekend coach trip with his

  • Pedestrian dies in road accident

    A WOMAN pedestrian was killed in an accident with a car on the A326 at Totton this morning. Police closed the southbound lane of the A326 between its junctions with the M27 motorway and Michigan Way following the collision. The woman was killed under

  • Strauss looking forward to Warne duel

    ENGLAND'S Andrew Strauss is looking forward to renewing his partnership at the top of the order with Marcus Trescothick - and his duel with Australia's bowlers. Strauss attacked the returning Glenn McGrath during Australia's six-wicket win over England

  • City crash out of Trophy

    Shoddy defending again cost Winchester City dear in last night's 4-1 FA Trophy second qualifying round exit at the Denplan City Ground. Having seemingly done the hard work of holding Southern Premier outfit Northwood to a 0-0 draw on Saturday, Steve

  • Svensson ready to step up

    SAINTS reserve boss Stewart Henderson declared Michael Svensson fit and ready for a first team recall after watching him complete 90 minutes yesterday. The injury-jinxed Swedish centre half came through a behind-closed-doors friendly win against a

  • Burley has it all to do again

    Saints have to win over HALF of their remaining 30 games to claim a play off place this season. George Burley's men have only picked up seven points out of 21 to slip from third place to 10th. Statistics compiled by the Daily Echo show the average

  • Inquest into death of Hampshire schoolboy opens

    THE inquest was today opened into the death of 14-year-old Daniel Nolan who disappeared nearly five years ago on fishing expedition. Senior Investigating officer Det Supt David Williams was the first witness to be called this morning to Winchester Coroners

  • Eastleigh is not a listening council

    HAVING read Paul Bicknell's letter (October 24), I feel comment needs to be made as the rhetoric could be from the Lib Dems' propaganda/spin machine. So, too, were his statements in a letter published on August 19 supporting the council when he stated

  • National Service would bring youngsters to order

    REGARDING Chris Bluemel's response to my letter (October 26). His comments on the teenagers of today many will find hard to believe, considering it was recently revealed that our teenagers are the worst behaved in Europe. I reject his opinion that old

  • We must all do our bit to stop climate change

    THE response to my original letter headlined Who Needs a Green Party in Southampton? from Green party members John Spottiswoode and Joe Cox is most welcome in that they both seem to acknowledge and give credit to Labour Alan Whitehead MP. Everyone needs

  • Why we are short of military recruits

    "THE UK's armed forces have been below strength for five years, the Whitehall spending watchdog has warned." So runs the headline on the BBC News Online (November 3). In time past there was never any recruitment problems. In both world wars people flocked

  • Scenes of crime officer denies grooming charge

    A POLICE scenes-of-crime officer from Hampshire has pleaded not guilty to one charge of attempting to meet a child after grooming. Paul Rogers, 36, who works for the Metropolitan Police and is based in the London Borough of Haringey, faces one count

  • Vandal steals then torches £55,000 BMW

    A CAR worth £55,000 was found burnt out just half an hour after it had been stolen. The red BMW X5 was taken from outside a property at Atheling Road, Hythe. It was found 35 minutes later in a secluded rural location close to Stanswood Road, Calshot

  • Man due in court on murder charge

    A MAN is due to appear before Portsmouth magistrates today (Nov 8), charged with the murder of a 35-year-old man in Gosport. Paul Hodgson, 25, is accused of killing Ian Cadwallador from Southsea who was stabbed to death on Sunday. A woman who was also

  • Rise in number of animals killed on roads

    ANIMAL accidents are on the increase in the New Forest - and the trend points to motorists being more careless during daylight hours. Last week there were nine road collisions involving ponies, cattle and pigs belonging to commoners with forest grazing

  • Plans to save historic viaduct dashed

    HOPES of securing the future of Hampshire's longest railway viaduct have been dashed. The government has refused to review its decision against listing the Hockley Viaduct near Winchester. The decision again opens to question the long-term future of

  • Arena and ice rink plans still on course

    SOUTHAMPTON'S arena and ice rink dreams are still on course after the cornerstone of the entire scheme was given the go-ahead. A huge six-storey landmark building that will be the headquarters of cruise giant Carnival was yesterday given permission by