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Southampton City Council’s Municipal Golf Course scores a hole in one

Staff and members of Southampton Municipal Golf Course are celebrating after the course was placed in the top one percent of leisure venues in the cou...

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Are You Getting Short Changed At The Pumps?

09-02-10

Hampshire County Council has discovered drivers in some parts of the county could be getting short-changed at the petrol pumps following check...

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New website dedicated to ensuring better choice for Adult Social Care users.

09-02-10

A new website dedicated to supporting organisations who currently provide or want to provide adult social care services has been launched by H...

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Operation Corvid update – Police appeal after body found in Portsmouth

08-02-10

Police are appealing for information after the body of a man was found in Portsmouth.Richard Anthony Staight, 21, from Bristol who was a student at...

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Justice reinvestment and cutting crime

06-02-10

Get out of jail: the prisons arms race and justice reinvestment03 February 2010Last weekend's bizarre row over David Cam...

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Lottery Grants Waterlooville Library A New Lease Of Life

06-02-10

Waterlooville Library will temporarily close on 15 February to undergo a major £800k refurbishment with learning and skills opportunitie...

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Test Valley Specials hold events to mark National Specials Weekend

05-02-10

Members of the Hampshire Special Constabulary working in Test Valley are holding a number of events to mark National Specials Weekend. Special Con...

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Pothole Busters hit the streets with high speed technology

05-02-10

Hampshire's Pothole Busters teams will be back in force across the county tackling the damage left in the road surfaces by the severe winter.Ex...

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Serving Up A history Of Hampshire And The Isle Of Wight

05-02-10

Ten amazing objects from museums in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight have been selected to showcase the history of the local area and their place in th...

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A new surface for Leigh Road carriageway

05-02-10

Hampshire County Council is to resurface the carriageway on Eastleigh's Leigh Road, between the M3 overpass through to the traffic light j...

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Police put Brockenhurst College students to the test

04-02-10

Students from Brockenhurst College will be given the chance to find out if they've got what it takes to work for the police next week.Officers ...

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Low council tax rise on the cards for second year

04-02-10

Hampshire County Council's Cabinet is to consider a budget that that will continue to provide residents with quality services and keep next year&#...

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Southampton BSF proposal draws major interest from industry

04-02-10

Some of the biggest names in the construction industry turned out for Southampton City Council's Building Schools for the Future (BSF) Bidders'...

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Southampton gets set for London 2012 with the adiZone

03-02-10

Southampton is to get its very own taste of London 2012, thanks to the installation of an adiZone - a giant multi-sport outdoor gym venue which aims t...

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Traffic improvements prepare way for new Park and Ride

03-02-10

A package of traffic improvement measures aimed at improving traffic flow in Winchester in preparation for the new park and Ride scheme, are being car...

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Armed Forces Community Welfare Pathway For Hampshire Launches Today

03-02-10

The MOD and Hampshire County Council joined forces today to launch the Armed Forces Community Welfare Pathway initiative in Hampshire to enabl...

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The News Business Excellence Awards 2010

03-02-10

Jacky Stevens, OBE picks up The Lifetime Achievement Award The one category not open to nomination, at the News Business Excellence Awards i...

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Denham Demands Action On Hospital Food

03-02-10

Local MP Responds To Patients' Concerns About Catering InadequacyPatients at Southampton General Hospital are voicing their concerns fol...

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Whitehead Challenges Southampton City Council At Prime Minister’s Questions

03-02-10

Labour MP for Southampton Test, Alan Whitehead, today asked Gordon Brown to encourage local authorities to take up new powers to regulate Houses in Mu...

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Cenotaph memorial walls unveiled

02-02-10

Plans for a new war memorial to commemorate Southampton's fallen heroes are being unveiled to the public this week.Southampton residents are be...

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