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Car flips onto roof on city route

11:57am Wednesday 17th March 2010

DRIVERS are being asked to avoid the Millbrook flyover after a crash that left a car flipped on its roof.

Residents win hospital parking battle

9:39am Wednesday 17th March 2010

PARKING at Southampton General Hospital has been thrown into more chaos after residents won a five-year battle to be able to park outside their own homes.

City businesses warned against complacency

10:56am Wednesday 17th March 2010

THE vital importance of a highly skilled Hampshire workforce to cope with the rise of China and the World Wide Web was a key theme of business Southampton’s Annual Conference.

Child sex offender released from jail

9:59am Wednesday 17th March 2010

A MAN who took advantage of a “vulnerable” 12-year-old while she slept has been released from jail after top judges halved his sentence.

Fluoride protestors demo at key meeting

2:00pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

ANTI-fluoride campaigners have been demonstrating against the controversial plans ahead of a council vote that could call for the public to be given a final say on the scheme.

Hampshure duo held after drug smuggling raid

8:22am Wednesday 17th March 2010

TWO Hampshire men suspected of being part of a criminal network which attempted to import more than 20 tonnes of drugs into the UK have been arrested.