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University axes 200 jobs

The hi-tech Mountbatten Building at Southampton University.

11:53am Friday 19th March 2010

THE UNIVERSITY of Southampton is to axe 200 jobs as it battles to cope with a lack of funding.

Echo Education News

Rapist jailed 20 years after crime

2:41pm Friday 19th March 2010

A RAPIST has been jailed today for a crime committed 20 years ago.

MP ordered to apologise to Commons

12:18pm Friday 19th March 2010

A HAMPSHIRE MP has been ordered to apologise to the House of Commons and repay cash over their second home in London.

New £80k boss for national park

10:46am Friday 19th March 2010

THE organisation that runs the New Forest National Park has appointed a new chief executive, the Daily Echo can reveal.

New Forest District News

Pals thought dying man had drunk too much

9:47am Friday 19th March 2010

FRIENDS of a Hampshire man who collapsed at a party and later died did not immediately call an ambulance because they thought he was just drunk, an inquest heard.

Outbreak of Mumps prompts vaccine calls

8:22am Friday 19th March 2010

HAMPSHIRE residents are being urged to get vaccinated following an outbreak of Mumps in the south.

Echo Health News

£1.5bn may protect Ford jobs

12:12pm Friday 19th March 2010

A MASSIVE £1.5 billion investment could protect Ford jobs, claim bosses.

Highest rate of teen pregnancy in county

10:49am Friday 19th March 2010

TIDWORTH has been identified as a priority area for action after the most extensive county-wide study of health and deprivation ever carried out in England highlighted several areas of concern – including binge-drinking and the county’s highest rate of teenage pregnancy.