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  • Listening to the van radio

    Radio Stations. Radio listening was once a very simple thing to do. You just turned the dial. The choice in the 60’s was either the limited BBC or the pop pirate stations, mainly Radio Caroline or Radio London. Both of these pirate radio stations transmitted

  • Listening to the van radio

    Radio Stations. Radio listening was once a very simple thing to do. You just turned the dial. The choice in the 60’s was either the limited BBC or the pop pirate stations, mainly Radio Caroline or Radio London. Both of these pirate radio stations transmitted

  • The battle of the brands

    ASK most people to summarise Southampton in a few words and they're likely to say "Titanic and the docks" - though that might be closely followed by "Saints, shopping and chavs". With the world getting ever smaller, Southampton's civic, education

  • Good Samaritan pastors hit the streets

    THEY stepped onto the streets of Fair Oak and Horton Heath last night to make global history. It has become the first semi-rural area in the world to have its own Street Pastors and the Daily Echo was the first to break the story. They will be acting

  • Bishop of Salisbury heads to Sudan

    THE Bishop of Salisbury the Right Reverend David Stancliffe is in a far-flung corner of the world helping to pave the way for the election of a new church leader. He is conducting a retreat in The Sudan this week for those responsible for choosing

  • Environmental film to be shown at Free Church

    LOCKS Heath Free Church will be showing the film An Inconvenient Truth on Sunday February 24 at 7pm. The film is a documentary about climate change, specifically global warming, presented by former United States vice-president, Al Gore, pictured.

  • Concerns growing for missing father

    CONCERNS are growing for a father who has spent a second night missing from his Waterside home. Taxi driver John Martin, 50, known locally as "Noddy", was last seen by his wife at their home in Elgin Close, Hythe, at about midday on Friday. Police said

  • Final story with Hilda

    SHE has been an honorary grandmother to them all. So it was a sad moment as children and staff at Hedge End's Pavilion Pirates Pre-School bid farewell to Hilda Dahl who is retiring after 12 years. She is the longest serving member of staff. The banners

  • Parents to get powers to check on paedophiles

    HAMPSHIRE parents are to be given new powers to check whether people given unsupervised access to their children have child sex convictions. The trial scheme will allow single mothers to ask police whether potential boyfriends have convictions for paedophile

  • Six arrests over youth club fire

    SIX youths have been arrested on suspicion of arson following a fire at a youth centre on the Isle of Wight. The St Helens Youth Club, a converted church in Lower Green Road, near Bembridge, was largely destroyed by the blaze in the early hours of Saturday

  • Chris Huhne calls for boycott of EU ‘referendum’

    CHRIS HUHNE, Eastleigh's MP, wants his constituents to boycott a postal ballot for a referendum on the EU reform treaty. Mr Huhne, pictured, says the "I want a referendum" campaign refused to ask people whether they would like a choice on staying in

  • Would-be MP’s pledge on employing family

    WINCHESTER Lib Dem candidate Martin Tod has pledged not to employ any family members and to advertise every job in the Daily Echo. Mr Tod, pictured, wants to raise the standards on how MPs hire their staff and handle expenses. He said: "I've been