Southampton, England News

THREE man face drug charges following a seizure of 20 kilos of amphetamine with an estimated street value of A 180,000. Donald Brian Haisman, 47, of Gerard Crescent, Thornhill; Brian John Street, 45, of Wimpson Lane, Southampton; and Sean Michael Osbourne, 26, from Chichester, West Sussex have all been charged with conspiracy to supply Class B ...

ARMED police staged a dramatic swoop on suspected drug dealers during a raid on a quiet Southampton cul-de-sac. Stunned onlookers watched in disbelief as four people were handcuffed by plain-clothed officers brandishing machine guns.

IT'S a school that is going places. That is the upbeat assessment of the head of The Toynbee School in Chandler's Ford, after being graded as "satisfactory" with "good" features in its latest Ofsted report.

Two men with a "hatful" of driving convictions, one from Southampton, have been jailed for their part in a police chase in Chesterfield in which their friend was killed.

A WARNING letter has been sent to parents of children at two schools following reports of a suspicious car spotted in the area.

CANNABIS with a street value of more than A 650,000 has been seized by police waging a war against organised crime in Southampton.

THE hunt is on for the owner of a pack of dogs who viciously mauled a cat to death as it sat in its front garden.

A THIRD child at a Hampshire junior school has contracted swine flu , as the number of confirmed cases in the county has more than doubled.

SCHOOLCHILDREN got the shock of their lives when a Hollywood star wondered into their classroom accompanied by a famous ex-pupil. They got the chance to meet Baywatch star David Hasslehoff as he joined Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills for a trip back to his old Hampshire school.

A MAN was allegedly murdered in a vicious and frenzied knife attack following an argument at a Southampton house party, a court heard.

WE will not punish an entire community for the actions of a minority bunch of youths.

The man charged with murdering Paula Poolton had been having an affair with her, a court heard.

THE Bishop of Southampton the Right Reverend Paul Butler is on the move after being promoted to a new job.

AN ARMY of tough new wardens dubbed Stormtroopers are to take to the streets of Southampton, the Daily Echo can reveal today.

That was the message from the streets of Southampton as support flooded in for the Daily Echo campaign to build new memorial walls to commemorate the city's war dead.

NHS Hampshire can today confirm that a pupil at a Southampton school has contracted the Influenza A virus.

HEALTH chiefs have defended the decision not to close a Hampshire school where a case of swine flu has today been confirmed.

FOR centuries it was the main gateway to Southampton and was used to collect taxes, hold prisoners and even carry out executions.

A MAJOR regeneration project for a Southampton estate has taken a leap forward. City councillors have approved plans for a new campus for Itchen College on the site of the Eastpoint Centre in Thornhill.

AN enormous flood barrier could be built across Southampton Water to protect the city from a tidal surge.