HUNDREDS of motorists were pulled over by police in a "ring of steel" operation to take illegal drivers and suspected criminals off the roads.

A BANK cashier who stole cash from the account of an elderly dementia sufferer has been jailed for two years.

A DRUNKEN man who stabbed a fancy dress partygoer with an 8in kitchen knife has been locked up indefinitely for public protection.

COUNCIL bosses last night launched a crackdown on taxi drivers displaying the "English-speaking" stickers that have sparked a racism row.

BUDGET fashion retailer New Look, which has 18 Hampshire stores, has unveiled plans to list on the London Stock Exchange in a move likely to raise about A 650m.

A group of drivers of licensed cabs in Southampton put up the signs because they claimed passengers complained to them that some drivers cannot speak English.

POLICE are investigating after an arsonist set fire to a bin shed in a block of flats in Southampton.

A TAXI trade body has backed calls for a formal code of conduct after a cabbie who romped with a customer in his taxi was wrongly accused of rape.

A CABBIE cleared of raping a drunken student in his taxi told today how it had destroyed his life.

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RESIDENTS groups in Southampton have welcomed new powers aimed at halting the transformation of family neighbourhoods into student - ghettos'. Housing Minister John Healey said from April landlords wanting to rent out private dwellings to three or more people will first have to obtain planning permission from the city council.

Detectives at Bitterne are seeking witnesses and information after a disabled man was the victim of an assault and burglary in his home on Monday night, January 25.

A HAMPSHIRE man took his own life after failing to cope with the breakdown of his marriage, an inquest heard.

It has been a little while since I wrote my last travel article and felt that one was well overdue.

"HE was just a healthy and gorgeous young man.We are completely devastated." Those were the emotional words of a grieving Hampshire mum after finding her 20-year-old son dead on his bedroom floor.

Shadow health boss calls for vote on fluoride By Clare Kennedy clare.kennedy@dailyecho.co.uk THE SHADOW health secretary has backed calls for a referendum over plans to fluoridate Hampshire tap water.

HOPES recession is easing its grip on Hampshire have been boosted by news the number of people claiming jobless benefits in the south of the county had fallen slightly.

THE family of a lifelong Saints fan who died after being hit by a car in Southampton have paid tribute to him.

Prime Minister accused of making 'empty promises' By Chris Yandell chris.yandeU@dailyecho.co.uk PRIME Minister Gordon Brown has been accused of making empty promises to the people of Southampton over plans to fluoridate their tap water.

THE Daily Echo today launches its Turn Up or Tell 'Em campaign to reduce the staggering losses to our hospitals through missed appointments.