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Swim when you're winning!
Business editor Roan Fair swam to the occasion when he was challenged by a PR firm to take part in the Poole Lions Club Swimarathon, wearing a bow tie. Anyone for a dip?Pic: Poole Lions This year he was challenged
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The Western Morning News is laying the blame of euro-confusion firmly at the door of the Government.And to back up its point the paper is conducting its own referendum on the issue, with the chance for readers to fill in
Island life reflected in new website
Newsquest Southern has stepped-up its offensive on the Isle of Wight market with the launch of a new website dedicated to inhabitants of the island. The Southern Daily Echo recently introduced a weekly Isle of Wight edition, which is shipped
Sailors' site from Newsquest Southern
Newsquest’s busy Southern Digital Media team has launched a brand new website in time for the Volvo Ocean Race and Southampton Boat Show. Sailsolent.co.uk is a dedicated site for Solent sailors to provide them with news, events, results and information
Good news for Craig David fans
Fans of British soul sensation Craig David will be able to keep up to date with his latest moves following the launch of a new website from the Southampton Daily Echo. ThisIsSouthampton has unveiled the new site dedicated to local
Warning story leads to prison for school gates man
A front-page story in the Southern Daily Echo led to an investigation that has sent a man to prison for four years for two indecent assaults on a five-year-old girl. The article led police to their suspect and as a
Saints' plea to England boss
An enterprising sports reporter in Southampton has penned an impassioned plea to the new England football manager urging him to give Saints players a fair chance. Graham Hiley, of the Daily Echo, has asked Sven-Goran Eriksson to look beyond the
Record attendance at media careers day
More than 2,500 people have attended the biggest media careers event ever held in the south. The Southern Media Careers Information Day, which was backed by the Southern Daily Echo, was held at the Southampton Guildhall. The event allowed potential
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A former Southern Daily Echo reporter has won a top honour in her new role as a television journalist.Christine Alsford was named best regional TV journalist at the Royal Television Society Southern Centre Awards 2001.Before leaving the Echo in the
Readers vote to keep eternal flame
Readers of the Daily Echo have voted to keep Bournemouth’s eternal flame. An overwhelming 96 per cent of readers who called the paper’s voteline said the city’s Millennium Candle should not be snuffed out. The candle’s funding body Churches Together
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The Lincolnshire Echo is getting behind an appeal to send ten city children to meet Father Christmas on the trip of a lifetime to Lapland.The paper is helping with the fundraising and is also asking readers to nominate deserving youngsters.“We
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Esther Rantzen was guest of honour at the Yorkshire Post Literary Luncheon, where she gave an account of how she became one of the most powerful women in TV, describing the story of “a fat brunette who later became a
Editor steps in to help feathered friends
The Daily Echo is the toast of the avian world after the editor paid out to replace birds in a popular town attraction that was attacked by vandals. Neal Butterworth responded to the crisis by shelling out for some new
Daily Echo sets the scene at the theatre
A huge set decorated with 12,000 copies of the Southern Daily Echo is to form the backdrop for a youth theatre’s latest production. A cast of 77 young people from the Eastleigh Borough Youth Theatre are to stage the musical
Sahara rally beckons for Alyson
A Westcountry journalist is gearing up for a rallying adventure that will take her across Europe to the Sahara Desert and back. Alyson Marlow, a motoring writer for the Southern Daily Echo, will embark on the 21 day trip on