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In a survey of 2,000 adults, five per cent of Britons confessed they kept kids from an old relationship secret and a third admitted to keeping secrets from their partners.

CALLS have been made for something to be done after areas of Southampton became overgrown.

MORE than 220 new jobs could be created in plans for a huge warehouse complex in Southampton.

This comes after string of similar incidents in the last few months that prompted police to start boarding buses in order to deter anyone from causing further damage. A police spokesperson said: “We can confirm that we received reports of criminal damage on Tuesday 6 April at the junction of Borrowdale Road and Windermere Avenue. “The incident occurred at around 8.30pm, where a Blue Star bus window was smashed.” Now councillors are calling on the community to “come together” t...

Plans to rebuild Redbridge Fire Station as part of a £27m investment have been unveiled. The news was confirmed by Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service as it said most fire stations in the county are more than 50 years old and the demands of the service have changed “significantly” over this time.  Details of the project are yet to be unveiled as a planning application is expected to be submitted later this year. But fire bosses said the building will be “a collaboratively designe...

Redbridge Councillor Lee Whitbread He told the Daily Echo: “I fully support campaigners calling for the smart motorways project to be scrapped. “It’s only a matter of time before another fatality occurs. “These road schemes are not only expensive but also a death trap and it’s clear that the vast majority of the public have serious concerns about the smart motorways project.” He added: “Locally the M27 is being converted into a smart motorway at a cost of £244 million...

SOUTHAMPTON residents have vented their anger at fast-food queues blocking their homes.

BBC News Published image captionBluestar said its buses were being targeted by "gangs of youths... with high-powered catapults" A rise in catapult and brick attacks on passing buses is becoming a "major issue" in parts of Southampton, bus firms have said. About 60 attacks have been recorded in areas including Millbrook, Redbridge and Coxford in the past six months. City Red temporarily withdrew bus services from the Millbrook estate following the latest attack on Wednesday. A meeting has been a...

SCHOOL staff say they are heartbroken after vandals broke in and burnt parts of a sensory garden to the ground.

1/1 CIVIC chiefs are being urged to take action to prevent people jumping from the Itchen Bridge in Southampton. Campaigners are calling for suicide prevention measures to be taken on the bridge, which is reported to have seen more than 200 deaths since it opened in 1977. Three years ago 2,500 people signed an online petition calling for suicide prevention barriers to be installed to prevent the "continuing devastation" being caused to families by loved ones taking their o...