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By Tom Orde Crime and court reporter Daily Echo Camera Club member Liz Tugby took this photograph of the Itchen Bridge in Southampton. A SOUTHAMPTON bridge has reopened following a police incident. The Itchen Bridge was taped off in both directions earlier this evening due to a police incident. Motorists were urged to avoid the area and fined alternative routes. The road has since reopened but there are delays on approach. The Daily Echo has contacted Hampshire Constabulary for further information. Comm...

By Tom Orde Crime and court reporter Itchen Bridge, Southampton A SOUTHAMPTON bridge was blocked off during a concern for welfare incident.  The westbound carriageway of Itchen Bridge was closed on Thursday afternoon with motorists urged to approach with caution.  Police officers had been called following reports expressing concern for the welfare of a man.  The bridge has since reopened and the man found.  A police spokesperson said: “We were called at 3.33pm on May 6 to Itchen Bridge in Southampt...

Plans to transform the city centre as part of a £18.5m transport scheme have been unveiled.  A number of roads could be closed to traffic while other areas of the city would undergo a major makeover.  The traffic lighst outside the civic centre would be removed to make way for new crossings, cycle lanes and wider pavements.  All traffic coming from the west would be able to pass between Civic Centre Place and Park Walk. But from Park Walk onwards as far as East Park Terrace and Palmerston Road, the road will be open to buses, taxis and cyclists only.

Taxis, buses and cyclists would continue to have access. The move would  lead to changes to Six Dials where the number of lanes moving  through the junction to the east and west would be reduced. This would particularly affect the lanes heading to New Road westbound, according to  the council. Lanes to east and west would also be narrowed to make way for new development space near the car park between Kingsway and New Road. Traffic signals at Six Dials would be updated  and the existing subways would be improved.  As part of the scheme, a new bus hub would be created at Al...

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 own lives. Now another petition has been launched in an attempt to persuade the authorities to take...