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Small businesses were given a big boost during a day designed to help them win contracts.

A dad of two who beat leukaemia is putting on his running shoes to raise funds for the hospital that helped to save his life.

Visitors have been pouring through the doors of Southampton’s new maritime attraction.

Boxing champion Lennox Lewis rang paralysed stunt man Jay Young in his hospital bed to give him moral support after learning of his story. The former world heavyweight star spoke to the Southampton 23-year-old in December after hearing how he had become paralysed during a stunt in March.

Pioneering work at the University of Southampton has been recognised with a national award. The university’s Performance Sports Engineering Laboratory has won the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education for its innovation in design and testing.

Charity bosses say they are closer than ever to building a specialist cancer centre after the cost of building it was reduced. An appeal has been running in Southampton to raise £2.2m for a new blood treatment centre, but now the cost is expected to be £1.76m. The appeal has already raised £1m, meaning just £1.76m is needed to reach the target.

Trees, water features and priority for pedestrians and cyclists are part of a master plan for Southampton city centre. The major redevelopment vision has been unveiled by Southampton City Council and aims to transform the city over the next 25 years.

The first mixed sex state sixth form in Southampton is to be opened one year early after council bosses gave the go ahead.

A cheeky charitable event with a serious message will be returning to Southampton this summer. Cyclists will be taking to the streets of Southampton for a bike ride with a difference; they will be taking part in a Naked Bike Ride.