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Red Zone Music are an established music group who deal with various aspects of the music industry, from management and music distribution, to PR and promotion. Their impressive contact base enables them to get to the heart of key people on the music circuit. The music group are delighted to announce that, from the...
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A young javelin star supported by Asda Eastleigh is celebrating after being selected for the first ever Youth Olympics which takes place in Singapore on 14-16 August in front of 370,000 spectators. Freya Jones has been supported by Asda Eastleigh and SportsAid’s Sporting Chance initiative which has seen her receive £500 funding for training...
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Eastleigh Borough Council has decided not to go ahead with plans from the last government for a 6000 home strategic development area to the north of Hedge End at a recent Council meeting. The abolition of the South East Plan by the new coalition government means that the Council does not have to take forward...
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Domestic airline carrier, Flybe, this morning honoured the 10 millionth passenger to use its route network to and from Eastleigh International Airport with a presentation to Bournemouth resident, Janet Cauchi. Mrs Cauchi was presented with flowers and a 12 month complimentary pass to the airline’s Executive Lounge at Eastleigh along with a certificate to...
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Officers from Hampshire County Council Trading Standards say they are disappointed that an operation to clamp down on underage sales from cigarette vending machines has revealed a 75% failure rate. In a sting operation last week a 15 year old volunteer visited four premises in Eastleigh, West End and Fair Oak, which resulted in three out...
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Police are appealing for witnesses after a shop in Bursledon, Eastleigh, was targeted by thieves twice in the same week. The One Stop store in Portsmouth Road was broken into overnight on Monday July 12 and then again in the early hours of Thursday July 15. Cigarettes and alcohol were stolen from the store...
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“ENERGY that’s the new name of the exciting new scheme to transform a town centre location into a youth facility.” So trills the latest council handout on the former Leigh Ballroom – currently still looking exactly as it did 7 months ago when the Council evicted the Ballroom Dancers and padlocked the doors…this is...
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Labour party big hitters were out and about in Eastleigh last weekend as four of the five rivals for the party leadership visited the town accompanied by Southampton Labour MP’s John Denham and Alan Whitehead Ed Balls, Andy Burnham and both the Miliband brothers Ed and Dave put aside their rivalries to spread the...
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Police are appealing for witnesses following an attempted burglary at a supermarket in Chandler’s Ford. The incident took place at around 1.15am on Tuesday July 13 at the Waitrose store in Oakmount Road. An axe was used to smash one of the store windows but no entry was gained. PC James Pieri said: “After...
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If you haven’t heard of him before, you have now. Des Scott is Fair Oak & Horton Heath’s newest Borough Councillor. Following a justly deserved promotion from Fair Oak Parish Council, Des has begun his Eastleigh Borough Council career with an issue bound to tick the boxes of most Fair Oak voters. Anti-social driving...
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Brilliant sunshine teamed up with the Asian Welfare and Cultural Association yesterday to come to the rescue of Eastleigh council’s dead duck music festival as the annual Mela drew in thousands of local people. A carnival atmosphere prevailed with ethnic sounds to jig around to and stalls of ethnic food to sample – including...
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Eastleigh council are predicting bumper crowds of up to 15,000 people will have descended on it’s controversial annual Folk Festival, Mela and open air drinkathon which is being held on Eastleigh’s recreation ground this weekend. This is despite clashing with Romsey’s annual Beggars Fair and total tickets sales of only 730 last year. Headlining...
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When shop owner Jon Dudley printed off a lottery ticket for a customer two weeks ago, little did he know that the pink slip was worth £954,934. Now, the lucky National Lottery terminal at Boyatt News in Eastleigh has become a magnet for players looking to become the next big jackpot winner. This follows...
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Floristry students at Eastleigh College celebrated the end of the academic year at Eastleigh College, with an awards ceremony and summer themed floral demonstration by designer David Martin, a Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medallist. The evening took place at the College main campus to a packed audience of local florists and students’ friends and...
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There is some good news for Eastleigh job seekers. The Towns MP – Chris Huhne- is seeking a speechwriter to work on his speeches as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. Despite aggressive cost cutting by the new coalition the post will pay up to £56,000 p.a. Although the vacancy is open...
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