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An E-fit has just been released by police of a man they would like to interview regarding an assault which occurred at St. John’s Road recreation ground in Hedge End on July 6. At around 8.45pm the victims and their friends were playing football when a blue Peugeot car passed by. The occupants of...
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Detectives from the Serious and Organised Crime Unit in Southampton have arrested and charged a total of six people following a series of early morning raids. At 6am on Tuesday, August 24, officers conducted searches at six different addresses across Southampton and Eastleigh in connection with an investigation into a number of high-value burglaries....
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Shed doors were ripped off and smashed overnight at the allotment gardens at Kanes Hill in Upper Northern Road. Police are appealing for information after 28 allotments in Hedge End were damaged on Thursday August 19. PC Andrew Laverick said: “I would like to hear from anyone who has information about this incident. The...
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On the opening day of their sixth consecutive season in the Conference South, Eastleigh opened the new 2010/11 campaign with defeat. Ian Baird’s Spitfires were made to rue missed opportunities at the Silverlake Stadium as visitors Bishops Stortford claimed all three points. The game was settled by three goals in the space of five...
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Unite union workers at Eastleigh Airport employed by BAA have voted 3 -1 to take strike action in support of a pay claim. The union will be meeting on Monday to decide if and when strikes go ahead These could commence as early as Monday, August 23 and strike action over the busy August...
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The Conservative party chairperson Baroness Warsi has indicated that the Conservatives may not be contesting Eastleigh in a bid to unseat MP Chris Huhne at the next General Election. Both Chris Huhne the Energy minister and Baroness Warsi were attending a press conference called by the coalition to attack the Labour Party’s record in...
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Although the council had promised crowds of up to 15,000 people visiting July’s Eastleigh Music Festival – it has just been revealed that only 683 tickets were sold. A freedom of information request submitted by local campaigner Matthew Myatt shows even fewer tickets were sold than last years disappointing 730 and that for the...
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Police are appealing for information after an air rifle was used in Eastleigh on Saturday August 7. A 22-year-old man was walking a friend’s dog in Stoke Park Woods at around 7.30pm when he was shot with a pellet. The man saw three white boys running away from the scene. One of the boys...
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The Government has announced that councils will receive windfall payments for every new home they build while Housing Minister Grant Shapps revealed that home building was at its lowest level since the 1920′s. The ‘New Homes Bonus’ scheme means the government will match the council tax raised on each new house for six years....
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This afternoon Eastleigh took on Eastbourne Borough of the Blue Square Bet Premier in their final pre-season fixture. Today’s game was the last friendly for the Spitfires ahead of the new league campaign when the competitive action gets under way next Saturday (14th), where Eastleigh will host Bishops Stortford on the opening day. Eastbourne...
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Eastleigh Council has launched an online survey to determine residents level of staisfaction with waste collection and recycling services in the borough. This follows a recent edict from the communities minister Eric Pickles that councils need not limit black bin collections to once a fortnight, which prompted Councillor Louise Bloom to say that fortnightly...
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Eastleigh council have withdrawn their support of free swimming for under 16′s and over 60 year olds since last Monday. Meanwhile Eastleigh News has learned that Leisure Centre bosses at council owned Fleming Park have sent a mail shot to all the over 60 year olds who had signed up for free unlimited swimming...
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Police are continuing an urgent appeal for information this morning, with the release of a photograph of Christine Watson, a woman who has been missing from the North Baddesley area for almost 24 hours. The woman was last seen at around 10.30am yesterday as she left home in an agitated state, and did not...
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In Eastleigh’s penultimate pre-season game ahead of the new league campaign, the Spitfires welcomed a youthful Southampton side to the Silverlake Stadium for this annual friendly. There was a welcome return to Eastleigh for centre back Aaron Martin who signed for Saints from Ian Baird’s side last November. The commanding centre-back was named as...
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