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Burglars struck just yards away from the home of Cabinet Minister Chris Huhne yesterday. The thieves forced the door of the Crescent Suzuki store on Dutton Lane to gain entry and steal thousands of pounds worth of biker gear and motorcycle accessories. The burglary took place sometime between midnight and 6.45am on Wednesday, March...
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“Shocked and saddened “was the reaction of Lucy Frazer, Director of Eastleigh based Hampshire Dance to the news that they will receive no funding from April next year as the Arts Council announced £100 million worth of cuts imposed by the Lib Dem coalition government. Hampshire Dance is based at the publicly funded Point...
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Blooded is an independently made fictional documentary, and for those of you confused by the oxymoron; that means it’s a fictional plot but in the style of documentary. It explores the moral issues surrounding the fox hunting ban, and by extension it also throws murder and extremism into the fray. These political controversies run...
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Daring daytime burglars struck in Newtown yesterday (Monday March 28) forcing the front door of a flat on Bellvue Road sometime between 8.40am and 5.45pm. The flat was turned over by the thieves and an undisclosed amount of cash, around 50 XBox 360 and Sony Playstation3 games and a Southampton FC season ticket were...
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New charges of 10p for up to two hours of parking are being introduced in three of Shropshire’s market towns, as the council moves to provide a consistent approach to parking across the county. Prior to Shropshire Council being formed, off-street car parks fell within the control of district and borough councils, and on-street...
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Ian Baird’s Spitfires will travel away to Park View Road on Tuesday as they try and get the own back on The Wings, just ten days after the two teams met in the league. Third placed Welling United hammered the Spitfires nine days ago 4-1,but that result will be long forgotten as a new...
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The 27th running of Eastleigh’s B&Q sponsored 10k road race was won in fine style yesterday by John Beattie who put in a sub 30 minute time to claim the race. The Newham and Essex beagle had powered through the 6k water station -manned by cadets from 1216 (Eastleigh) Squadron ATC – well ahead...
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Eastleigh secured an emphatic victory over promotion rivals Woking to enhance the Spitfires’ playoff credentials. It was a strong team performance from Eastleigh to beat a very in-form Woking team who had recorded eleven wins and a draw from their previous twelve league games. Ian Baird’s side remain in eighth place but have played...
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The Stoneham Shrine -a memorial built in parkland off Chesnut Avenue to the memory of the local squire – is nearing the end of a reconstruction at the cost of £152,000 and the felling of a small beech copse. The Independent Group of Eastleigh Councillors claim it has cost tens of thousands of pounds...
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Hundreds of local people will be in London today protesting against government cuts to public spending by taking part in a TUC sponsored ‘March for the Alternative’. Trade unionists, anti-cuts campaigners, labour party members, real socialists and bearded Lib Dems will all be taking part in the protest. Two weeks ago Eastleigh saw one...
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The Spitfires play on-form Woking on Saturday at the Silverlake Stadium in the Blue Square Bet South. Coming in to this game Eastleigh have announced the signing of former Spitfire Jamie Brown The powerful attacking midfielder returned from Winchester City after being at the club only three months. However Neil Sharp has been released...
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Hampshire Council leader Ken Thornber has slammed Chris Huhne as being ‘opportunistic’ in his support of the ‘Save Our Sure Start Centres’ campaign while at the same time being a member of the Lib Dem coalition cabinet which voted for spending cuts to local government. Eastleigh Lib Dems have been a major driving force...
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The latest Angus Reid polls is showing UKIP catching up with the Lib Dems as only two percentage points now separate the rival parties in a poll which puts Labour on 41%, Conservatives on 32%, Lib Dems on 10% and UKIP on 8%. This result follows the recent Barnsley bye-election where UKIP displaced the...
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A violent would be mugger was forced to flee empty handed when his victim stood his ground and refused to comply with his demands. The incident occurred in Bishopstoke at approximately 12.50pm on Tuesday, March 15 when a 25-year-old man was approached by another man on a footpath between Church Road and The Hub...
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Eastleigh residents could be faced with the prospect of no food in the shops and what little there is being prohibitively expensive – that is the stark warning given by local college lecturer and environmentalist Dr Andrew Ross who was speaking at a recent film night and discussion held by Eastleigh Transitions Network at...
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