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Local green fingered folk from all over the Solent area will be descending on Eastleigh next Sunday June 5 for the 13th Rotary Club of Southampton’s annual Solent Gardeners Fayre and Craft show. As usual, the event will be held on the Southampton University Sports Ground on Wide Lane (opposite parkway station) and promises...
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Chris Huhne, Eastleigh’s under fire MP who is also the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, spent over £46,000 between May to September last year on taxis and private hire cars. In a written Parliamentary question entitled ‘Departmental taxis’ Maria Eagle, Labour’s Shadow Transport Secretary asked Mr Huhne how much money had been spent by...
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The Electoral Commission have announced they will be conducting an investigation into Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne’s election expenses. A complaint from the Sunlight Centre for Open Politics elicited this response from the Commission: “Our assessment of the information indicated that there may be the possibility of an offence under Representation of the People Act...
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Hedge Ends Co-op store on Lower Northam Road has been hit by thieves over the holiday weekend. Police are appealing for witnesses and information after the store was burgled in the early hours of Saturday, May 28. The incident happened at the store on Lower Northam Road sometime between 1.30am and 2am. Around £9000...
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On Saturday May 21 Eastleigh-based Trojans Rugby Club became the latest addition to the London 1 leagues after a thrilling extra-time victory against Aylesford Bulls. The match, played away at the Kent Club, was locked at 14-14 at full time with the Trojans side finally coming through 28-14 to reach their highest position since...
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Proud to be dreamers the people at Honda believe in making the impossible possible and the company’s new hybrid cars certainly live up to this revolutionary ideal. Boasting cars that are both high quality and reasonably priced Honda has always attempted to do something different; above all it is one of few car manufacturers...
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Two young Eastleigh dancers are celebrating success at the annual Southampton Stage Dance Festival. Emelia Adams (8) and Lidia Slominski (9) won the gold medal for their age group dancing a character duet entitled ‘Peter Pan and his Shadow” which adjudicator Judith Vardy described as “well sychronised” and “charming”. The girls said they were...
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Police in Hedge End are urging homeowners to double check the credentials of tradesmen offering gardening services. It follows reports of rogue traders operating in the area. It appears older residents are being targeted in particular. Sergeant Barbara Hardcastle of the Safer Streets team based in Eastleigh said: “We would advise homeowners not to...
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A complaint made by Eastleigh’s Independent group of councillors alleging that Chris Huhne’s election expenses had been underreported has been kicked out by elections watch dog the Electoral Commission. The Independents had supplied a transcript of a secret audio recording of a Lib Dem party meeting in which Anne Winstanley, the party treasurer and...
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Chris Huhne the Energy and Climate Change Secretary shrugged off press interest in his driving record and election expenses to address the retrofit 2011 conference in Winchester last Friday. The event was hosted by Radian – the Eastleigh based social housing provider – and consisted of a day long series of conferences and seminars...
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Local Lib Dems were showing signs of strain last night as it emerged that further complaints regarding the party election expenses have been made to the electoral commission. Pressure group the Sunlight Centre for Open Politics have written to the Commission claiming they have discovered irregularities in MP Chris Huhne’s expense returns in the...
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Eastleigh first team coach and assistant manager Matt Gray has resigned. The press release is as follows: “The Club can confirm that Matt Gray has resigned his position as 1st Team Coach. We have been unable to agree a suitable and appropriate agreement, which would satisfy the requirements of both parties – thus Matt...
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A petrol bomb was hurled at a property in Newtown over the weekend but failed to ignite. Police Officers were called to the property in Archers Rd at 11.52pm Sunday after a report that a bottle containing a flammable liquid had been thrown at a communal door at a small block of flats. The object...
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Eastleigh Lib Dems have been left reeling as The Daily Mail published allegations by former colleagues that the party had deliberately underreported their general election spending by £10,000. The local party is already trying to come to terms with the news that a Police investigation has been launched into the allegations surrounding the driving...
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Councillor Wayne Irish became the Borough of Eastleigh’s First Citizen at the annual Mayor Making ceremony on Thursday 12 May. Wayne Irish is a lifelong resident of the borough. He attended Chamberlayne Road Boy’s School and later Toynbee Secondary school. In 1964 he was one of the first pupils to attend Alderman Quilley School. He...
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