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Monthly Archives: April 2012

Can Labour win here?

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April 30, 2012
Can Labour win here?

Eastleigh Labour Party have used their latest election leaflet to hit back at back at Lib Dem jibes that ‘Labour can’t win in Eastleigh’ and that ‘Labour always come last’ in local polls. The Lib Dems have issued a series of campaign leaflets insisting that Thursdays local vote in Eastleigh’s three town wards will...
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Pupils try out ‘marriage’ Indian style

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April 30, 2012
Pupils try out ‘marriage’ Indian style

Year 4 pupils at Shakespeare Junior School in Eastleigh staged a mock Indian styles wedding to mark the end of their term long study of Indian culture. Many pupils volunteered to be the “happy couple” for the ceremony and a draw was held to match bride and groom in an “arranged” marriage for the...
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Titanic commemorated at Red Carpet restaurant

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April 30, 2012
Titanic commemorated at Red Carpet restaurant

To commemorate the centenary of the loss of the Titanic, Eastleigh College’s Hospitality and Catering students incorporated special events, themed menus and period outfits into their evening services at the Red Carpet Restaurant. The restaurant also featured an exhibition of art and photography from Year 10 students at Quilley School of Engineering, along with...
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Liars! Tory council boss threatens Lib Dems

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April 30, 2012
Liars! Tory council boss threatens Lib Dems

Ken Thornber, the Conservative Leader of Hampshire County Council, has called on local Lib Dems to withdraw ‘untrue statements’ about the County Council printed in election leaflets being circulated by Lib Dems’ in Botley and Hedge End. The Lib Dems have been distributing a newspaper style leaflet called ‘The Voice’ and  under a headline...
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Party ends in punch up

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April 30, 2012
Party ends in punch up

An engagement party at the towns Railway Institute ended on sour note after a fight involving a number of people started outside the club. The police were called to the club at 11 pm on Saturday night and found a 35 year-old Southampton man who had been assaulted after he intervened to break up...
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BNP more popular than Lib Dems?

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April 30, 2012
BNP more popular than Lib Dems?

An online poll suggests Eastleigh residents are most in tune with Labour party policy and would  prefer to vote BNP rather than Lib Dem – even though there are no BNP candidates actually standing. Lib Dems come bottom of the poll in intriguing result from the website  Vote for Policies  which is trying to encourage...
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Hedge End Tories get some unexpected help…

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April 28, 2012
Preparing leaflets

Hedge End’s Conservatives are looking for a little extra help with leafleting, before polling in the Borough Elections on May 3rd. Although much better resourced nationally than the Lib Dems, the Conservatives do not have as large a campaign team locally as the Lib Dems, who have assembled a very effective campaign machine and...
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Spitfires look to bow out in style in last game in the league

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April 28, 2012
Spitfires look to bow out in style in last game in the league

  Ian Baird’s Spitfires were harshly denied all three points last Saturday at The Silverlake Stadium at home to Chelmsford City. Eastleigh enjoyed much of the possession and it paid off with just seven minutes to go on the clock, Daryl McMahon sent a pinpoint cross for the oncoming Andy Forbes who headed The Spitfires...
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Can carnival still be saved?

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April 27, 2012
Can carnival still be saved?

A meeting is taking place tonight in an attempt to stage an eleventh hour rescue of Eastleigh’s annual carnival. The popular crowd pulling procession– the highlight of a week fundraising events – has fallen victim to rising costs , shortage of funds and a lack of volunteers, the same cocktail of woes that has caused...
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“I’ll defend our green spaces”

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April 26, 2012
“I’ll defend our green spaces”

  The Green Party are standing three candidates in the Borough Elections on May 3. Artist and Community worker Stuart Jebbitt  - a Kipling road resident – is standing in Central Ward. The former Chelsea School of Art student wrote to Eastleigh News to explain why he contesting the seat: I am standing in...
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Asda helps pupils to get green fingers

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April 26, 2012
Asda helps pupils to get green fingers

Pupils from Cherbourg School in Eastleigh will be turning their fingers green this spring thanks to Asda Eastleigh. Children from the school’s gardening club have been given a donation of equipment, seeds and everything else a budding gardener needs as part of the store’s Gro-Sure Challenge.  The challenge has been launched in partnership with...
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Hedge End gets it’s own Music Festival

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April 26, 2012
Hedge End gets it’s own Music Festival

  This July Hedge End will come alive to the sound of music, not quite Julie Andrews, but bands from all around the local area, both young and old with music from all genres. Party In The Park is the biggest music event ever to be held in Hedge End, and is the brain...
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Eastleigh target in early morning drugs raid

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April 24, 2012
Eastleigh target in early morning drugs raid

Police Officers led by Hampshire Constabulary’s Major Investigation team raided premises in Eastleigh and Bishops Waltham this morning as part of a series of raids to combat drug dealing. Operation Perth is part of a long-term investigation into the large scale supply of class A drugs, mainly cocaine, and associated money laundering. Detectives executed...
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‘Family’ leaflet back to haunt Huhne

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April 24, 2012
‘Family’ leaflet back to haunt Huhne

Election Leaflets distributed by local Lib Dems during the 2010 General Election are once again the spotlight. Carina Trimmingham, the current partner of our MP Chris Huhne, is suing the Daily Mail for ‘misuse of private information and harassment.’ Ms Trimmingham, a journalist, was Mr Huhne’s Press adviser during the 2010 election campaign but...
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Police to hold M3 training exercise on Thursday

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April 24, 2012
Police to hold M3 training exercise on Thursday

Motorists on the M3 should not be alarmed if they a number of police vehicles on the hard shoulder near Fleet Services this Thursday (April 26) – as officers take part in a pre-Olympic training exercise.   The exercise involving specialist search officers, Roads Policing Unit, and Dog Support Unit officers from Hampshire Constabulary...
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