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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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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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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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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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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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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’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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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