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Ian Baird’s Spitfires take on Evo Stik Southern League Division One South & West outfit Sholing tonight, away at The Silverlake Arena (not to be confused with The Silverlake Stadium) at 7.45 pm in a bid to make it four pre-season friendlies unbeaten. Eastleigh took on Oxfordshire based North Leigh at the weekend...
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Statistics recently published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that on Census day last year, 27th March 2011, there were 52,200 separate households in the Borough of Eastleigh and a total population of 125,200. That is up form a population of 116,300 at the last census in 2001 an increase of 8,900 people or 7.7%. Of...
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Eastleigh’s MP Chris Huhne was in court Friday (July 27) ahead of his trial on charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice. An application to have the charges against him dismissed was adjourned until September 20. The former Energy Secretary resigned his Cabinet seat as Energy Minister earlier this year in order...
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Plans to set up a new smoking cessation group at the Velmore Centre were given the support of The Mayor of Eastleigh, Cllr Rupert Kyrle, today. The Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust run quit4life smoking cessation groups around the Borough of Eastleigh and more widely throughout Hampshire. Busy at the Velmore Centre’s fun day, trying to recruit enough smokers to make a...
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Velmore residents were delighted to welcome The Mayor of Eastleigh Cllr Rupert Kyrle to formally open the new Velmore Centre today, an event that they had all been excitedly anticipating. Although the recently extended and refurbished facilities have actually been in use for the last couple of months, including for the Diamond Jubilee, today was about bringing together everybody who has...
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Ian Baird’s Spitfires take on Oxfordshire based Evo-Stik Southern Division One South and West outfit North Leigh tomorrow away at the Eynsham Hall Park Sports Ground (3pm kick off). The Spitfires are unbeaten in pre-season having drew with Poole Town 2-2 and Blue Square Bet South rivals Sutton United 2-2 last Saturday, Sutton...
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Eastleigh residents will get a chance to get their hands on a real Olympic Torch on Sunday when the very torch used to light the Cauldron at Mayflower Park on the Southampton leg of the of the torch will be coming to Fleming Park so residents can pose for photos with it! The honour...
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Shamblehurst Primary School decided to celebrate the Year of the Olympics with a sporting extravaganza! To celebrate the Olympics in London this year, staff, children and parents at the school worked incredibly hard throughout the year to organise a ‘Get Set’ fortnight. The year began with a whole school week project finding out about...
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A man was punched and slashed across the forehead with a knife in a terrifying broad-daylight robbery in Valley Park, Chandlers Ford. Police have just released an e-fit of a man they need to identify after the knife-point ordeal in Chandler’s Ford on Thursday, July 12 in which the victim was robbed of £400....
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Eastleigh Borough Council have confirmed that a glitch in their email delivery stopped some people receiving invitations to comment on amendments to the local plan as part of the latest round of consultations which closed on July 13. The problem of missing emails was reported Botley Parish Councillor Graham Hunter, who never received an...
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Stephen Gough, the Naked Rambler who has spent the best part of six years in jail for refusing to wear clothes, will remain in prison until August 23 following his appearance in Kirkcaldy Sherriff court this afternoon. Mr Gough, 53, was charged that he had “conducted himself in a disorderly manner and committed a...
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A woman has come forward to talk about what life has been like after she was raped by a stranger two and a half years ago. In a video released as part of ‘Rape Awareness Week’, the woman has told of how her confidence trust in people has been affected In September 2009 the...
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Eastleigh Councillors will be updated on progress with the Ageas Bowl development at their meeting on Thursday 26 July. In December 2011 the Council confirmed their approval to invest in a new four star hotel as part of the Ageas Bowl redevelopment and approved the purchase of the 167 acre site, subject to a...
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Eastleigh Borough Council have agreed to spend £45,000 to investigate the feasibility of replacing Fleming Park Leisure Centre with a new facility to be built on the site of the current Civic Offices at a cost of up to £22 million. The council say they want to celebrate the 2016 Rio Olympics in 2016...
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National League Fitness Begins Although the weather has been far from ideal the commitment from Trojans 1st XI players has shown their desire to have the best fitness in the league. The ladies 1st XI compete at national level where fitness is incredibly important for any team. The men’s team are competing at a...
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