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With the Olympic Torch passing through the neighbouring cities of Southampton and Portsmouth this weekend, the whole nation looking forward to the Olympic Games and many also thinking about the legacy of those games, local campaigners in Botley are busy trying to save the swimming pool at the local Primary School… No longer funded by Central or Local Government, the pool has...
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A Botley parish councillor is concerned that council emails may have gone astray and has called for an extension to deadline for comments on the Draft Local plan. The council is consulting on its future strategy for Housing and employment which is set to last the Borough until 2029 and the latest round of...
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Eastleigh Borough Council will be writing to local schools urging them to become ‘Alcohol Free Zones’ as part of its new alcohol strategy – although the main aim is not to stop children drinking on school premises, but adults. Both the cabinet and Policy performance scrutiny panel met recently to consider the effects of...
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Eastleigh Councillors are being asked to approve a study into options for improving facilities at Fleming Park Leisure Centre, Eastleigh. The Leisure Centre currently attracts in excess of £1.2million visits a year, including 257,000 swims, but its over 35 years old and in need of refurbishment and modernisation. At its meeting on 17 July,...
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