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Eastleigh’s own Olympic hopeful, cyclist Dani King has secured a gold medal in the Women’s Team Pursuit in the Olympic Velodrome this evening . The 21 year-old former Barton Peveril student – along with team mates Joanna Rowsell and Laura Trott – broke the world record to beat the USA, by completing the 12...
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Southampton Airport has become the first in the world to install chewing gum recycling bins in its passenger terminal, further expanding its recycling facilities and tackling gum littering. Twenty-five of the bins, known as ‘Gumdrops’, have been installed by the airport’s cleaning and maintenance provider Amey at key points throughout the terminal building. The...
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Burglars with a taste for champagne have struck in West End. Police are investigating an afternoon break in in Moorgreen Road on Wednesday (August 1) when thieves smashed their way thorugh a rear glazed door into the home of a middle aged couple while they were at work and made of with a £1,000...
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A group of eight licensed angling coaches from around the south got together to give eight soldiers from the British Army a days fishing with some special one-to-one coaching at Eastleigh’s Lakeside Country Park. The soldiers, who are all recovering from injuries sustained during operations, travelled from barracks in Folkstone and Aldershot and arrived...
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A local photographer and freelance journalist is trying to raise £5,000 to replace his equipment after he suffered a crash on his motorbike. Matthew Myatt, a regular contributor to Eastleigh News, was returning home from a shoot for Friends of the Earth’s recent Bee Walk at Netley when he lost control of his bike...
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Ian Baird added another addition to his squad yesterday with the capture of Northern Irish international and more recently former Barnet captain Mark Hughes who has agreed a one year deal with The Spitfires. Hughes who started his career with Tottenham Hotspur has played for a number of football league clubs including Oldham Athletic and Northampton...
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