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The owners of a popular Fair Oak pub have dismissed claims that it could be reopening as a members only swinger club as ‘nonsense’. Mystery had surrounded the fate of the family friendly Fox pub – formerly the Fox and Hounds – after it shut its doors unexpectedly and strange messages began to appear...
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A small group of protestors have staged a picnic protest on Eastleigh Rec as part of a series of national events held over the weekend by anti-cuts pressure group UKuncut. Impromptu ‘street parties’ were held all over the UK with a one event being staged outside Deputy Prime Minster Nick Clegg’s Putney home. Although...
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“Where are our Councillors?” asked local residents last Saturday as they set out on a ‘protest ramble’ across on parkland threatened by plans to build 1,300 new homes. The ‘Save Stoneham Park’ action group had invited all of the Borough’s elected representatives to join them last Saturday afternoon, but none of the 44 council...
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Hopes that roosting bats might save Russell House from the bulldozer have dashed after a report recommended the 115 year-old building could be demolished if bat boxes were erected. Eastleigh Borough council now face the planning inspector at an appeal this Tuesday rejected a planning application from builders Churchill for 35 retirement flats on the site The...
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It’s back to reality with a bump for local dance stars Kai and Natalia who are back in Southampton following their appearance in the Britain’s Got Talent finals. Kai Widdrington returns to Barton Peveril College to today to sit an exam. A peak audience of over 14 million viewers saw dancing dog Pudsey land...
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Heartless thieves have been targeting elderly shoppers out and about in the town centre during a busy market day today. During a spate of thefts from women this morning one vulnerable lady celebrating her 86th birthday was robbed of £250. The shocked woman, who has to use a ‘zimmer’ frame to get around, was...
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Eastleigh’s under fire MP Chris Huhne claimed nearly £10,000 in expenses for a survey on constituency boundary changes that could lead to him losing his seat the Daily Telegraph has reported. The Liberal Democrat MP, who recently resigned his cabinet post in order to defend charges of perverting the course of justice, initiated the...
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The Stroke Association is setting up a new stroke support group at the Hexagon Centre in Velmore. The Stroke Association which is the only national charity which supports everyone affected by stroke say that currently there is very little support in the community for people affected by stroke in the Eastleigh area. They will...
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Eastleigh fans of ITVs ‘Britain’s got Talent’ will be hoping that local dance duo Kai Widdrington and Natalia Jeved are in win a chance of winning the series after they clinched a place in next Saturday’s live final. The pair, who are still in their teens, live in Southampton but have strong Eastleigh connections....
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Fans of ITV’s ‘Britain’s got Talent’ will be glued to their screens tonight to see if local teenagers Kai Widdrington and Natalia Javed can get down to the last 40 contestants in this year’s popular talent show. Kai (16) grew up in Eastleigh attending both St Swithins Wells and Toynbee School in Chandlers Ford...
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While Eastleigh’s Liberal Democrats celebrate the elimination of the opposition Independent group by recapturing both their undefended seats, Eastleigh Ukip members are also celebrating progress of their own as their share of the vote increased for the third year running. In 2010 they polled 4%, in 2011 8% and this year a total of...
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With all results in from Parish and Town council elections Eastleigh’s Liberal Democrats continued to buck the national trend and are ‘moving forward’ towards their goal of holding every single seat on the Borough, Parish and Town council by assuming control of Bishopstoke Parish Council. In what was billed as the ‘Battle for Bishopstoke‘ the Lib...
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Eastleigh’s ruling Liberal Democrats tightened their vice like grip on the Town last night by regaining the two seats they had lost to defectors who had turned Independent. In a night, which consisted largely of a series of anti-climaxes, ward after ward tumbled to the Lib Dem party machine leaving them in control of...
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“Don’t let Bishopstoke become a Lib Dem dictatorship” opposition candidates are pleading with voters as Thursdays poll see’s all 14 seats on Bishopstoke parish council up for grabs. In a show of strength the Lib Dems have fielded 14 candidates to contest all the seats – raising the possibility of a 100% Lib Dem...
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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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