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The body of a woman has been found on a footpath adjacent to Twyford Rd Eastleigh this morning after its discovery by a dog-walker close to the Harvester restaurant and Travelodge. Police are currently on the scene investigating and the area is still roped off with three police cars in attendance. Officers attending were unable to give...
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A plant hire firm in Chandler’s Ford has had a £16,000 mini- digger stolen in broad daylight. Two thieves, who were both wearing ‘hi-vis’ jackets, were spotted brazenly loading Takeuchi mini-digger onto the back of a white van from a site in Sutherlands Court, at 0630 hrs on Friday, May 10. The first suspect...
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Councillor Malcolm Cross has been invested as Eastleigh’s First Citizen at the annual Mayor Making ceremony taking over from Cllr Rupert Kyrle. Cllr Cross is only the second Mayor to come from Hamble. The new Mayor said: “I’m very excited about my mayoral year and I’m looking forward to promoting...
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Eastleigh Police launched a new community initiative last week designed to give residents a regular forum to discuss their crime and public order concerns with local beat officers, councillors and council officers. The informal sessions provide a talking shop under the banner of ‘Partners and Community Together’ (PACT) which can cover a wide range...
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Southampton Police are appealing for information and witnesses after a man exposed himself to a woman walker. Between 5.15 and 7pm Saturday, April 20, a 39-year-old Southampton woman was walking on a footpath leading to Victoria Country Park when she saw a man urinating in public. The man left on a mountain bike, but...
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Residents in Eastleigh have a chance to meet up with local their local police community teams to discuss an concerns or issues and help decide on what they should concentrate their resources The meeting, part of an initiative called ‘Partners and Communities Together” (PACT) will also have councillors and council community safety representatives on...
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Out and about today in Hedge End was Hedge Ender Andrew Helps, the Labour Candidate for the Botley and Hedge End division in the forthcoming County Council elections, to be held on 2nd May. The Labour campaigners had also hired the Hedge End 2000 Centre for the afternoon, inviting local residents to come and...
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Eastleigh residents will be shocked to discover that the town’s landmark bandstand, so often the centre of community events, has been extensively vandalised. The Victorian edifice which stands proudly in the Town Centre recreation ground was only renovated two years ago but now faces further repairs after mindless yobs left almost every panel of...
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A charity fund set up in memory of a newly-wedded bride who died suddenly last month has almost reached its target of £4,000 just two weeks after it was set up. Claire Reed was 22 and had been married for only five months when she collapsed and died while out on a friend’s Hen...
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A 17 year-old youth accused of robbery appeared at Southampton Youth Court on Monday to answer the allegation of an attempted robbery of a 40 year-old man on the Archers Road/Beaulieu Road railway footbridge. During the incident it is alleged a group of youths carrying a case of lager approached the intended victim...
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A group of Bishopstoke youngsters have raised £402 for a local charity by taking part in Sunday’s 2k B&Q Fun Run. The children’s Fun Run is held at Fleming Park in the afternoon following the annual Eastleigh 10k Road race and always attracts a large field of eager young athletes. Taylan, Alasdair, Izzy, Drew, Yusif...
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A leading penal reform charity has described an independent report into conditions at Winchester Prison as “exceptionally disturbing”. Responding to the HM Inspectorate of Prisons’ report on Winchester Prison published today (20 March), Frances Crook, Chief Executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said: “It is exceptionally disturbing to see a prison with a previously good...
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Eastleigh’s Ukip branch has welcomed another high profile defector from a rival party. John Edwards – the Chairman of Hampshire English Democrats – has resigned his position and signed up to the Euro-sceptics. Waiting to greet him at Ukip’s Market Street HQ were two of Eastleigh’s former Lib Dem councillors, Glynn Davies-Dear and...
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Staff from the Macdonald Botley Park Hotel, Southampton, will be taking part in a range of exciting activities from abseiling and dragon boat racing to marathons, to raise £10,000 for Action for Children in 2013. To date the hotel has raised £2000 towards the year-end target. Action for Children; a leading children’s charity which...
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Firefighters in Eastleigh are preparing to roll up their sleeves this Saturday (March 16) to take part in the National Car Wash this March, raising vital funds for The Fire Fighters Charity. Firmly established on the fire and rescue service calendar, the National Car Wash is the charity’s largest national fundraising event...
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