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The new Velmore Centre held its first Christmas Craft Fayre yesterday, 15th December. Stalls selling an assortment of festive products were located in the main hall of the building and a side room, with refreshments available in the new cafe area at the front of the building. With Santa indisposed, dealing with some troublesome Elves, a rather attractive looking...
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Liberal Democrat Councillors have failed to show up for Chandler’s Ford Parish Council Meeting for the second time this year. Out of 18 Parish Councillors, nine of the eleven ruling Conservatives turned up but all seven members of the opposition – six members of the Lib Dem group and the single Labour member –...
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Nesting dormice could stand in the way of more housing at Woodside Avenue by holding up the planned relocation of the council waste tip to Chandlers Ford. Chandler’s Ford Parish Council met last week to consider EBC plans to open a mega waste recycling centre at Stoneycroft Rise off Chesnut Avenue – a move...
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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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A new piece of public art has recently been installed at the Velmore Centre in Chandlers Ford, providing the the finishing touch to the new facilities that were opened last month. The artwork, which is affixed to the roof of the Velmore Centre, depicts 80 stainless steel Doves-in-flight with inscriptions and graphics incorporated into the wings of the Doves. The designs for the wings have been created...
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The recently extended and refurbished Velmore Centre was put to very good use this afternoon with a Jubilee Party. It was one of many events being held around the Borough of Eastleigh today, to commemorate Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee. But the party at Velmore was a double celebration. First opened in 1968, the Velmore...
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The entire group of Chandlers Ford’s Liberal Democrat parish councillors failed to take part in discussions regarding the re-siting of the Council dump after all six members of the group were a ‘no –show’ at Tuesday night’s Parish Council meeting. The Lib Dems -who campaign on a promise that they will ‘speak out’ and...
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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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A new pre-school for the Velmore estate in Chandlers Ford is being launched tomorrow. The ‘Little Stars’ pre- school will be holding a fund raising summer fete and barbecue from 3 pm on Saturday July 2 at the Belmont Hall on the corner of Falkland Road and Belmont road. Little Stars manager Chrystal Perry,...
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There were two road accidents on Saturday morning involving local road users. A motorcyclist from Eastleigh, Wayne Moores, 28, was tragically killed as a result of an early morning accident on the M4 near Swindon, which closed the motorway for several hours. A 25 year old motorist was arrested at the scene and later...
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Thieves managed to drive away in their booty following a burglary in Eastleigh on Sunday June 27 during which a £39,000 Mercedes was stolen. The incident occurred between 2am and 8.30am at an address in Guildford Drive an affluent area of Chandlers Ford. Entry was gained to the house via the front door where...
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In the elections on the 27th May for the new parish councils of Chandlers Ford and Allbrook – and for the Hiltingbury wards – both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats took 11 seats each leaving the Conservatives with overall control of both Hiltingbury wards. Peter Luffman, the former Labour leader in the Borough...
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In an interview with online political magazine ‘Politcs.co.uk’ Labour Leader Gordon Brown has suggested that in seats where the Labour candidate has no hope of winning, then Labour Party supporters should vote for the Liberal Democrat candidate to prevent Conservatives from gaining a seat: “I want everybody to vote Labour and I want people...
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