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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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A 73 year–old-woman from Chandler’s Ford has become the victim of distraction thieves while shopping at Waitrose. On Wednesday, March 27 the OAP went shopping at Waitrose in Chandlers Ford and paid for items using her bank card. After she put her shopping bags in her car and just before she got in her...
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Burglars who kicked in a door on Winchester road chandlers ford last Tuesday afternoon (February 19) left empty handed. This is the second burglary in the area within the last couple of days and Police say that people had been seen in the area door knocking shortly before the incident. Residents are asked...
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Bus passengers in Chandler’s Ford have an opportunity to have their say on local bus services today as a mobile bus surgery is being held at Fryern Hill and Hiltingbury. Local operators Velvet Bus recently decided they had to withdraw the C1/C2 route for commercial reasons and rather than see passengers left stranded...
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Blockbuster become the latest chain with a local presence to go into administration - can the Eastleigh stores avoid closure?
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London 2012 Paralympic Goalball player Adam Knott (18) of Chandler’s Ford has seen off competition from exceptional students from colleges across the UK to win a joint first prize with sprinter Adam Gemili for their outstanding personal achievements. They received their Association of Colleges’ Student of the Year Awards at thier Annual Conference...
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A 25-year-old man has tonight received burns to his hand, and had parts of his eyebrows and eyelids singed off after trying to extinguish a chip pan fire in his home in Chandlers Ford. Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service are now warning the public over dangers of extinguishing chip pan fires with water and...
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Police believe a householders dogs scared off burglars who forced their way into a house in Chandler’s Ford. Between 10.50am and 12.10pm Thursday, October 4, burglars forced the rear door of a bungalow in Common Road and entered the kitchen. It is believed they opened a garage door, but took nothing. A neighbour...
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A Chandler’s Ford hairdressing apprentice, Lauren Hill, 17 has been selected as one of only eight UK finalists for the 2012 title of Hairdressing Student of the Year. Chosen to represent the South region from hundreds of entries by a judging panel boasting celebrity hairdressers Patrick Cameron, Andrew Barton, and Lisa Shepherd, Lauren has...
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After nearly a year without the services of a local garage to purchase fuel, Chandlers Ford and Hiltingbury residents found that the newly opened Shell garage adjacent to The Fryern Arcade was the focus on Saturday, of a peaceful demonstration by the local Southampton branch of the international environmentalist organisation, Greenpeace. Greenpeace were drawing...
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People are out on their bicycles on roads around Chandlers Ford knowing they are in tip-top condition following a free bike check up event at Chandlers Ford Station on Saturday 28 April. Transition Chandlers Ford teamed up with Bicycle Recycling and the Three Rivers Community Rail Partnership to offer a bike doctor session and...
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A Girlguiding UK member and leader of the 5th Chandlers Ford Rainbows is getting ready to embark on a journey of a lifetime later this year when she travels to Latvia to take part in an exciting community development project. Travelling alongside five other Girlguiding UK members, Lucy Summers from Eastleigh will participate in...
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A woman was robbed of her phone and an nearly £1700 of cash destined for a charity on Christmas Eve. Police are appealing for witnesses following the robbery in Chandlers Ford at around 4pm, Thursday 23 December The victim, a 44-year-old woman, was crossing the road at top of Oakmount Road with the junction...
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Detectives have sealed off two areas in Chandlers Ford following the theft of a cash box from a G4S security Guard a delivery to the HSBC bank at the Precinct. This is the same security company and bank branch which were targeted in the 2007 armed robbery which resulted in two of the robbers...
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A Chandlers Ford businessman is to be honoured for his commitment to charity. Tim Bond is the founder of ‘Upfront and Personnel’, world-leading construction staffing specialists based in Chandlers Ford Precinct. Tim is also the regional representative and corporate fundraiser for The Encephalitis Society which raises awareness and funds to improve the quality of...
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