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A 63 year old man is alleged to have been assaulted on Wednesday 18 April, around 9.45 am at the M3 slip road as he stopped at the traffic light junction with Leigh Road. The victim who lives in the New Forest was driving a Citroen Xantia and had joined the M3 from the...
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Two women from Fair Oak have been charged with Burglary after cash was taken from the tanning salon on Leigh Road. On January 9 just prior to 7pm four teenagers, all female, are alleged to have gone into Universal Tanning on Leigh Road next to HSBC. A member of staff became suspicious of their...
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At 19:24 yesterday evening Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service was alerted to a fire at Heinz Burts Close . The fire was located on the first floor of a three story residential building which fronted Leigh Road. Control operators mobilised two fire appliances from Eastleigh. A total of 9 firefighters quickly brought the fire...
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Police have taped off Leigh road recreation ground this a morning as part of a major investigation after a 17 year-old girl was subjected to a ‘serious sexual assault’ last night. Newtown Road was partly blocked to traffic and the former patient’s car park (now staff only) to Eastleigh Health Centre was also taped...
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Plans to move Hampshire Police HQ from Winchester to a trading estate in Chandlers Ford seem to have finally been ruled out as the police authority prepares to announce proposals which will see the earmarked Alpha Park site either wholly or partly sold off. Alpha Park was bought by the authority in July 2007...
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A motorist was assaulted through the open window of his car yesterday while stopped at traffic lights on Leigh Road. Police in Eastleigh are appealing for witnesses following the incident at the M3 northbound/Leigh Rd junction. The incident happened just before 1.15pm. The man who was assaulted was driving a green coloured Peugeot...
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Members of the former Comrades Club on Leigh Road are in for windfall. The club closed in October 2009 and the premises were auctioned – contracts are due to be exchanged on January 28 and the 480 registered members of the club, who are effectively shareholders, can expect payments of £300 – £500 each....
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A Southend councillor has called for action to stop developers lobbying council members over planning applications it has been reported in the Southend Standard. In an article entitled ‘Council doesn’t need developers sales pitch‘ Southend Councillor David Norman said major developers had been sending members of the development control committee e-mails and glossy brochures...
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“ENERGY that’s the new name of the exciting new scheme to transform a town centre location into a youth facility.” So trills the latest council handout on the former Leigh Ballroom – currently still looking exactly as it did 7 months ago when the Council evicted the Ballroom Dancers and padlocked the doors…this is...
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Police are appealing for information following the snatch theft of gold chains from a pawnbroker in Eastleigh. The incident occurred at a shop in Leigh Road at around 5pm on Friday June 18. A man entered the shop and asked to have a closer look at a chain from the display; he then grabbed...
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Developers McCarthy & Stone have responded to the Eastleigh News article ‘300 jobs sacrificed for more flats’ and defended their plans to build a block of premium retirement apartments on the abandoned ‘Centris’ site claiming they have a ‘high level ‘ of local support for the scheme. They maintain that although they have been...
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Plans to build a business park on derelict land in Eastleigh town centre – providing up to 320 much needed local jobs – could be scrapped in favour of building more retirement flats. Retirement homes specialist McCarthy and Stone are already advertising the ‘assisted living’ apartments they intend to build on the ‘Centris’ site...
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Both Chris Huhne and Sir Terry Wogan were involved in campaign launches concerned with Fire Safety issues yesterday. Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne has backed a new campaign to stop home fires due to faulty electrical cables. The Approved Cables Initiative (ACI) was launched in London to ensure the use of safe electrical cables such...
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Eastleigh’s MP Chris Huhne has hit out at the lack of planning that has seen Eastleigh’s town centre centre become surrounded by roadworks and diversions. Traders in Eastleigh’s town centre have been beset bya series of recent problems affecting their trade: power cuts, extreme weather, repairs to the local electricity network and now roadworks....
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The former Comrades Club on Leigh Road comes ‘under the hammer’ today as a sealed bid auction closes with a guide price of £380,000. Many members have said this is a cheap price for the Social Club which closed last October when the club went into administration. The site occupies a prime 0.25 location...
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