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Eastleigh’s popular multi screen cinema Vue has announced a range of money saving deals for the summer holidays, so even if it’s still raining there will be still something for the kids to do. The Swan Centre movie house is extending its weekend ‘Kids Am’ deal to run throughout the school holidays. Family friendly...
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Another key store in Eastleigh’s embattled shopping centre is facing possible closure with the news that greetings card shop Clinton Cards will be forced it into administration later today having already suspended trading in its shares. Clinton is the UK’s biggest card retailer and employs more than 8,000 staff. It is understood that administrators...
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Another retailer in the Eastleigh flag ship swan centre is reported to be struggling. Game, part of a 600 strong chain of video game stores that employ an average of 10 staff per store – have announced suppliers are refusing them stock amid concerns over the groups credit worthiness. The company is locked in...
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An Eastleigh Man has been placed under a curfew for three months after brandishing a chair in the Swan Centre McDonalds. Officers from Eastleigh Neighbourhoods Team had to be called to the late night incident on October 29 after Gareth Robinson, 31, became aggressive after an argument. Following an appearance at Southampton Magistrates Court...
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The council has announced it will be introducing inflation busting rises to parking charges in Eastleigh of up to 20% from January 2012. Street parking charges will go up from 50p for 30 minutes to 60p (20%) and the hourly charge goes up by 9% to £1.20 from £1.10 while car park charges for...
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Monkey Bizness, the kiddie’s ball park which opened last year in the Swan Centre, has earned itself the dubious distinction of being the first business in the new leisure extension to go bust. The chain of play centres went into voluntary administration in June following poor trading in March, April and May. As a...
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Boozy burglars may have met their nemesis after three people were arrested and charged in connection with a burglary at a restaurant in the Town Centre. Thieves broke in through the roof of Frankie & Benny’s and took a large quantity of booze sometime between midnight and 7.20am on Sunday, October 2. Quick investigative...
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Eastleigh council spends more on CCTV surveillance than major cities like Coventry, Oxford or Preston shock figures reveal. The recent addition of two temporary CCTV cameras in upper market street to monitor bus station activity has thrown the use of CCTV in the town centre into the spotlight. Despite assurances from the council that...
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Vue Eastleigh will be screening JLS: Eyes Wide Open, the UK’s first ever 3D concert movie, which was filmed on the band’s 2010-11 sold out tour, at 2pm and 7.30pm on Friday 3rd June at the Swan Centre.* The film, which was recorded live at the London O2 Arena in January this year, contains...
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Motorists feeling the pinch would be advised to steer well clear of Eastleigh from February as the cash strapped council attempt to bolster flagging finances by hiking car parking charges for the second time in six months with inflation busting rises of up to 25%. The council have £100 million in long term loans...
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A Report into the festive trading period in this month’s ‘Eastleigh Borough News’ – the free ‘News’ paper produced by the council in partnership with the Daily Echo- appears to be at odds with the national picture suggesting the town had bucked the trend and enjoyed a ‘a Festive success ‘ while the rest...
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Pop up protestors could be popping up in Eastleigh next Saturday as citizen volunteers inspired by David Cameron’s ‘Big Society’ seek to expose some of the country’s biggest retailers who they say are avoiding payment of tax. Vodaphone, Boots, Evans, Dorothy Perkins and Burton are all retail chains who have stores in Eastleigh and...
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For one wild night only, Bon Jovi fans are in for a treat with the screening of one of their biggest gigs to date and part of ‘The Circle Tour’, which was filmed live this May at their homecoming gig at The New Meadowlands Stadium, New Jersey. The Vue at Eastleigh’s Swan Centre has...
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Police officers in Eastleigh have been busy giving out crime prevention tips and advice to shoppers this week in a bid to help local residents enjoy a crime free Christmas. Officers from the Safer Neighbourhoods team joined Eastleigh’s crime prevention officer, Barbara Clayton and Annette Macnamara from Eastleigh Borough Council’s Community Safety Partnership to...
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The cost of Eastleigh’s Christmas lights have rocketed by over 30% in the last four years a recent Freedom of Information request has revealed. Eastleigh residents will be paying nearly £30,000 for their festive town centre decorations and Christmas tree this year compared to just over £20,000 in 2006. This increase in expenditure is...
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