Ben Strevens’ Spitfires brushed past Weston-super-Mare in the FA Cup fourth round qualifying match at The Silverlake Stadium in a 3-1 victory. After a goalless first half, three second half goals from Dan Smith, Ben House and Tom Bearwish were enough to book Eastleigh into the first round of the FA Cup despite a late…
Stoneham Park Primary Academy, situated on the new North Stoneham Park Development, is Eastleigh’s newest primary school. The school is sponsored by the University of Winchester and its vision is to provide an exciting and stimulating education where children’s natural curiosity about the world, themselves and others is nurtured. The school has been sustainably built…
Eastleigh Borough Council has successfully prosecuted a local landlord for failing to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of his tenants resulting in the Council’s largest ever fine against a landlord of £20,000. Mr Christopher Grayston from Southampton, who owned the property, a house in multiple occupation (HMO) in Newtown Road, Eastleigh pleaded guilty at…
Eastleigh and Aldershot took a point each after Alex Wynter’s late equaliser for the Spitfires A 42nd-minute penalty opened the scoring for Eastleigh, converted by Joe Tomlinson after Aldershot’s George Fowler was deemed to have handled the ball. The visitors wasted no time in responding, with Craig Tanner finding the top-right corner just three minutes…
Eastleigh Borough Council’s popular food waste recycling service, which was temporarily suspended during lockdown to ensure health and safety, is set to return from 9 November. In a change to the previous service, food waste will now be collected by smaller, lower emission vehicles. The new vehicles will also enable staff to socially distance as they will require less crew members in each vehicle. Food waste will…
Job-seekers in the Borough are being urged to stay vigilant to fraudulent activity as the latest scam to emerge from London has targeted those looking for jobs with a mystery shopper recruitment scam. Fraudsters have used recruitment websites and apps to identify potential targets, the victim is then cold-called by someone claiming to be an…
Eastleigh College has pledged to proactively collaborate with The Council to serve employers and communities during the immediate Covid-19 recovery. They will do this by expanding their service and offering to provide vocational training for all eligible applicants, including a minimum of 500 new apprentices. The new government incentive payments for apprenticeships means businesses can…
Ben House hit a second-half brace to earn Ben Strevens’ Spitfires a home win over Torquay United last night. Despite coming into this game after a 5-1 victory away to Barnet on Saturday, Eastleigh fell behind in the 24th minute when Sam Sherring, on loan from Bournemouth, headed in his first senior goal from a…
Ben Strevens’ Eastleigh began their Vanarama National League season in style with a 5-1 victory over Barnet behind closed doors at The Hive Stadium. The Spitfires got their campaign up and running after just five minutes as Tyrone Barnett fired into the top corner from close range. Abdulai Bell-Baggie thought he had doubled the lead…
Visitors to Eastleigh town centre can now benefit from free extra parking when they use the digital RingGo parking service on their smart phone for the rest of the year. From Monday 5 October visitors will pay 1.50 for a one hour stay (plus 20p convenience fee as usual) and receive a two-hour stay instead…
Armed with litter sacks and pickers provided by Eastleigh Borough Council, groups and individuals decided to take a stand against litter in their area by organising local picks. Large amounts of rubbish were gathered by local litter heroes across the Borough before being collected and disposed of by the Council’s Street Scene team. Seven groups and a number of individuals took part in the litter pick; members of the 3rd Chandler’s Ford Scouts Group took on litter in the…
Local children can now enjoy a new play area that has been installed and is now open at Bowlake Gardens, Bishopstoke. The new play area that provides a safe, fun and challenging experience is aimed at children up to 12 years of age. It centres around a multiactivity unit that includes a tunnel slide together…
The Point’s theatre space may be temporarily closed due to coronavirus, but the stage is currently occupied by one of the biggest personalities in British television! Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood is in the building rehearsing for his debut solo tour #AllBallsAndGlitter which will start in February next year. But he’s glad to be in…
The Together, We Make Eastleigh programme of events continues in Eastleigh Town Centre on Saturdays from 11am to 3pm until 26 September. The two main streets have been closed to traffic to allow safe social distancing while people shop, eat and drink – and enjoy the entertainment. Audiences have been enjoying a range of pop-up fun events as…
A walk-through coronavirus testing facility has opened at Woodley Road Car Park in Southampton, as part of the Government’s UK-wide drive to improve the accessibility of coronavirus testing for communities. Testing is only available for those either with coronavirus symptoms – a high temperature, a new, continuous cough, or a loss or change to sense…
