The centre of Eastleigh came to a stop today (Sunday 14th November) as the community gathered together at the town’s ‘Angel of Mons’ war memorial to remember the fallen of two world wars. Led by his worship, The Mayor of Eastleigh John Caldwell and his chaplain the Reverend Ian Bird, representatives from all political parties,…
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Exemplary Eastleigh Student Wins Accolade
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An Eastleigh apprentice has proven himself to be a cut above the rest by winning a learning award. Stuart Bunney, 23, scooped the award for the Advanced Apprentice of the Year at Southampton City College’s award ceremony last night (November 11). He completed Levels 2 and 3 of the bricklaying apprenticeship, gaining distinctions in both…
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Future of Vue Secured
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The future of The Swan Centre’s flagship multi screen cinema looks certain today with the announcement that the Vue cinema chain has been sold to private equity firm Doughty Hanson for £450 million. Vue made a gross profit of £60 million last year against a debt pile of £335 million. The deal will see senior…
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Echo Top Boss in £600k Pay Shocker
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Local Echo journalists will be shocked today to discover the size of their Chairman’s pay packet. Paul Davidson top boss at ‘Newsquest’ – the company that publishes our local newspapers including the Echo, Hampshire Chronicle and Eastleigh News Extra saw his pay rocket from £501,234 to £609,385 this year while his staff have been put…
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Civic Offices Could Go
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Eastleigh council boss Keith House has outlined his plans for implementing the cuts announced in the comprehensive spending review – plans which could include selling the current civic offices as part of an austerity drive. In a statement delivered to council on Thursday, Mr House sought to assure members and residents that the council could…
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The Rising Cost of Christmas Cheer
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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 in…
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Echo Staff in Strike Threat
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Staff working on popular local newspapers ‘The Daily Echo’ and ‘Hampshire Chronicle’ have voted an overwhelming 95% in favour of taking industrial action over a two year pay freeze. The journalists are employed by news publisher ‘Newsquest’ which has a monopoly of local titles including the Echo, Hampshire Chronicle and weekly freebie ‘News Extra’ –…
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HAT Full of Praise on Pothole Progress
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Members of Eastleigh’s Hampshire action team (Eastleigh HAT) have been updated by the County Council’s Highways Department on progress being made on ‘Operation Restore’, the ongoing programme to repair local roads after the disastrous severe winter conditions had left the Borough’s roads pitted with potholes. So far this year the County Council has carried out…
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Councillor Jostled While in Litten Tree Shock
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The manager of a popular Eastleigh Pub has alleged that a local councillor threatened to revoke his licence after he was jostled while being served. As a result of the incident Mr Simon Bancroft of the Litten Tree in the High Street complained to the council regarding the alleged behaviour of Dave Broughton the Liberal…
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Subdued Retail Sector Weighs on Town Centre
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As the recession continues to bite, business lettings in Eastleigh remain languishing in the doldrums as the recent consultation paper on the Eastleigh Town Access plan acknowledged, describing the Town Centre as ‘Underperforming’. A report issued last week by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said economic growth in the third quarter was “considerably” slower…
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Ghastly Poles Bring Down Neighbourhood
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Over a year after the council publicly declared they were going to remove eyesore parking signposts from the streets of Newtown – exasperated residents are still waiting for something to happen. On the 27th September 2009 local resident J Meuhlnickel complained on the ‘Fix my street’ website about the state of a parking signpost in…
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Flaming Ferrari led to Fraud
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A court has been told how an Eastleigh man ‘panicked’ after he saw his beloved Ferrari 360 spider burst into flames Car dealer Chris Carey, 40, charged punters £15 a time to drive the 185 mph supercar to raise funds for the air ambulance service. But an uninsured driver wrote it off by wrapping it…
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Georgina Edmonds update
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Detectives leading ‘Operation Columbian’ the two year investigation into the brutal murder of widow Georgina Edmonds at her Brambridge home, have just released the following Statement: “A 32-year-old Eastleigh man arrested on suspicion of the murder of Georgina Edmonds has been re-bailed until January 11 2011 pending further inquiries.” The suspect had originally been arrested at an address in…
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Even more van break ins
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More power tools worth hundreds of pounds have been taken in anther spate of overnight van – break ins in Eastleigh. This time three vehicles in two days were hit in central Eastleigh . Thieves struck in Newtown stealing equipment from vehicles parked in Archers Road and The Crescent a van in Goldsmith Road was also…
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Les Miserables Anniversary at Eastleigh Cinema
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Vue Eastleigh will be screening the one-off 25th Anniversary performance of the World’s longest running musical, Les Miserables. The Cinema, located in the Swan Centre will be showing this stunning interpretation of Victor Hugo’s on masterpiece on Sunday 3 October The special performance from the O2 arena in London, which sold out in record time…
