Ray Turner

Hedge End Town Council finally overcame its inhibitions this evening and managed to hold a worthwhile debate on the Boroughs draft Local plan. Hedge End’s only independent Councillor, Cllr Keith Day, has previously tried to get the Town Council to discuss the local plan at a Full Council meeting, but as he is the sole opposition figure on...
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Hedge End’s Community & Culture Committee were delighted this evening, with the progress that has been made to mitigate the effect of budget cuts imposed last year, by Hampshire County Council. At another poorly attended meeting, which saw committee Chair Cllr Louise Bloom and committee members Cllr Dan Clarke and Cllr Sheila Baines scrape together the three Councillors that...
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Eastleigh Bourough Council has a new Mayor. At the annual Mayor-making ceremony this evening, 10th May 2012,  Cllr Rupert Kyrle was elected to the position of Mayor with Cllr Malcolm Cross elected as Deputy Mayor. The Mayor is the Borough of Eastleigh’s ‘First Citizen’ and is elected at the annual meeting of the Council in May. The Mayor chairs...
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  Hedge End Rangers Football Club are seeking permission to install floodlights on the Norman Rodaway sports field in Hedge End. Raising the issue at this evenings Recreation & Amenities Committee meeting, of Hedge End Town Council, the Chairman of Hedge End Rangers, Richard Bauck, reported to the Councillors that; Hedge End Rangers have recently been...
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  It was business as usual at the Recreation & Amenities Committee of Hedge End Town Council this evening. This evenings meeting was the first to take place in Hedge End following last weeks Borough Council elections, which saw the committee chairman, Cllr Jane Welsh, safely returned to the Hedge End St Johns seat on the...
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Hedge End Town Council is to debate what colour Poppies should be incorporated into the new gates that are to be constructed for the Towns War Memorial. The Agenda for the Town Council’s Recreation and Amenities sub-committee meeting, to be held on 9th May, raises a number of questions under item 5, “Matters to be Resolved”, one of which is to “Determine colour...
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The recently refurbished Budgen’s store in Hedge End has brought state of the art grocery retailing to the village centre and attracted UK-wide attention thanks to an article in The Grocer, a well-respected industry-specific magazine that has been running for 150 years. The new store includes all of the latest innovations from the Budgen’s...
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Hamble Point Marina is preparing to host the Hamble Point Boat Show this weekend, bringing a prestigious nautical event to the Borough of Eastleigh. Eastleigh is often (correctly) thought of as an old Railway Town, but the Borough of Eastleigh currently covers a much larger area and its Southern Parishes, of which Hamble-le-Rice is...
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Captain Rostron’s former home in West End is proudly displaying a blue plaque this evening. The plaque was unveiled at 2:28pm, exactly 100 years and 12 hours after the sinking of the Titanic. History records that Captain Rostron, the Captain of the RMS Carpathia, and the crew of his ship changed course and at...
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The old burial ground in West End was on the world stage this morning, as West End Local History Society hosted a wreath laying ceremony on the grave of Sir Arthur Henry Rostron, KBE, RD, RNR, the Captain of the RMS Carpathia, on the centenary of his actions that rescued 706  survivors from the...
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