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To assist The Blue Lamp Trust in their efforts to promote improved driving standards and road safety in the business community, Eastleigh based dealership Hendy Group have generously supplied the Trust with a Ford Mondeo. The vehicle will be used to deliver driver training to companies to assist them in evidencing their duty of...
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A man has died one month after sustaining serious head injuries in a road accident near Basingstoke hospital after being in collision with a car driven by a Chandlers Ford man. The accident took place outside the Basingstoke ambulance station on the A340 shortly before 9pm on Saturday April 9. A Cadillac car, driving in the...
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A new-born calf was saved from drowning yesterday afternoon by local wildlife photographer John Scamell. Mr Scamell, renowned for his extraordinary photographs of kingfishers, had been photographing the shy birds when he found himself the hero in a desperate rescue attempt. While returning at 3.25 p.m., he and his mother, who had been with...
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A young tortoise was saved in the nick of time yesterday when a smoke alarm alerted a neighbour to fire in an adjoining property. Two fire engines sped to an address in Droxford and used breathing apparatus and a hose reel to extinguish a fire in the dining room of the property. Firefighter Kevin...
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With the warmer weather forecast to continue over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service is warning the public to take extra care with barbecues. Station Manager Ian Wadmore of the Community Safety team at Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service, said: “With the weather so good for activities, such as barbecues,...
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Police and the Hampshire fire and Rescue were called to Northlands Road this morning after concerned residents reported a strong smell of petrol. The source of the pong was traced to a parked car which had a leaking petrol tank which had caused a pool of petrol to form in the gutter. One local...
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Yesterday Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service was alerted to assist in an animal rescue in the Heathfield area of Fareham. Control operators mobilised Animal Rescue Specialist Buster Brown to the scene On arrival Buster advised: ‘ I was called today to investigate a puppy which had fallen into a storm drain as one of...
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Smouldering logs from a Friday night barbecue in Bishopstoke Woods caused a 999 call to Hampshire Fire and Rescue shortly before noon today. Within a minute of the emergency call being received by the local operators at Eastleigh’s Fire Control Room, appliance “32″ and its crew of five had been mobilized. The Harding Lane...
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A cyclist has been seriously injured following a collision with a car on the B3335. Shortly before 5pm on Friday, March 11, a green Ford Focus car was travelling in a north easterly direction along the B3335 Highbridge Road when it was in collision with a pedal cyclist. The Focus was being driven by...
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Driving around the streets of Eastleigh Town is hard enough with heavy lorries and busses coming at you from every angle and with increased traffic levels the last thing drivers need is the additional problem of nuts being allowed on the road. Well that’s just what drivers got today, thousands of them.!! At around...
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