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George Osborne has announced he will tackle the ‘forces of stagnation’ by ripping up planning laws to allow the development of housing on sites like the former Botley SDA. Speaking during the emergency economics debate in this week’s recalled parliament, the chancellor said housing development is needed to stimulate the nation’s economy, reinforcing a...
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Publishers of pro- conservative newspaper The Daily Mail - which has been investigating alleged election overspending on leaflets by Chris Huhne – are now printing his leaflets for him. Conservatives in Botley had been up in arms over the latest mail shot from Eastleigh Lib Dems, claiming that the four page full colour ‘newspaper’...
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A Police Officer was assaulted and a man and teenager left injured after being set upon by a gang of youths in Botley on Friday Night. The incident happened outside a property in Rowley Close at around 9pm. A 35-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy were approached and assaulted by four young men. The...
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It was standing room only at Botley primary school last Tuesday as the Parish Council called a public meeting as a “first stage in a community wide consultation to identify the changing needs of the community over the next five to ten years”. Up to 100 Botley residents, who have only just fought off...
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Children at Woodhill School in Botley will be dressing up as their favourite fictional characters in order to raise money for a local charity on Friday, 1st October. The pupils are already planning to collect produce for Friends of the Homeless at their Harvest Festival and when they heard that this charity, which helps...
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Eastleigh Borough Council has decided not to go ahead with plans from the last government for a 6000 home strategic development area to the north of Hedge End at a recent Council meeting. The abolition of the South East Plan by the new coalition government means that the Council does not have to take forward...
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A prize-winning group followed in the footsteps of the radical politician,William Cobbett at the weekend on a free Hamble Valley guided walk around the picturesque village of Botley. The Downton Guides from Wiltshire enjoyed a day out in the Hamble Valley after completing a questionnaire at a Group Travel Exhibition in January. Celebrating the...
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Small businesses in the Hamble Valley are being offered free business training to develop the local tourist industry, which contributes over £155 million to the local economy and supports thousands of jobs. In March this year, the Hamble Valley Members Association was launched to support businesses and provide collaborative marketing opportunities to promote the...
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Campaigners in Botley opposed to the building of 6000 new homes may soon have cause to celebrate . The new communities secretary, Eric Pickles, has written to all local authorities telling them the coalition government will be abolishing regional house building targets. “The previous government gave a green light for the destruction of the...
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It is said that the good folk of Botley once lynched a man for daring not to drink as deep as his neighbours…Chris Huhne must have had some idea of the how the poor chap must have felt at the first hustings of the election campaign held in the old market town on Tuesday...
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