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A member of a drunken gang that set upon a 55 year old Newtown man in July has been sentenced after an appearance at the Youth Court last week. The youngster pleaded guilty to assault and using words or behaviour to cause alarm or distress. The youth was sentenced to a 12 month rehabilitation...
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Eastleigh mum-of-two, Amy Lane, has scooped a top prize in a prestigious national blogging award. The MAD (Mum and Dad) Blog Awards celebrate everything that is great about the UK’s parent blogging community. Amy, 32, won the Best Food Blog at a glitzy gala ceremony in London. While being interviewed BBC Radio Solent’s Katie...
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A thieving con-man stole a woman’s purse from Eastleigh Health Centre then later telephoned the victim to ask for her cash card pin number. Police are releasing an e-fit image of a man they would like to speak to following the theft at the Newtown Road surgery in Eastleigh sometime between 10.45am and 11.15am.on...
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A gang of yobs high on ‘Crunk Juce’ turned on an Eastleigh resident who asked them to move off his property and then beat him up. The group of up to seven underage teeny yobs – both male and female – had been guzzling cans of the new alco-pop drink ‘Crunk Juce’ while loitering...
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A petrol bomb was hurled at a property in Newtown over the weekend but failed to ignite. Police Officers were called to the property in Archers Rd at 11.52pm Sunday after a report that a bottle containing a flammable liquid had been thrown at a communal door at a small block of flats. The object...
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There was dancing in the streets of Eastleigh on Friday as the residents of Northlands Road, Newtown, threw a street party to celebrate the Royal Wedding. The road, a popular route with rat runners, taxis and rally drivers was closed from 9 am. Residents, who had run up 400 feet of union jack bunting,...
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Daring daytime burglars struck in Newtown yesterday (Monday March 28) forcing the front door of a flat on Bellvue Road sometime between 8.40am and 5.45pm. The flat was turned over by the thieves and an undisclosed amount of cash, around 50 XBox 360 and Sony Playstation3 games and a Southampton FC season ticket were...
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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...
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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...
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Eastleigh Borough Council have announced they propose to charge £ 30 for residents parking permits in future. Currently the first vehicle is free of charge with a second permit costing £50 and a third £100 (plus a £25 inspection fee) however all new applications for a first permit will cost £30 in future. There...
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