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Detectives investigating reports of an assault in Eastleigh are today releasing CCTV stills of a man who they know was in the area at the time and they believe is a vital witness to what happened. Police received a call from a member of the public shortly after midnight on Sunday, March 18, who...
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Ian Baird’s Spitfires suffered back to back league defeats on Saturday which all but certain demolished their promotion push this season. Dover opened the scoring after much possession from Eastleigh, a corner was flown in for the unmarked Billy Bricknell who fired into an empty net after Jack Dovey made a rare mistake after failing...
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Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service is reminding smokers on National No Smoking Day that careless handling and disposal of cigarettes is the single biggest killer in house fires across the country. With a steady decline in the number of smokers, the overall number of fires triggered by cigarettes is small, but with over 90...
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Local emergency services were able to test their response to an airport emergency on Saturday afternoon after Southampton Airport received a mayday call from an incoming aircraft. A private light aircraft with two people on board were reported by the airport to have a jammed throttle at 3.05pm. All relevant emergency services were available...
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Ukip have not ruled out their charismatic leader Nigel Farage contesting Eastleigh should a by-election be called at short notice. There has been much speculation in the press over the weekend after Conservative party chair Baroness Warsi said the conservatives had targeted the seat and that she believed Lib Dem MP Chris Huhne –...
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A recently launched website by an Eastleigh man www.stonehampark.org.uk was born from local residents concerns over the proposals from Eastleigh Borough Council to develop a green area for housing purposes. Stoneham Park is the green belt of land between Eastleigh and Southampton that is bounded by Chestnut Avenue, Stoneham Lane and Basset Green Road. Local residents fear that this green gap...
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The shared use cycleway on Chesnut Avenue is finally due to be completed this week – months after contractors abandoned work on it. Eastleigh Local Area Committee had approved the £190k – with the majority of the funding to come from Hampshire County Council early last year but local resident Tiny Frith told Eastleigh...
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Ian Baird’s Spitfres will look to extend their home league unbeaten run to twelve games against Hampshire rivals Farnborough on Saturday at The Silverlake Stadium (3PM kick off). The Spitfires will go into this game with very good moral after a 3-1 win at home to Cornish side Truro City last Saturday. Bradley Bubb opened...
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A contestant from an Eastleigh pub has made it through to a talent final to be held tomorrow night. Solo singer Steph Edwards won the heat in his local pub The Chamberlayne, on High Street, earlier this month and will now be competing in the grand final on Saturday March 3 at the Five...
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As date has been set for the long anticipated launch of Catherine Court, McCarthy & Stone’s new Assisted Living development in Eastleighwhich is now nearing completetion on the site of the former proposed ‘centris’ office block . The site, once home to Pirelli, had stood empty for seven years The original intention had been to...
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