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Fans of ITV’s ‘Britain’s got Talent’ will be glued to their screens tonight to see if local teenagers Kai Widdrington and Natalia Javed can get down to the last 40 contestants in this year’s popular talent show. Kai (16) grew up in Eastleigh attending both St Swithins Wells and Toynbee School in Chandlers Ford...
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While Eastleigh’s Liberal Democrats celebrate the elimination of the opposition Independent group by recapturing both their undefended seats, Eastleigh Ukip members are also celebrating progress of their own as their share of the vote increased for the third year running. In 2010 they polled 4%, in 2011 8% and this year a total of...
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Leaflets attacking the English Democrat party have been distributed in the Hiltingbury wards where two EDP candidates are standing in the Borough election. The leaflets bear the logo of the Southampton branch of Unite against Fascism – an organisation supported by broad range of politicians and Trades Unionists whose stated aim is to counter...
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Burglars helped themselves to a range of beauty treatments when they broke into a beauty parlour in Lowford. A large quantity of expensive nail varnish and other beauty products – along with a small amount of cash – were stolen from ‘Connexions Beauty Treatments’ on the night of April 28. Police say the stolen...
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Year 4 pupils at Shakespeare Junior School in Eastleigh staged a mock Indian styles wedding to mark the end of their term long study of Indian culture. Many pupils volunteered to be the “happy couple” for the ceremony and a draw was held to match bride and groom in an “arranged” marriage for the...
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An engagement party at the towns Railway Institute ended on sour note after a fight involving a number of people started outside the club. The police were called to the club at 11 pm on Saturday night and found a 35 year-old Southampton man who had been assaulted after he intervened to break up...
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Hedge End’s Conservatives are looking for a little extra help with leafleting, before polling in the Borough Elections on May 3rd. Although much better resourced nationally than the Lib Dems, the Conservatives do not have as large a campaign team locally as the Lib Dems, who have assembled a very effective campaign machine and...
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A meeting is taking place tonight in an attempt to stage an eleventh hour rescue of Eastleigh’s annual carnival. The popular crowd pulling procession– the highlight of a week fundraising events – has fallen victim to rising costs , shortage of funds and a lack of volunteers, the same cocktail of woes that has caused...
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The Green Party are standing three candidates in the Borough Elections on May 3. Artist and Community worker Stuart Jebbitt - a Kipling road resident – is standing in Central Ward. The former Chelsea School of Art student wrote to Eastleigh News to explain why he contesting the seat: I am standing in...
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As the wind howls and the rain lashes down in defiance of the official drought order, “The River” continues to rise ever higher with each day that passes. With all the rain that has fallen during this official drought, the local river has now become a menacing, brown torrent. If the mud were red,...
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