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Pupils from Cherbourg School in Eastleigh will be turning their fingers green this spring thanks to Asda Eastleigh. Children from the school’s gardening club have been given a donation of equipment, seeds and everything else a budding gardener needs as part of the store’s Gro-Sure Challenge. The challenge has been launched in partnership with...
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This July Hedge End will come alive to the sound of music, not quite Julie Andrews, but bands from all around the local area, both young and old with music from all genres. Party In The Park is the biggest music event ever to be held in Hedge End, and is the brain...
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Police Officers led by Hampshire Constabulary’s Major Investigation team raided premises in Eastleigh and Bishops Waltham this morning as part of a series of raids to combat drug dealing. Operation Perth is part of a long-term investigation into the large scale supply of class A drugs, mainly cocaine, and associated money laundering. Detectives executed...
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Election Leaflets distributed by local Lib Dems during the 2010 General Election are once again the spotlight. Carina Trimmingham, the current partner of our MP Chris Huhne, is suing the Daily Mail for ‘misuse of private information and harassment.’ Ms Trimmingham, a journalist, was Mr Huhne’s Press adviser during the 2010 election campaign but...
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A local resident is launching a campaign to improve road crossing facilities along Passfield Avenue describing the current arrangement on the busy road as “a serious accident waiting to happen”. Miguel Castro – who lives on Passfield Avenue – had already raised concerns in October both with the council and members on Eastleigh Local...
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The recently refurbished Budgen’s store in Hedge End has brought state of the art grocery retailing to the village centre and attracted UK-wide attention thanks to an article in The Grocer, a well-respected industry-specific magazine that has been running for 150 years. The new store includes all of the latest innovations from the Budgen’s...
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Hamble Point Marina is preparing to host the Hamble Point Boat Show this weekend, bringing a prestigious nautical event to the Borough of Eastleigh. Eastleigh is often (correctly) thought of as an old Railway Town, but the Borough of Eastleigh currently covers a much larger area and its Southern Parishes, of which Hamble-le-Rice is...
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An Audi car ended up on its roof last night after a spectacular crash on the B3037 Bishopstoke road after clipping a kerb. The police, ambulance and fire and rescue service all sped to the scene at about 8 pm last night but fortunately there were no serious injuries. Twitter user @d4ve0 who was...
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Captain Rostron’s former home in West End is proudly displaying a blue plaque this evening. The plaque was unveiled at 2:28pm, exactly 100 years and 12 hours after the sinking of the Titanic. History records that Captain Rostron, the Captain of the RMS Carpathia, and the crew of his ship changed course and at...
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The old burial ground in West End was on the world stage this morning, as West End Local History Society hosted a wreath laying ceremony on the grave of Sir Arthur Henry Rostron, KBE, RD, RNR, the Captain of the RMS Carpathia, on the centenary of his actions that rescued 706 survivors from the...
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