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Crowds formed at the Chandlers Ford branch of ASDA last night as gaming fans converged on the hypermarket to for the midnight release of footie action game FIFA 12 described in the gaming press as the ‘Most eagerly awaited game of the year”. An Eastleigh News reader was on hand to capture the scene...
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Ex-Scotland rugby captain, Budge Pountney, is bringing rugby to young children in Eastleigh through his new business venture Rugbytots South Hants. Rugbytots combines the multiple skills used in rugby with a fun, energetic and structured play programme for children between the ages of two and seven. Running Rugbytots classes is a dream come true...
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It’s going to be ‘mash potato time’ at the point this weekend as the local ‘Stepping Out’ school of dance stage their own version of the popular cult 60′s musical ‘Hairsrpay’ at Eastleigh’s ‘The Point’ dance studio. The Bishopstoke based dance troupe has over 50 students who perform in classes covering all major dance...
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Eastleigh’s Vue cinema has a treat in store for Thomas the Tank Engine fans as it screens Thomas and Friends: Day of the Diesels next month on September 17 and 18. What’s more, tickets are only £4.50. Thomas the Tank Engine and friends have to confront the mischievous Diesels in their latest adventure. Thomas...
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The hugely popular Channel 4 reality cooking show Come Dine With Me is returning for a new, day-time series and are planning an episode in the Eastleigh area! The producers are looking for people over 18 years of age in and around the Eastleigh and Southampton area who have a passion for cooking to...
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The Eastleigh born actress and producer Rebecca Vaughan takes to the stage tonight to bring Jane Austen’s most celebrated female characters to life in her own theatrical production, Austen’s Women. The show at Basingstoke’s Central Studio described as “tightly corseted but frilly, flowing and flamboyant in all the right places” features Austen’s leading ladies...
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Hedge End’s days as a strawberry-growing locality may be long gone but now a community project will help local people learn about their fruit-growing history. Thanks to a £10,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) people will learn of the time, in the 1860s, when over 20,000 tonnes of berries a day were...
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Today, Good Friday, is a massive night for the National Lottery with a monster estimated jackpot of £39 million!! Plus every ticket gets an automatic entry into the UK Millionaire Raffle with a guaranteed £1 million prize. Last year a group of workers from BSS Drainage on Boyatt Wood scooped almost a £1 million...
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Vue Eastleigh will be screening JLS: Eyes Wide Open, the UK’s first ever 3D concert movie, which was filmed on the band’s 2010-11 sold out tour, at 2pm and 7.30pm on Friday 3rd June at the Swan Centre.* The film, which was recorded live at the London O2 Arena in January this year, contains...
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The new £5 million Berry Theatre at Wildern School in Hedge End is now open but despite the well advertised offer of free tickets for the opening show, local residents voted with their feet and stayed at home. Eastleigh News however, took advantage of the offer to check out the facilities and the kind...
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