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Chandler’s Ford Parish Council is calling on all green fingered residents to help transform the parish into a floral feast for the eyes. The Council has announced it intends to enter Chandler’s Ford for “Britain in Bloom in 2012” The Parish Council is seeking identify all interested parties who would like to assist in...
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Shoppers in Eastleigh have been flocking to a new bookshop with a difference. Everything inside it is free! A ‘Books for Free’ store has opened up inside the empty former bank premises opposite Tesco at the Swan Centre. All the donated stock is completely free, the Charity behind the initiative Healthy Planet says that...
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The leader of Eastleigh Borough Council has warned Chris Huhne that his latest u-turn on Feed in Tariffs – the amount producers like Eastleigh Council get for surplus solar energy – will “undoubtedly have a detrimental effect on business and jobs” and that council plans to install more solar panels will have to be...
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Eastleigh Borough Council tore up their commitment on tackling Climate Change in spectacular fashion on Saturday night when Mayor Wayne Irish threw the switch on a dazzling firework display and thousands of Christmas lights which will continue to burn in the streets for the next six weeks. A large crowd of up to 10,000...
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Chris Huhne has claimed “There is no credible alternative” to his plans for ‘green growth’. Mr Huhne made the remark while addressing a recent meeting of Solent LEP – a taxpayer funded Quango which puts unelected corporate business men and estate agents at the heart of the local planning policy decision making process. (So...
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The coalition government has slashed the amount of money people can earn by selling back the surplus power they generate from solar panels after the subsidies which fund the scheme proved to be over generous. Almost 90,000 solar installations took place between April 2010 and October this year as wealthier people able to afford ...
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Two senior Eastleigh Lib Dems Councillors broke ranks at last week’s meeting of Eastleigh Council’s cabinet to speak out against the adoption of Boorley Green as a preferred option for 1400 new homes while at the same meeting the cabinet member for housing claimed the proposed housing was to meet the needs of local...
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Chris Huhne has once again come under pressure yesterday as a leading Lib Dem called for his resignation and Hedge End Councillor Lousie Bloom wrote to The Guardian in protest over the Energy Secretary’s Nuclear strategy. Cllr Bloom, Eastleigh’s cabinet member for the environment co-signed a letter to The Guardian arguing that the proposals...
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Chris Huhne the Energy and Climate Change Secretary shrugged off press interest in his driving record and election expenses to address the retrofit 2011 conference in Winchester last Friday. The event was hosted by Radian – the Eastleigh based social housing provider – and consisted of a day long series of conferences and seminars...
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Hedge Enders are up in arms over plans to fell a much loved laburnum tree outside the village hall. The flowering tree was planted in 1956 by Hedge End Women’s Institute to commemorate their Golden Jubilee however there are plans to extend facilities for a play group which meets at the hall and...
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