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Both Chris Huhne and Sir Terry Wogan were involved in campaign launches concerned with Fire Safety issues yesterday. Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne has backed a new campaign to stop home fires due to faulty electrical cables. The Approved Cables Initiative (ACI) was launched in London to ensure the use of safe electrical cables such...
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Police have named the construction worker who died in an industrial accident on the McAleer and Rushe site at the Rose Bowl, as 34 year old Philip Carsley from Thurnscoe, North Yorkshire. Police and the Health and Safety Executive are currently investigating the circumstances that led to Mr Carsley’s tragic death, which occurred at...
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“Local residents are being consulted by the Council as part of a plan to help shape our plans for meeting the future needs and requirements for open space throughout the borough. The Council has produced a questionnaire that is available at www.eastleigh.gov.uk/openspaces which aims to obtain your thoughts and opinions on the quality, quantity and accessibility...
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Claims that Eastleigh’s former railway works are about to ‘rise from the ashes’ with 400 new jobs leading to a railway renaissance may have been overstated it has emerged. On the 14th January the Daily Echo reported on its website that Knights Rails Services who currently operate on the former British Rail and Alstom...
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Twining workers packed Andover Guildhall last night to kick off their campaign to save their jobs and ‘keep the tea in Britain.’ The Twining plant is one of the few remaining large scale manufacturing plants in Hampshire while their product, Twining Tea, is a quintessentially British beverage enjoyed all round the world. However Twining...
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View Larger Map A Satellite parked in geo-stationary orbit 20,000 miles above the Congo has discovered a large mysterious hole in Eastleigh Town Centre!The photo, reproduced below, clearly shows a barren wasteland, measuring a couple of acres, bordered by Leigh Rd and Sopwith Rd and normally hidden from the curious gaze of passers-by. Ancient...
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