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• Youths Damage Car with Stone Thrown from Bridge on the M27 at Hedge End

  By  Caroline_W at 10:04 on 03/09/10

  

  Police are appealing for information after youths threw a stone from a bridge over the M27 at Hedge End, hitting a car and smashing its sunroof. The incident occurred on Wednesday morning, 1 September, between 8.30am and 8.40am. The car was travelling east bound along the motorway when the driver, a 46-year-old woman from New Milton, noticed two youths on the Botley Road bridge. As she passed beneath the bridge the youths threw...

• Police issue E-fit following assault in Hedge End

  By  Caroline_W at 19:38 on 27/08/10

  

  Police have today (Friday 27 August) issued an E-fit of a man they would like to speak to in connection with an assault on two 15-year-old boys in Hedge End that took place at St. John’s Road recreation ground on 6 July. The two 15-year-olds were playing football with friends when a small blue Peugeot car passed them at around 8.45pm, the car’s occupants swearing at the group of boys. After pulling into the Centre 2000...

• Police Appeal for Information after Hedge End Allotment Sheds are Damaged

  By  Caroline_W at 21:32 on 25/08/10

  

  Twenty eight sheds on allotments in Hedge End’s Kanes Hill, Upper Northern Road, were vandalised with shed doors ripped off and smashed during the night of Thursday 19 August. Police are appealing for witnesses or anyone with any information about the incidents to come forward. Hedge End’s PC Andrew Laverick said: “I would like to hear from anyone who has information about this incident. The allotments have become a...

• PCSO Tracey Chilcott – Summer Tips for Crime Prevention and on her Year in Hedge End

  By  Caroline_W at 10:24 on 16/06/10

  

  Hedge End’s Community Support Police Officer Tracey Chilcott has been in post here for almost a year. On Monday, 14 June, she was at Hedge End Library to hold her monthly beat surgery, a drop-in session at which residents can raise issues of concern and get advice on home security and crime prevention. Inconsiderate car parking and speeding complaints are two of the issues most often raised, but PCSO Chilcott says that...

• More than 1,000 Illegal Vehicles taken off Hampshire's Roads in the Past Year

  By  Caroline_W at 14:35 on 04/06/10

  

  In its first year of operation a team of officers from the Roads Policing Unit (RPU) has ensured that more than 1,000 unlicensed, uninsured or untaxed vehicles have been removed from Hampshire’s roads. The Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) team consists of one sergeant and five officers and is based in the west of the county, covering Eastleigh, the New Forest, Test Valley and Southampton. And although only relatively...

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