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Businesses left to pick up pieces following early hours smash buff.ly/3wCD5nU
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Young people win writing competition exploring #library futures buff.ly/4asOVP8
#libraries #southampton

New Conservative leader is former Bitterne Park pharmacist and councillor buff.ly/4bJ15EP
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Former Bitterne Park pharmacist and councillor is new Tory group lead buff.ly/4bJ15EP
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Competition champs: Young people use pen power to explore #library futures buff.ly/4asOVP8
#libraries #southampton

Growing together: Join Bitterne Park's seed and plant trail this weekend buff.ly/3yjE5hf
#gardening #plants #seeds #Southampton

Providers invited to tender on affordable housing at two Townhill Park sites buff.ly/4aiyTY3
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Pic: SCC

Providers bid to build affordable housing at two Townhill Park sites buff.ly/4aiyTY3
#Southampton #housing
Pic: SCC

This month's local elections saw a turnout of just 29.51 per cent in Southampton. I contacted group leaders for the three big parties to discuss why voter turnout continues to fall year after year. Report for the LDRS published by bitternepark.info here. bitternepark.info/index.php?opti…

Indecent exposure investigation: police release CCTV imagery bitternepark.info/index.php?opti…

Under a third vote in city polls; BP ward comes top for turnout bitternepark.info/index.php?opti…
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New sessions starting for under 5s with parents/carers: Rhyme Time with Ginny at Cobbett Rd Library on Friday afternoons buff.ly/4b2jnRh
#Southampton #under5s

'into the quiet' - drawing small dead wild creatures. Part of ‘Dead Good Days’ - a series of May events opening up conversations about death, dying, life and loss buff.ly/3Wt7mzU

New sessions for under 5s at Cobbett Library :Rhyme Time with Ginny on Friday afternoons buff.ly/4b2jnRh
#Southampton #under5s

Friday's digest if you missed. Lots of stories you may have missed. Click through to catch up - and hit subscribe to get future issues straight to your inbox buff.ly/4a2DldA
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Miniature #railway rides in Riverside Park on Sundays - weather permitting buff.ly/4baR034
#Southampton #steamtrain

Rodney didn’t have his photo ID and tried to pinch the staff’s sandwiches at Midanbury/Bitterne Park but otherwise our trip to the polling station was fine 🤦‍♀️ #dogsatpollingstations SouthamptonCC

Scheduled for Sat am: Portswood this am: Death Cafe. 'The hope for the Southampton Death Cafe is the co-creation of a space for people of all ages to come together and reflect on death and its presence in our lives.' buff.ly/3QwyJFp