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CRICKET: Compton play ugly... but a win is a win
Hampshire League County Division 1. Compton & CF (214ao) beat Locks Heath (180) County Division 2 champions Compton & Chandler's Ford won a see-saw encounter at Locks Heath, and while it was a far from exemplary performance, Compton's ability to remain
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JUNIOR FOOTBALL: Soccer meets science
It was trophies meets technology as Worthys Youth Football Club celebrated a fantastic season with its Presentation Evening at INTECH Science Centre recently. More than 400 guests saw the club's 150 players receive individual trophies, and then all held
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SWIMMING: Penguins Masters take turn in the spotlight
It was the turn of the mature swimmers from Winchester City Penguins Swimming Club (pictured) to show the younger swimmers how to give competitive performances at the Hampshire County Masters Swimming Competition recently. Penguins sent an 18-strong
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SAILING: Annabel continues to make waves
ANNABEL Vose of the Hampshire Collegiate College at Embley Park has maintained her position among Britain's top young sailors despite having to overcome strong winds and choppy waters. After braving the difficult conditions with impressive placings in
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Nursing the farming dream
Sue Gotting, a stallholder at Sunday's Winchester Hampshire Farmers' Market, talks to Sophie Boxall of food group Hampshire Fare. Sue Gotting declares that her background in nursing has helped in running Dairy Barn Farm Shop, a farm located in North
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Austen draft is home on loan
Two events of importance are happening at Jane Austen's House Museum in Chawton over the next few weeks. The first is the loan of manuscript material from the British Library. The manuscript of the "cancelled chapters" of Jane Austen's novel Persuasion
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Different skills but the same creativity, says Janet
OWSLEBURY'S Janet Gough says she's delighted to have had a painting accepted for an exhibition in London this week. It's the first time she's submitted work for inclusion in the Society of Women Artists' annual event which continues at The Mall Galleries
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Fears at arts centre future
THE future of a much-loved Winchester arts venue is in doubt with the impending opening of the revamped library later this year. The Tower Arts Centre, off Kings Road, is set to be transferred by Hampshire County Council to Kings' School, raising questions
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Residents urged to compact waste
EXPERTS met in Winchester to discuss the benefits and pitfalls of collecting non-recyclable waste every fortnight instead of each week. The system already operates in some parts of the city, and villages north of Winchester. City council data suggests
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Cathedral coffers to benefit from shop
A NEW charity shop to benefit Winchester Cathedral has opened its doors in the city. The store, which is called Cloisters, is inside the King's Walk shopping arcade near the main post office. Archdeacon John Guille presided over the opening ceremony
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Fire chiefs cheered by audit results
HAMPSHIRE'S fire brigade has scored top marks for how well it responds to emergencies and prevents fires, deaths and injuries. Public service watchdog, the Audit Commision, has rated Hampshire Fire and Rescue Authority (HFRA) as "improving well", having
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Rosemary MacMullen: Losing my marbles? No. Just de-fragmenting!
I WAS losing patience as well as my shopping. Stabbing at the dial I spoke a trifle sharply: "I rang an hour ago to ask if I had left my shopping instore." "We had a look and it's not here Madam." "You might have rung me - I left my number." "Well
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Store will make junction worse
SIR - Regarding the story Make danger' junction safer' (Chronicle, May 31). My husband witnessed the accident involving "a woman in her 70s" at the Andover Road/Harestock Road Junction. We do hope that she is recovering well after such a shock. I support
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All residents should embrace city council’s initiative to reduce waste
SIR - I am a Winchester resident and fully support the city council's recent introduction of alternate weekly refuse and recyclables collection. I have recently received a mailshot from an organisation called The Community Refuse Partnership' based in
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A sorry outcome for war relic
SIR - Before the sorry saga of the Royal Observer Corps premises in Abbotts Road disappears from the headlines, I, as the son of one of the more senior officers of the Hampshire Group', feel I should correct some errors of fact which continue to appear
