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Work begins on new Trinity Centre
AFTER some 20 years, a Winchester charity that helps the vulnerable and homeless is set to get a purpose-built base. Work has started on a new multi-million pound base for the Trinity Centre. Durngate Place, the former Red Cross building, is being demolished
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Council staff average nine days sick leave
TOO many employees are going sick, members of Winchester City Council heard. It employs around 500 people, who between them took nearly 4,500 sick days last year, an average of 9.2 days per person. The annual rate among the top 25 per cent of councils
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Police search Winchester train
A TRAIN was searched at Winchester station on Saturday night after passengers reported a suspicious person on board. The 20.35 Waterloo to Weymouth service was stopped on platform two at about 9.20pm for around an hour while police searched the train
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Donkey foal battles for her life
A DONKEY foal savaged by a dog at Bramshaw is still battling for life. The foal was five days old when she was attacked and left with horrific neck injuries. Owner, Ray Bennett discovered the animal on Tuesday morning last week after searching for her
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Tracing members of the Bishop family in the 1800s
I am researching the family of my great great grandfather James Bishop, who was born in or around Lymington and who worked as a printer or compositor in the 1800s. James Bishop married Mary Humphrey, a dressmaker who was born in Southwark and they
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Map giant’s plans for Nursling HQ go on show
ORDNANCE Survey's plans for a new HQ at Adanac Park, next to the M271 at Nursling, are going on display at a public exhibition. An 800,000sqft office campus for the national mapping agency, which is currently based at Maybush, will be the major feature
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Soccer star Theo gets ball rolling at recyling centre
FORMER Saints star Theo Walcott has kicked off operations at Hampshire's only one-stop recycling centre, at Timsbury. The ex-Saint - now with Arsenal - and his girlfriend Melanie Slade formally opened the 88-acre recycling and landfill site at Bunny
