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WinACC features in new book
THE work of a Winchester green group is to feature in a new publication by the Royal Institute of British Architects. It is called Growing by Degrees and focuses on the issue of growing universities and their impacts on the wider community.
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Keep status quo for firefighters, says MP
Following a visit to the town’s fire station this week, Romsey’s MP, Sandra Gidley, has promised to urge Minister for Europe, Caroline Flint, to back the retention of Britain’s opt-out from the EU Working Time Directive to protect retained fire service
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Parking row hots up
CONTROVERSIAL moves to shake up parking provisions in Romsey are being opposed by town councillors. Test Valley Council wants to reallocate long-stay and short-stay spaces in Newton Lane, Broadwater Road, Crosfield Hall and Princes Road car parks. But
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Scandalous school
In RAODS’s next production at the Plaza Theatre, After September, by Jimmy Chinn, the Gwendolyn Kyte School for Girls is threatened with closure when a government inspector arrives after receiving letters of complaint about the standards and conditions
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Half century for The Old Vine
WHEN the first pint was pulled at the Old Vine, jiving was trendy and the Harry Potter-style Ford Anglia entered production. The year was 1959, and the current innkeepers now plan to mark its golden anniversary with a host of events. The property itself
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Chesil Theatre does it again
WITTY, sparkling, like the publicity says, yes, but there’s a whole lot more to William Somerset Maugham’s between-the-wars comedy of manners and the Chesil Theatre company brings it out in this impressive revival. With its sparse, evocative art deco
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June Whitfield at the Theatre Royal
IT is rare that an actress who made it big in the 1960s has a second taste of success around 30 years later. But June Whitfield is one of the exceptions, having starred in the 1990s hit comedy, Absolutely Fabulous. She is now coming to the Theatre Royal
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Hampshire gardeners are blooming marvellous
GREEN fingered enthusiasts from Hampshire are putting the finishing touches to a major floral exhibit. The Wessex branch of the National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies plans to take the display to the Chelsea Flower Show. The society has
