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Little Consultation = Congestion
They’re really quite simple things that we tend to ignore, indeed just made up of a bit of metal and little bit of information, but one bus stop in central Hampshire is causing a lot of people to get particularly hot under the collar. West Street in
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Building on Bushfield will jeopardise our children’s future
SIR — After the council’s shameful surrender to government pressure to develop Barton Farm, we now face development on Winchester’s southern fringe at Bushfield (Chronicle, May 7). When former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, referred to the clawing
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City does much to support homeless
SIR — Helen Jones (Chronicle letters, May 14) rightly draws our attention to the untimely death of a young man who was recently found in public toilets in Winchester. Any death of this nature is a tragedy, however, I feel obliged to point out that Winchester
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Taking my own initiative on ozone
SIR — I have decided to put on an extra wool jumper and take two less showers each week. This is to offset the extra greenhouse gas produced when vehicles have to proceed in third or fourth gear because of reduced speed limit. I have
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Not first time we’ve been visited by ETs
SIR — I read with great interest your recent articles about Cllr Adrian Hicks and his revelation about bumping into an extraterrestrial walking up the High Street in 2004. Your article about this incident is most revealing, and what Cllr Hicks has said
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Contractors doing what they like
SIR — I work in an office overlooking Sussex Street and observe the constant obstruction of the road by the contractors working on the new county council offices, by contractors’ vehicles and operations. They have recently changed the layout of the road
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Subverting the will of the people
SIR — Regarding Barton Farm, I wonder how far our local council would go in subverting the will of the people who elect and pay them? Irrespective of the argument that hardly anyone of ability would want to be a councillor, it must be clear to all of
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Men sought after Wickham incident
DETECTIVES want to speak to this man about an attempted robbery in the Meon Valley. He is one of two suspects who tried to steal an MP3 player from a man as he jogged along a disused railway track in Wickham last Friday (May 22), between 1.15 and 1.40pm
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When will I get some peace?
SIR — I live above our High Street, therefore I expected a fair amount of noise due to the location. Late night fights, street performers, and even beggars with penny whistles have been accepted, as a side effect of living in the heart of the city.
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£40m could have been better spent
SIR —– I feel I must respond to Cllr Thornber’s letter (Chronicle, May 14), although I am still not clear what point he was making in his opening paragraph. My reason for writing my original letter was quite clearly as stated to remind the electorate
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Destroyed by the dreaded cutters
SIR — A profusion of wild flowers, ox eye daisies, primroses, cowslips, blue and white violets and hidden away in the cow parsley at least two varieties of orchids, were all happily growing — or they did — in a lane not far from my home. On May 12,
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Invitation to exhibit in pub
ARTISTS are being sought to exhibit at a Winchester pub. The Stellar Mondays art events take place at the Hyde Tavern in Hyde Street every other Monday, from 7pm. The search is on for artists to submit proposals to be included in the summer programme
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Rowing down the river in classic comedy tale
ENJOY the lazy, hazy days of summer with Three Men in a Boat, the stage adaptation of the classic novel by Jerome K Jerome. Guaranteed to delight audiences of all ages, this comic drama by Daniel O’Brien is presented by Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds.
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Steve urges town to fly the flag
A ROMSEY barber is urging fellow shopkeepers to fly the flag for brave troops when they march through the town. Steve Bagley, who runs Fellas on the Hundred, is organising a not-for-profit sale of Union Jacks so businesses can show their support of the
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Mayor and Rotary president to wrestle for crowning glory...
Romsey’s mayor and the president of Romsey Rotary Test will battle it out in inflatable sumo suits (like those pictured right) for the right to crown this year’s carnival Queen. The victor out of mayor John Ray and new rotary president,Graham Lee will
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Councillors reject school path
PARISH councillors in Kings Worthy have rejected a scheme designed to reduce traffic at the gates of the village school. They turned down proposals to put a footpath across Eversley Park that would help ease congestion at the entrance to Kings Worthy
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Police visit youth group
YOUNGSTERS at a Winchester club have enjoyed a brush with the law. St Cross Youth Group spent an evening learning about the police, which included a visit from Warren Carne, a community officer. PCO Carne, based at Twyford, answered youngsters' questions
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Council worker hits out
A COUNCIL worker has slammed her former employers after she was evicted from her Winchester home. Pauline Forbes said the city council ordered her to move out after she quit the authority's housing department last year. She was accommodated in social
