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Big break for young music acts
CALLING all hip young Winchester bands who want exposure on the big stage. A competition has been launched to give local bands the chance to play at the Glade Festival, the electronic dance music event near Winchester. The festival and the Winchester
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UK delivery deal big coup for firm
HAMPSHIRE logistics firm, Meachers Group, have landed a valuable deal to handle UK deliveries for one of the world’s largest packaging companies. Meachers are taking over responsibility for all deliveries made from Huhtamaki’s site at Gosport. Huhtamaki
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Lucy’s on home ground after landing hotel sales position
THE newly-appointed sales manager at the Legacy Botleigh Grange Hotel and Spa didn’t have to look far for a new challenge. Lucy Ward, who grew up in the village of Stubbington, has been appointed sales office manager, having been in the hotel industry
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Unveiling the quiet revolution
A REVOLUTIONARY electric-powered motorcycle that has been launched by a Hampshire firm is so quiet you probably won’t even hear it coming. The Zero S, which was unveiled by Zero Motorcycles at Fishers Pond, is powered by a lithium battery which takes
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Crop circle researcher dies
PAT Delgado, the Hampshire pioneer of research into crop circles, who helped spark global interest in the phenomenon, has died aged 90. His best-selling book Circular Evidence, published in 1989, investigated the crop circles that appeared across the
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Dominos draw a blank in Plaza pizza appeal
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a pizza outlet in Romsey appear to have been boxed up for good following a government inspector’s ruling. Fast food giant, Dominos, wanted to open a takeaway near the town’s Plaza Theatre on Winchester Road – but councillors blocked
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MP says the blind need kerbs to help them stay out of danger
Romsey’s MP, Sandra Gidley, has “seen” for herself how modern street design can put the blind and visually impaired at risk. Mrs Gidley has written to Test Valley Borough Council in a bid to stop “shared street surfaces” which, she believes, pose a severe
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Hardy swaps his wand for a crook
RECENTLY, he’s been seen conjuring up spells as the Minister for Magic in the Harry Potter movies. But Robert Hardy is set to swap Hogwarts for Hampshire when he performs at Romsey Abbey next month. The acclaimed actor, who starred as Cornelius Fudge
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The Emmaus Slogan
When I read that the new Emmaus centre in Bar End was opening I thought I should find out more about what they do. So I looked them up on their web site and discovered that Emmaus is a nationwide charity providing accommodation for the homeless
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Campaigners aim for national stage
A WINCHESTER campaigner has won the support of an action group to move the fight against Barton Farm to the national stage. Gavin Blackman, chairman of the Save Barton Farm Group, announced last month that he had given up trying to persuade
