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Man found with Ninja-style weapons
A WINCHESTER man found with two ninja-style throwing stars has been given a 12-month conditional discharge. Geoffrey Merson, 40, of Winnall Manor Road, was arrested after police were called to an altercation at a home in King Alfred Place in the city
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Poor air helping to kill local people
WINCHESTER’S poor quality city centre air could be helping to kill dozens of local people a year, it is claimed. Hundreds of people are dying early in Hampshire because of air pollution, the Liberal Democrats claim. Research from Europe showed
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Former Alresford resident in final of The Apprentice
IT’S taken ten weeks and countless nail-biting meetings with Sir Alan Sugar to get this far. But Hampshire’s high-flying Kate Walsh is on the verge of landing a £100,000 salary in his business empire after reaching the final of The Apprentice
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County elections latest
THURSDAY'S county council elections saw the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats share the four divisions in the southern Test Valley two apiece. Roy Perry (Con, Romsey Extra), Alan Dowden (Lib Dem, Baddelsey), Mark Cooper (Lib Dem, Romsey Town) all held
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Villagers to mount protest against Lidl ‘monstrosity’
A NEW campaign group will stage a demonstration today (Friday) against controversial plans for a huge supermarket depot at the gateway to the New Forest. Waving placards and wearing specially designed T-shirts, protesters will rally against
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Church hosts choral feast
Froxfield Choir’s next concert will be Handel’s Alexander’s Feast, at Privett Church on Saturday, June 6, at 7.30pm. See www.froxfieldchamber choir .notanothersite.com or call David Dobson on 01730 261344 for more details.
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MP brings Brown into Whitenap homes debate
In a bid to block plans for 1,600 homes on the outskirts of the town, Romsey MP, Sandra Gidley, has urged the Prime Minister to change planning policy concerning building on agricultural land. At Prime Minister’s Question Time on Wednesday, Mrs Gidley
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Somborne Fair correction
King’s Somborne Summer Fair is on Sunday (June 7) in the Old Vicarage Garden not Saturday as reported in this week's edition. Hampshire’s newest morris dancing side make their debut at the event. Somborne Morris have been formed by accountant, Doug
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Delays after accident on A303
RUSH hour delays were reported on the A303 near the A34 junction at Bullington Cross. It followed a collision between a black Audi TT and a silver Renault Clio. It occurred at around 7.45am this morning (Friday, June 5). An ambulance
