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Charity enjoys dazzling year
WHILE the weather and economic climate is wintry, one Winchester charity has enjoyed a dazzling 2009. The Winchester Basics Bank, which collects food and clothing for residents in need, has received a record number of donations. But while 2009 was its
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Packham: wrong site for adventure course
TV nature expert, Chris Packham, claims that plans for a controversial treetop adventure course are putting cash before wildlife. He has called for council bosses to look again at the proposal for a Go Ape site in the Itchen Valley Country
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Festival given green light for return
WICKHAM will have a summer music festival again after an absence of three years. It could attract up to 5,000 people each day, but some residents and community groups raised concerns. Both sides met at Winchester Guildhall where the
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Help for Haiti
Community organisations in Romsey are pulling together to help the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Romsey Lions will be donating the proceeds of their bookstall in the Cornmarket on Saturday (January 23) to Haiti relief charities. On the same day,
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Hostel set to close
A LONGSTANDING hostel in Winchester is set to be closed and residents dispersed at three sheltered housing schemes across the city. Barnes House in St Cross Road has been run as a ten-bedroom hostel for some 20 years, currently by Stonham Housing
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Chance to discuss road closure
NETWORK Rail will chair a Winchester meeting tonight to discuss the three-month closure of Andover Road. The route will be closed off between April and July to allow contractors to carry out work to heighten the railway bridge. A similar
