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Concert's call for peace
A CHORAL event at Winchester Cathedral to promote peace is being held next Wednesday (January 27). Organised by the city's university, it aims to bring together several choirs and a host of musical styles from across the globe. Professor
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Councillor returns after heart attack
THE former mayor of Winchester, Cllr Sue Nelmes, is returning to her duties after suffering a heart attack before Christmas. The Lib Dem member for St Bartholomew ward was now back at work, Winchester City Council's cabinet heard on Wednesday
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Cleaner escapes jail after theft from pensioner
A WINCHESTER woman has been sentenced to 200 hours of community work after stealing £2,450 from an elderly man. Maria Butt, 21, of no fixed address, was employed as a cleaner at the 90-year-old man’s home, when she took the money on May 15 last
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Lies, ladies and locos
ALFRED Hitchcock’s classic film of lies, lost ladies and locomotives is brought vividly to life at Theatre Royal Winchester in February in an ingenious stage adaptation which stars familiar faces from TV and radio. The Lady Vanishes features Terry Molloy
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Raising short-term car park charges won’t help business
SIR — What Cllr Beckett doesn’t address in his response to my letter (Chronicle letters, December 31) is my suggestion that Winchester City Council will hurt shop traders by raising car park charges. Increasing the cost by 20 per cent and more may encourage
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Council should also promote the social well-being of city
SIR — Re the traders in the unlovely Casson block on St George’s Street. Cllr George Beckett is only partly right when he says the local authority has a responsibility to maximise income from its commercial properties. In fact what it has, under the
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Car-share scheme deserves praise
SIR — I would like to congratulate Hampshire County Council for providing an excellent carshare shuttle service for those of us stranded at the southern end of St Cross Road during the current road closure. Wessex Cars have been subcontracted to provide
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Big cat spotted near Alresford
A BIG cat has been spotted roaming along a quiet road near Alresford. Dubbed the ‘beast of Ropley’, the large “jaguar-like” animal was spotted crossing Gascoigne Lane by a delivery driver. Darren Wooldridge said he saw the creature as
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"High council rents are forcing us out"
OWNERS of shops in a parade in Winchester city centre claim they have been forced to put their businesses up for sale because of high rents. Winchester News and St George’s Fish Bar have both criticised the city council, saying their rents and
