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Pensioner died after stairs fall
A 91-year-old Winchester woman died after falling down a set of stairs at her care home, an inquest heard. Audrey Sherlock was found crying for help at the bottom of the stairs of Abbeygate Residential Home on June 16 last year. Winchester
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Worries expressed over arts centre
CONCERNS have been raised about the perceived lack of programming in the New Year at Tower Arts Centre. City councillor Kelsie Learney said its website was only advertising one show, Limehouse Lizzy on February 19, a after a busy autumn schedule
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Classic characters come to life
THE next offering from the Bishopstoke Players will be Babes in the Wood later this month. Running from Wednesday, January 27 to Saturday, January 30, it will be staged at Bishopstoke Memorial Hall, in Riverside. Adapted by Paul Reakes, a memorable
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Thieves steal jar of sweets in Stanmore
POLICE are hunting thieves who smashed a window before stealing a jar of sweets from a hairdressers in Winchester. The incident happened at The Matrix hair salon in Cromwell Road, Stanmore, between 5pm last Tuesday (19) and 9am on Wednesday (20). PC
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Van fire at Dean Hill Park
Firefighters from Romsey, Stockbridge, Eastleigh, and St Mary's Fire Station in Southampton attended the scene of a van fire at Dean Hill Park, East Dean last night (Thursday). Station Manager Howard Watts said "There was a limited water supply at the
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Cold-hearted thieves target school’s heating oil
CALLOUS and heartless was how a head described the thieves who forced her school to close by leaving classrooms without heating. Ann Smyth, head of Lockerley Primary, said she had no option but to shut the school for three days after its heating oil
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Council's groundbreaking alliance
WINCHESTER City Council is poised to sign a groundbreaking alliance with another council to collect rubbish. It is linking up with East Hampshire District Council to operate the bin collection service on a seven-year contract. Winchester
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New national park could create problems
RESIDENTS in the new South Downs National Park could be left "confused" over who decides what they can build. The warning came at a Winchester City Council cabinet meeting. At present, the council decides all schemes ranging from small
