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Winchester charity appoints new trustees
A WINCHESTER charity has appointed two new trustees. Mo Flynn and Gill Longman have joined family support charity Home-Start Winchester and Districts. Ms Flynn brings years of experience to the finance and admin team, having worked in financial
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Winchester family to hold charity pyjama party to remember loved one
A WINCHESTER family are holding a special fundraiser this weekend to remember a loved one. Mother and daughter Wanda Ventham and Hope Atkin have organised a ‘onesie’ pyjama walk this Saturday (May 18), from Badger Farm to the city, to remember
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Winchester MP Steve Brine set to vote for referendum now on EU
WINCHESTER MP Steve Brine was among three Hampshire Tory MPs today set to defy the Prime Minister by demanding a quickfire referendum on whether Britain should quit the European Union. Mr Brine, Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East) and Caroline Nokes (
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Road closed after accident involving pedestrian and dog
POLICE have closed the Stockbridge to Winchester road after a serious road accident. A woman walking along the B3049 with a dog was in collision with a Vauxhall Corsa just after 1pm today. Flying medics airlifted the woman to Southampton General
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Bishop's Waltham committee mergers completed
THE MERGER of two Bishop’s Waltham Parish Council committees is complete. In a bid for greater efficiency, the council proposed joining the Buildings Committee and the Sports and Recreation Committee last month. Cllr Terry Wilson suggested the committee
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New trustees for Winchester Homestart charity
A WINCHESTER charity has appointed two new trustees. Mo Flynn and Gill Longman have joined family support charity Home-Start Winchester and Districts. Ms Flynn brings years of experience to the finance and admin team, having worked in financial services
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Setback for Winchester civic chiefs over Stanmore plans
WINCHESTER civic chiefs have failed in their attempt to buy a church as part of bold plans to revamp a council estate. The city council made a £810,000 bid for the Family Church in Stanmore Lane after buying the former New Queens Head next door. But
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Wickham campaigners concerned over plans for new town
CAMPAIGNERS in the Wickham area have expressed concerns at the latest plan for a new town to be built there. The Fareham Society, Wickham Society, local village residents’ associations and planning experts from the Campaign to Protect Rural England
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Dogwalker airlifted to hospital
A WOMAN has been airlifted to hospital following a serious collision between a car and a pedestrian in Sparsholt. The female dog walker had been walking along Stockbridge Road B3049 in Sparsholt near to the Lainston House Hotel at 1.05pm when she
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Speeding motorists in Bishop's Waltham, beware!
BISHOP'S Waltham's community Speedwatch initiative is finally up and running. Parish Cllr Barry Nicholson told a recent meeting that the project is now “fully operational” following its launch last weekend (May 11/12). Volunteers, including
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Talk on "Shadow of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict" comes to Winchester
A TALK looking at the effect on communities under the shadow of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is in Hampshire tonight (Tuesday May 28) at 6.30pm. Winchester artist Yonat Nitzan-Freen and Miranda Pinch will be providing an illustrated presentation
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Winchester Scout movement growing faster than UK average
THE Scout movement in Winchester is growing at five times the national average. New figures from the Scout Association census show a 10 per cent growth in the district, compared to 1.9 per cent nationally. Such is the demand to join the Winchester
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University of Winchester students launch new theatre company
UNIVERSITY of Winchester students are getting creative after launching a new theatre company. Splendid Fred has been set up to give students a chance to create and show their own material rather than stick to the curriculum. Glenn Fosbraey,
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Marathon run in memory of Winchester student Emilie Harris
THE memory of a Winchester student killed in a road accident has spurred her friends to take part in a marathon run. Emilie Harris, a former pupil of St Swithun’s, was killed in 2004 when cycling near St Catherine’s College, Oxford, where she was studying
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Turbine developer expecting opposition from Ministry of Defence to Bullington wind farm
DEFENCE chiefs could object to a major wind farm in the Hampshire countryside over fears of radar interference. EDF Energy Renewables plans to build 14 126-metre masts on farmland at Bullington Cross, north of Winchester. But wind turbines, whose spinning
