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Winchester doctor’s research shows healing powers of medical honey
THE healing powers of honey have been known about for thousands of years, dating back to the Ancient Egyptians, who put it on wounds. But with the invention of penicillin and other antibiotics last century, it fell out of use in modern medicine. Now
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Jane Austen-themed weekend at mansion near Alresford
FANS of Jane Austen will be heading for a mansion near Alresford to celebrate the life of the 19th century novelist. To mark the 200th anniversary of Pride and Prejudice, Old Alresford Place is holding a ‘Jane Austen House Party’ from July 19-21 for
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Landowner proposes housing in Winchester green gap
A WINCHESTER family is pressing ahead with plans for a new housing development on a ‘green gap’ north of the city. The Welch family wants to build housing and community facilities on 18 acres of the countryside ‘gap’ off Harestock Road near Littleton
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Steve Brine hailed for road safety campaigning
WINCHESTER MP Steve Brine has been named Road Safety Parliamentarian of the Month by road safety charity Brake for his campaigning over pedestrian crossings. Mr Brine began a campaign for a crossing on Andover Road outside Osborne School in early 2012
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New Bishop's Waltham parish councillors get down to business
BISHOP’S Waltham has welcomed two new faces to the parish council – and they wasted no time in getting down to business. After being co-opted by the council at a meeting on Tuesday (July 9), Simon Orr and May Martin, who were chosen from five candidates
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Book signing in Alresford this weekend
AN author will be at a book signing in an Alresford shop this Saturday, July 13. Anthony Ogus will be signing Travels with my Opera Glasses at Oxley’s in Broad Street between 12-2pm. It follows more than 40 years of his opera experiences across
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Wyvern College students rewarded with visit to Oxford University
TWO budding scholars from Wyvern College have been rewarded with a trip to Oxford University. Nikita Hadavale and Daniel Carpenter are winners of the DUX award, a government scheme giving outstanding students the opportunity to visit a Russell
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Winchester Salvation Army welcomes special guest
A MARATHON charity trek across the country continued in Winchester this week. The city’s Salvation Army branch in Parchment Street welcomed Andy Peddle on Wednesday (July 10), who is walking 8,000 miles around Britain and Ireland, visiting every
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Air ambulance called to crash in Stockbridge
AN air ambulance was called to the scene of a crash in Stockbridge yesterday. At 2.27pm emergency services were called after a Peugeot 206 and a Skoda Yeti collided at Winton Hill. Police also attended but said there were no arrests. One
