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Rebranding for the Hampshire Senate
IT means no more jokes about council chiefs in togas crowned with laurel wreaths. For Hampshire Senate, a group of local authorities and other civic leaders, is to be renamed The Hampshire Partnership. Despite the name-change, it is broadly the same
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M3 closure north of Winchester tomorrow night
DRIVERS near Winchester users are reminded that the M3 between junctions 8 and 9 will be closed in both directions tomorrow night (Saturday) between 10pm and 6am. The closure between Winnall and Dummer will allow Southern Electric Power Distribution
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Boomtown tickets selling fast for 2014
BOOMTOWN Fair has sold more than 5,000 tickets within a few hours of going on sale on Monday. Within hours all of the Early Bird discounted tier one tickets had been snapped up. Applications for volunteers roles such as stewarding and set building opened
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Anti-wind farm campaigners north of Winchester send out strong protest message
CAMPAIGNERS against a wind farm north of Winchester have sent out a strong message of protest. Some 200 people gathered at the site of the proposed six turbine farm in Woodmancott Down, near Micheldever. The demonstration was organised by campaign
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War veteran from Alresford dies just weeks after role in World War Two is officially recognised
A WAR veteran from Alresford has died just weeks after his role in World War Two was officially recognised. Leslie Pavey, 89, was presented with a Bomber Command Clasp on his birthday in August by RAF Squadron Leader Dean Gibson. It followed
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Winchester homeless charity invites residents to AGM
WINCHESTER Churches Nightshelter, one of the city’s key homeless charities, is inviting residents to find out more about the challenges and hardships experienced by the homeless at its AGM and annual supporters’ evening on Tuesday (Nov 12). The
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Concert remembers US 'invasion'
Just over 70 years ago, the streets and side roads of Southampton and beyond were “invaded” by foreign troops as ship-loads of American GIs and their equipment disembarked at the docks in the build up to following year’s invasion of Europe. In
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Gift fair at Crosfield Hall
Romsey’s Crosfield Hall plays host to a Christmas craft and gift fair tomorrow (Saturday, November 9). The fair, run by Serenity Boutique Events, will feature 20 stalls and is open from 8.30pm until 1pm. For more details visit serenityboutiqueevents.co.uk
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Greyhound leads the pack for pub grub
STOCKBRIDGE is home to the best pub grub in the UK. Staff and customers at The Greyhound are celebrating after the watering hole was named Pub of the Year by Michelin. The Michelin Eating Out In Pubs Guide 2014 includes 570 pubs across the
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MP backs care home closure
ROMSEY’S MP is backing controversial plans to close the town’s Nightingale Lodge residential care home, which she says does not meet 21st century standards. Hampshire’s social care chiefs have earmarked Nightingale and three other of its care homes
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Burglars ransack house
DETECTIVES are hunting raiders who got away with thousands of pounds worth of jewellery and a quality of cash from a Romsey home. Police say the burglars struck at the property near Mountbatten School between 5pm and 10.15pm on Wednesday of last
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Christmas parking bonus for shoppers
Test Valley Borough Council is offering visitors to Romsey an hour’s free parking in the run up to Christmas. Extra hour vouchers will be valid in all council car parks in Romsey on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays between December 2 and December
