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Four businesses raided and £50,000 of goods taken in one night
POLICE are investigating after items and cash valued at £50,000 were taken from four Alresford businesses in one night. Thieves made off with two Mercedes vans, a classic BSA 1970s motorbike, aquatic equipment, tools and cash from businesses at
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High Court U-turn allows Silver Hill judicial review
A CAMPAIGN to stop Winchester’s controversial Silver Hill scheme has been rejuvenated after the High Court reversed its decision to block a legal challenge against civic chiefs. Winchester City Council will now face a judicial review of its decision
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Barton Farm work to begin next week
WORKS on Winchester’s biggest housing development for a decade is due to start next week, a meeting heard. At the first meeting of the North Winchester Community Forum last Thursday, Cllr Kelsie Learney confirmed that work will start at Barton
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Police chief defends city cell closure
WINCHESTER’S police chief has defended the closure of the city’s police cells, which will force officers to drive to Southampton when they make arrests. Chief Inspector Darius Hemmatpour said Southampton’s new Central Police Station can process
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Woman to be 'jailed' for discharged prisoners charity
A WINCHESTER woman is to be ‘locked up’ for the night to raise awareness of a charity that helps discharged prisoners from reoffending. Sarah Chester, 66, will spend the night in HMP Portland, in Dorset, in hopes of raising £10,000 for Footprints
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Police name Winchester M3 fatal crash victim
POLICE have identified a woman who died in a road traffic collision last week. Marie Heather Hardes, 56, died on the M3 on November 10 following as a result of a smash on the northbound carriageway at junction 9. It is believed she was killed
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League marks 60 years of support for hospital
AN organisation which has helped raise millions for the NHS celebrated its 60th anniversary this week. Romsey Hospital League of Friends marked the milestone with a coffee morning in the Town Hall on Friday. The event, attended by more than 100
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Green groups gather for Local Plan infrastructure forum
ARCHITECTS, city trustees and green-campaigners have been looking at a variety of infrastructure options as part of the Local Plan Part Two consultation process. Now in the throes of the plan’s final stages Winchester residents were invited to
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'Boarded up crackhouse' stops civic chiefs from providing affordable housing, meeting hears
LANDLORDS who fail to look after empty homes are stopping civic chiefs from providing affordable housing, a meeting heard. Winchester housing boss Cllr Ian Tait said many empty properties, including a “boarded up crack house” near the railway station
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Winchester man walks in footsteps of aunt who died in the Holocaust
A WINCHESTER man has walked in the footsteps of his aunt as she started her final journey to her death in the Holocaust. Danny Habel visited Berlin to see the unveiling of a memorial plaque to his father’s sister, Klara, one of six million Jews