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Residents urged to log 101 calls over Stanmore student disruption
ANTI-SOCIAL behaviour by students in Stanmore will not be tackled unless residents log their problems with police, a meeting between locals and Student Union officials heard. Petitioners calling on civic chiefs to limit houses in multiple occupation
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Community rallies around single mother seeking extension
A MOTHER-of-two is one step closer to getting permission for an extension which she says will improve her quality of life. After months of negotiation, Winchester City Council planning chiefs deferred a decision on an extension to Tiffany Llewelyn's
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Badger cull campaigners to protest in Winchester
CAMPAIGNERS that want to stop the ‘senseless slaughter’ of thousands of the UK’s badgers will stage a protest in Winchester. The peaceful march will see up to 100 people dressed in black, white and badger costumes as they march from Abbey Gardens
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Which developer is taking the council to government appeal over affordable homes?
A FIRM which wants to build flats in the heart of Winchester is taking city planners to a government appeal in a row over affordable homes. Civic chiefs have demanded Whyte Homes pay £40,000 into the council's affordable housing fund when it builds
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Stanmore set for Christmas market
DRESSED in tinsel and twinkling fairy lights, Stanmore is to host its very own Christmas market on Saturday. From 10.30am-1.30pm at the Level 10 Church in Stanmore Lane, there will be handmade crafts, gifts and decorations, cards, books, stocking
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Five arrested including boy, 16, in connection with drug network in Winchester and Southampton
FIVE people, including a 16-year-old boy, have been arrested in connection with a drug supply network operating in Winchester and Southampton. Hampshire Constabulary’s Operation Fortress team has been working with Greater Manchester, Lancashire
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Village tyre firm visits Commons to tackle accident deaths
A WINCHESTER tyre company is working alongside government agencies in a bid to reduce the number of tyre-related casualties. Micheldever Tyres joined Winchester and Chandler’s Ford MP Steve Brine and the Department for Transport at a meeting at
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Outline plans for 20 new homes in Hampshire village approved
PLANNING chiefs have approved outline proposals for nearly 20 homes in a Hampshire village. It would see existing buildings at Torbay Farm, in Lower Upham, demolished and replaced with 19 homes, including eight which are affordable, and office
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Landowner wants to build nearly 50 homes near Winchester, meeting hears
A LANDOWNER near Winchester is going to apply to build nearly 50 new homes and community facilities, a meeting heard. Adam Welch, whose family owns land off Harestock Road, said there is not enough open space for the nearly 9,000 residents of Weeke
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Heritage trust praises council's homes plan
Winchester City Council’s Local Plan for the future of the city’s development has been praised by English Heritage. A report commissioned to analyse proposed developments, entitled The Sustainable Growth of Cathedral Cities and Historic Towns,
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Mayor of Winchester's Big Quiz returns in the new year
THE Mayor of Winchester’s Big Quiz returns in the new year. On Friday, January 9, teams of up to 10 people will take part in a battle of wits in aid of Cllr Eileen Berry’s charities. A new quiz master is set to replace Kevin Ashman who unfortunately
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Sparsholt College hosts agriculture conference
TO celebrate a centenary of farming and agriculture Sparsholt College is hosting a conference. It is holding ‘100 years of agricultural education and training’ on Thursday, November 27, to consider the changes, achievements and challenges facing
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Council's Christmas parking offer
COUNCIL chiefs have announced some festive cheer for shoppers. Test Valley is giving an hour’s free parking in all its car parks every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in the run-up to Christmas. The offers runs from December 1-17. Free parking
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Pop in to Jennie's pop up sale for Macmillan
She's the woman who's sold a million pop-up books now she's turning her home into a pop-up shop to help a cancer charity. Illustrator Jennie Maizels is running a two-day sale of her work at her home in Braishfield next week (November 27-28) in
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Tickets go on sale for Winchester College Christmas concert
TICKETS have gone on sale for a special Christmas concert at Winchester College Chapel. The concert takes place on December 18, from 6.30pm, in aid of The Haven in Wessex capital appeal – a specialist support centre for people affected by breast