WE'VE rounded up some of this week's most read stories, just in case you may have missed them.
1. TWO pupils have been sent home from a Winchester school amid coronavirus fears, after they travelled in a taxi that has had another traveller with a confirmed diagnosis of the virus.
The children from Oliver’s Battery Primary School have now been placed into self-isolation for 14 days as a precautionary measure.
2. A PERSON from Hampshire has been confirmed as testing positive for coronavirus - the first case in the county since the outbreak in China.
The patient who has returned from Italy is now in a treatment centre in London.
3. AN ORGANISER looking to put on a music festival in Hampshire is asking local residents to 'give him a chance'.
Suni Phoenix, along with two of his friends, is seeking Winchester City Council's permission to host a two-day event at Worthy Grove – a large greenspace just outside South Wonston.
4. EMOTIONS ran high as villagers accused parish councillors for choosing the “nuclear option” in a bid to build a new car park at the train station in Shawford.
Residents are arguing that they were left out of discussions which saw plans change without any formal consultation.
5. TRIBUTES have been paid to a “loved” teenager who died in a crash near Eastleigh.
Bayley Bligdon, who went to Sparsholt College, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on Allbrook Way involving a blue Ford Fiesta and a blue Subaru Impreza.
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