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  • Winchester Pub looking for landlord

    PUNCH Taverns are looking for someone else to be responsible for a Winchester bar after police rejected their first choice. The pub firm wanted Jonathan Sweeney to run The Albion in Stockbridge Road after the departure of John Ramage in August. However

  • Bishop of Winchester announces retirement date

    THE Bishop of Winchester has announced that he will retire in May 2011. One of England’s most influential bishops, the Rt Rev Michael Scott-Joynt, a 67-year-old father-of-three, is the 96th Bishop of Winchester and has spent 15 years in the

  • Thieves strike several vehicles for catalytic converters

    HAMPSHIRE police are hunting thieves who stole several catalytic converters from vehicles in Winchester last week. On Wednesday, October 13, a white Peugeot Expert van with high visibility markings had its converter stolen between 3.15pm and

  • Know your rights call to Winchester carers

    WINCHESTER Citizens Advice Bureau is urging carers to know their new rights under the Equality Act 2010, which has now come into force. The Act brings nine different pieces of discrimination legislation under one law with the aim to protect people from

  • New late-night bus service to Winchester

    AN extra late-night bus service is set to be offered between Winchester and Southampton after public pressure. Bus operator Bluestar has been offered funding by Hampshire County Council to operate an extra night bus from Southampton to Winchester. It

  • Hampshire civic chiefs' boost for apprenticeships

    A HAMPSHIRE apprenticeship scheme has received a £50,000 cash boost. The county council has topped up its apprenticeship grants scheme which helps local businesses take on young people as apprentices. The money is enough to support about another 25