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  • Police step up anti-car crime campaign

    HAMPSHIRE police have stepped up efforts to reduce car crime with a visit to Winchester South Park and Ride. Tanya Thompson, crime prevention officer for Hampshire Police, and city council parking manager Richard Hein attended the car park early in the

  • Controversial pub allowed to keep trading

    A CONTROVERSIAL village pub can keep trading, councillors ruled, after Greene King ousted the landlord. Winchester City Council’s licensing committee met on Tuesday ,October 12, after complaints about the New Inn at Swanmore. Residents

  • Search and Rescue latest to get charity donation

    THE latest group to be helped by the Cash for Causes campaign is Hampshire Search and Rescue (Hantsar). Its members brought a vehicle to the Weeke area of Winchester to receive a cheque for £300 on Wednesday, October 13. The cash will be used to buy

  • Green award for Colden Common home

    A COLDEN Common house has been awarded ‘SuperHome’ status by the Sustainable Energy Academy. It is thought to be the first of its kind in Hampshire, and Rob and Sue Veck have reduced its carbon emissions by 79 per cent. Mr Veck said: “This is great

  • Dinner party raises tasty sum

    THE ‘mobile dinner party’ held earlier this month (October) in Hursley has raised more than £1,200. The event saw villagers heading to several different households to enjoy starters, main courses and desserts. After all the expenses were covered, the

  • Parish bosses meet in Twyford

    TWYFORD Parish Council is holding its next meeting on Thursday, October 21. It will start at 7.30pm in the Gilbert Room of the parish hall. Villagers are welcome to attend.

  • Hunt for man who attacked teenager

    POLICE have launched an investigation after a Salisbury teenager was assaulted in Romsey. Officers say a male followed a group of five other men along the town’s Broadwater Road and chatted to them before becoming “confrontational”. He followed the

  • New playbus is the bee’s knees

    A HAMPSHIRE charity’s new play bus which will benefit vulnerable children across the south was launched in Romsey this week. Deputy town mayor John Burgess and the chief executive of Honeypot, Simmi Woodwal, cut a yellow ribbon across the door of the

  • Planners consider Hursley homes

    PLANNING chiefs are currently looking at two schemes to build new homes in Hursley. The first comes from HCR Enterprises Ltd and Parsons Construction Ltd on the site of Hursley Garage in Port Lane. If approved, the scheme would see four homes built