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  • Winchester dance school nominated for prestigious award

    A WINCHESTER dance school has been nominated for a prestigious award. Integr8 Dance is up for a Lloyds TSB Enterprise Award and will pitch its case at the London and South East heat on March 21. Founded by Charlie Sapey, 21, in 2009, Integr8

  • Winchester campaigning group to discuss disbanding

    THE future is uncertain for a long-running civic campaigning group in Winchester which meets on Thursday. The Winchester City Residents’ Association is holding an annual general meeting and will discuss whether to carry on its work, or disband.

  • City council staff to be guaranteed living wage

    WINCHESTER City Council will pay all its staff at least the new 'living wage'. The Council already pays the minimum wage and will meet the £15k-£20k extra cost of introducing the living wage - £7.45 per hour - within its existing budgets. Councillor

  • Roadside conmen operating in Winchester area

    POLICE are warning drivers about a series of scams on roadsides around Hampshire. Between October 1, 2012, and February 16, police received 65 reports of such incidents on highways across the county – with 13 in the Winchester area. The scammers

  • Winchester business lands national award

    A WINCHESTER business has scooped a prestigious national award. Bang & Olufsen Winchester won Dealer of the Year 2012/13 at the company's national conference in Oxford. John Marshall, Managing director of the shop in The Square, which sells

  • Winchester Morris Men celebrate 60th anniversary next month

    THE Winchester Morris Men, Hampshire’s longest-established Morris side, are celebrating their 60th anniversary by going back to where it all started – to the pub. On March 11 1953 a group of enthusiasts met in the back room of the Eclipse Inn in

  • Revenue officer stole from taxpayers’ bank accounts

    A TAX office worker has been jailed for frauds totalling £31,000. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) co-ordinator, Karen Hindle, used taxpayers’ personal details to plunder their bank accounts, Southampton Crown Court heard. Hindle, of Woodlands Gardens