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  • King Alfred buses return in force to Winchester

    WINCHESTER residents can be forgiven for thinking they travelled back in time last weekend. Friends of Kings Alfred Buses (FoKAB) marked the 40th anniversary of the company’s last journey by recreating it on Saturday night with the same conductor

  • Charity fashion show near Winchester raises £1,000

    A CHARITY fashion show near Winchester raised £1,000 last weekend. The event at a farm in Longwood, Owslebury, was in aid of James House Orphanage for Abused Children in South Africa. Around 100 people packed the barn-come-catwalk while several

  • Multi-million pound Winchester sewage works progressing well

    A MULTI-million pound programme of improvements to sewer works in Winchester is reported to be progressing well. Southern Water’s £9 million upgrade of its Morestead Road Wastewater Treatment Works is due to be completed by December 2013. Project

  • Gathering of Romsey choirs

    Romsey Abbey will have its roof lifted by the sounds of a mass gathering of Romsey Choirs on Friday evening (May 3)   Romsey Abbey Primary School Choir, Romsey Youth Choir, Romsey Male Voice Choir and the Mountbatten Community Choir are all coming

  • Alresford steam engine legal dispute settled

    A long-running legal dispute over a steam engine that ran on a Hampshire steam railway has been settled out of court. The owners of the Franklin Roosevelt engine were suiing the Mid Hants Railway that operates the Alresford-based Watercress Line