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  • Charity Christmas Cards on sale again in Winchester

    WITH a name like Chrismas, it seems like she has the perfect job. For the past 20 years, aptly-named Pam Chrismas has been a volunteer co-ordinator for a stand selling charity Christmas cards. The brightly-coloured stands in the Winchester

  • New project shines light on history of Hyde Abbey

    A UNIQUE project is shedding light on the fate of a Winchester monastery destroyed by Henry VIII nearly 500 years ago. At the same time it is showing that recycling is nothing new. Re-uniting the Stones of Hyde Abbey reveals how the building

  • Spooky goings on in Winchester tonight at Theatre Royal

    A SPOOKY sleepover at Winchester’s Theatre Royal is on offer this Halloween with a possible guest appearance by one for four ghosts said to haunt the building. The adult-only “On a Dark, Dark Night” at the Jewry Street theatre invites people with

  • Winchester University staff join national strikes over pay

    HUNDREDS of Winchester University staff joined national protests for a pay rise today (Oct 31). Lecturers, cleaners and catering staff joined picket lines outside university buildings in Burma Road, Sparkford Road and Romsey Road as part of the