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  • Award nomination for Stockbridge gastro pub

    A STOCKBRIDGE pub has been nominated for an award for being one of the top 50 gastro pubs in the country. The Greyhound on the Test, on High Street, is one of four pubs to be shortlisted for the Newcomer award in the Budweiser Budvar Top 50 Gastro Pubs

  • Winchester University students put on panto this weekend

    RESIDENTS will be in for a special treat on the weekend when Winchester students perform their rendition of a panto classic. Students from the University of Winchester are set to perform Dick Whittington at the university performance gym at 2pm and 7pm

  • Soberton proves ukulele’s appeal is timeless

    IT might be 200 hundred years old, but residents in Soberton have proved the ukulele’s appeal is timeless. The county’s newest club, The Soberton Strummers, held their inaugural meeting at the White Lion pub on Monday evening. Organiser, Beverly

  • Stockbridge cross country event raises thousands for charity

    RUNNERS, joggers, cyclists and young children took part in Stockbridge’s annual George Skeates Cross Country Fun event over the weekend. George Skeates, a British sidecar racer who suffered a severe and disabling spinal injury in a motorsport accident

  • Further flood warning

    BE prepared for further flooding. That's the warning from the Environment Agency to Test Valley residents as groundwater levels continue to rise in some part of the area. South-east England Environment Agency director Howard Davidson said: “River

  • Both drivers injured in East Wellow smash

    A WOMAN and a man were taken to Southampton General Hospital following a two vehicle crash at East Wellow this morning. The accident involving a Land Rover Discovery and a Peugeot happened at the junction of Whinwhistle Road with Ryedown Lane and

  • Lanes close for pothole repairs

    TWO rural roads in the Test Valley will be closed for surface repairs next week. Workmen are due to carry out pothole filling at Haccups Lane at Michelmersh on Monday, (January 20) and the following day. Access for residents living in Haccups Lane

  • Doubts over results of Alfred the Great research

    A LEADING academic has cast doubt on the search for the remains of King Alfred the Great in Hampshire, saying that results are likely to prove inconclusive. A BBC2 documentary is attempting to identify bones exhumed from an unmarked Winchester grave.

  • Better public transport call for Winchester, meeting hears

    MAKE public transport cheaper and more accessible - that was the general consensus of a meeting of green campaigners. Approximately 40 Winchester residents attended the meeting last night organised by Winchester Action on Climate Change and Winchester