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  • More cuts loom at Hampshire County Council

    LOLLIPOP patrols, librarians and road workers face the chop as details of £93 million of Hampshire County Council cuts begin to emerge. Under plans that could see more than 1,000 job losses, services will be hacked back yet again as county bosses bid

  • Hampshire misses out on protected food status

    NEW EU food name protections have been announced across the South East, but Hampshire missed out. The European Commission have so far awarded 62 British products with the European protected status, most recently including West Country meat and Anglesey

  • Winchester schoolkids visit House of Commons

    A GROUP of Winchester primary school children visited the House of Commons recently. Steve Brine, MP for Winchester and Chandler’s Ford, invited teachers and pupils from Weeke Primary School’s Newspaper club to visit Parliament on January 8. The group

  • Big leap in committee spending in Bishop's Waltham

    A BISHOP’S Waltham Parish Council committee is to get an increase in funding of 119 per cent. The planning, environment and highways committee says it needs an extra £11,300. A report presented to a meeting at the Jubilee Hall on Tuesday (Jan 13) put

  • New role for Bishop's Waltham parish councillor

    A BISHOP’S Waltham Parish Council committee has welcomed a new member. Cllr May Martin is a relatively new addition to the council, having been voted in after impressing other members last summer with her involvement in events such as the Bishop’s Waltham

  • Winchester police make arrests in drugs swoops

    WINCHESTER police have arrested and charged a Londoner with supplying drugs in the city. Joseph Adebayo, 24, was detained following a stop check of a vehicle in Thurmond Road, Stanmore on Tuesday afternoon. He was charged with possession of criminal

  • Lambing weekend at Sparsholt College

    IT’S lambing time at Sparsholt College next weekend and everyone’s invited. Families will be able to see the newest offspring, as well as enjoy farm-based puzzles and quizzes, craft activities and even afternoon milking in the dairy. The first lambs