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  • Battle over new town near Winchester rumbles on

    ZURICH Assurance is to challenge the High Court judgement which looked to have finally ended its 24-year fight to build a massive new town near Micheldever. The company intends to contest the ruling at the Court of Appeal. Last week the High

  • Winchester school invests in defibrillator

    A WINCHESTER school has now invested in much-needed medical equipment after a school boy in Romsey nearly died. As previously reported in the Chronicle, 16-year-old Mountbatten School pupil Sam Mangoro suffered from a heart attack and was only

  • Villagers back radical chnages to Winchester electoral system

    MEMBERS of Compton and Shawford Parish Council have voted in favour of proposals to change the electoral cycle. Currently one third of city councillors are elected for a four year term of office but the proposal will see these replaced with a single

  • Paths to be cleared in Alresford

    ELDERLY residents in Alresford may see encumbered pathways cleared in the not-too-distant future. On Wednesday’s cabinet meeting (March 19), Alresford Town chair, Lisa Griffiths, addressed councillors arguing for clearer pathways for mobility scooter

  • Winchester protest group to stage Grand Day Out to save rec

    CAMPAIGNERS battling plans to redevelop Winchester sports centre onto parkland are holding a public event next month. (MAY) Save the Rec is staging A Grand Day Out on Sunday May 4 at River Park. The Conservative-controlled city council last

  • Mum's the word at Sunday service

    Romsey Abbey celebrates Motherhood this Sunday. The morning Eucharist, at 10am, marks Mothering Sunday,and will give thanks for mothers, grandmothers and important women in our lives. Each year, the Mothers’ Union makes over 300 posies to present