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  • Hampshire firefighters will walk out eight times in August

    HAMPSHIRE firefighters are to stage a fresh series of strikes over eight days next month in their long-running dispute over pensions. The Fire Brigades Union has been holding series of strikes over the past year in protest against government changes

  • News from Kilmeston

    KILMESTON village fete on June 7 raised an impressive £4,600 to be divided between the village hall and St Andrew’s church. A charity cream tea is to be held in Kilmeston Village Hall on Sunday August 10 from 2-5pm. Proceeds will go to Hampshire

  • Judges visit Hampshire Business Awards entrants

    JUDGES of this year’s Hampshire Business Awards have been visiting the sites of some of the entrants. Dozens of companies have entered in a bid to be crowned the winner of the 24th annual awards which has included a visit from the panel. The

  • Gamekeeper fined for illegally trapping tawny owl

    A HAMPSHIRE gamekeeper has today been fined for illegally trapping a bird of prey. Mark Stevens, 42, who works on the Sydmonton Court Estate, near Basingstoke, was sentenced to pay £1,365 when he appeared at Basingstoke Magistrates Court this morning

  • Two large homes set for countryside near Alresford

    A RARE opportunity to build two country houses has arisen on the Grange Estate, home of the Baring family, near Alresford. Planning permission has been granted for two homes off Rectory Lane, Itchen Abbas. The joint selling agents BCM and Knight

  • No cash for flood defence improvements in Cheriton

    NO money is available for anti-flooding improvements in Cheriton, the parish council was told. City councillor Harry Verney and flood co-ordinator Pat Lawrence attended a district meeting recently. Cllr Verney has suggested a countywide levy

  • The Great War: Hampshire Remembers

    WINCHESTER is preparing to mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War One on Monday, August 4. The country emerged utterly changed four years later – grieving for one million Commonwealth dead, even more injured. There can be few

  • Volunteers campaigning for new sports centre in Winchester

    WINCHESTER volunteers are campaigning for community funding for new sports facilities. Fit for the Future, which wants to promote Winchester’s Olympic legacy, has spent over two years developing a proposal for a new sports centre at Bar End, next

  • Third fire in eight days at Winchester Prison

    FIREFIGHTERS were called to the third fire in eight days at Winchester Prison last night. It happened at 9.50pm on Wednesday, after an inmate set fire to his waste paper basket. Ten firefighters from Winchester Fire Station attended. Nobody