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  • Winchester hospital staff set to strike on Monday

    THOUSANDS of medical staff including nurses and paramedics in Hampshire will walk out as part of a dispute over pay. Union members in the NHS will go on strike across the county on Monday, accusing the Government of showing “contempt” for workers

  • 'Waste of time' speed limit cost £90,000

    WINCHESTER city centre’s unenforced 20mph speed limit has cost taxpayers £90,000. The cap, which was introduced to the city centre and parts of Hyde in August, was funded by a government grant to Hampshire County Council. Police representatives

  • Ten things to do around Winchester this weekend

    1. Sir Mark Tully at the Winchester Dialogues - Friday The former BBC correspondent will visit Winchester Cathedral to discuss the challenge of faith in the 21st century as part of a series of conversations about the changing relationship

  • Top archaeologist honoured with CBE

    THE MOST eminent archaeologist of his generation who has worked extensively in Hampshire has been honoured with a CBE. Prof Martin Biddle who led the ground-breaking excavations in Winchester city centre in the 1960s and 70s received the award

  • 75-year-old died after car park fall, inquest hears

    A RETIRED local government officer died after falling and fracturing his skull in Winchester's Tower Street car park, an inquest heard. David Ellis was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease two months previously, but felt well enough to visit a

  • David Frost leaves a cool £13m

    BROADCASTER Sir David Frost has left a £13m fortune to his family and loved ones, it has been revealed. The veteran TV star, pictured, suffered a heart attack and died last year aged 74, just hours after setting sail on a cruise ship from Southampton

  • Naomi House hails £10,000 funding boost

    WINCHESTER charity Naomi House & Jacksplace has been given a major financial boost towards their new facility. The charity’s Caterpillar Appeal – a £4 million development which will join both Naomi House and Jacksplace by way of an enclosed

  • Wickham pupils sow Saxon crops

    A WICKHAM school has turned back time to the Saxon age by ploughing crops into the playing field. Year 4 pupils at Wickham Church of England Primary School watched a pair of heavy horses plough, sow and harrow a winter wheat crop into the field

  • Festival raises £55,000 for charity

    THEY came, partied, and now donated – a Hampshire festival is celebrating raising the largest sum for charity in its history. The organisers behind BoomTown Fair, which was held at Matterley Bowl near Winchester in August, say it has raised over

  • October will be a sobering experience...

    Three members of Romsey Hospital’s staff have sworn off alcohol for a month and won’t touch it even for medicinal purposes. Thirty-year-old Rehab assistant Anna Burns Cox, health care assistant Jenny Bell, 39, and staff nurse Paula Bishop, 29,

  • Detectives draw a blank in diesel pipeline probe

    NO further action will be taken against two men questioned over theft of thousands of litres of fuel from an underground Hampshire pipeline. Officers are still trying to find out who siphoned off more than 30,000 litres of diesel from the pipeline

  • No charges over alleged abuse at Winchester care home

    FIVE former members of staff will escape criminal charges over sexual abuse allegations at a Winchester children’s home in the 1960s and 1970s, the Hampshire Chronicle can reveal. The Crown Prosecution Service has decided there was not enough evidence

  • Craig revels in evil Annie role

    STRICTLY Come Dancing’s ‘Mr Nasty’ won’t be pulling any punches when he hops on stage in Southampton next year. Craig Revel Horwood will be stepping into the shoes of the horrendous Miss Hannigan to star in this exciting new production of Annie

  • Suzanne bids for stardom

    SHE is dreaming of becoming an actress. Romsey School pupil 13-year-old Suzanne Poole has made it through to the regional finals of the Open Mic UK singing competition, and will now be performing in the live showcases of the competition. And tomorrow

  • Roman invasion of Romsey

    A FUNNY Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum will show at a Romsey theatre next week. The musical comedy, set in Ancient Rome, tells the story of Pseudolus – a lying, dishonourable yet loveable slave trying to obtain freedom. When he learns that

  • Grasstrack thrills at Stockbridge

    Danebury Grass Track Racing Club are holding their Club Race Meeting this Sunday at Lower Manor Farm, Stockbridge, (near Danebury Hill Fort). The meeting will be signposted on the A303, A30 and A343. Riders will test their skills against competitors

  • Romsey GC ladies end 61-year wait for trophy

    Romsey Golf Club’s ladies’ team were crowned Stoneham Cup champions in the event’s centenary year. The latest edition of the tournament saw a repeat of the 2013 final as Romsey faced Waterlooville. Twelve months ago it was Waterlooville who

  • MP speaks up for new arrivals...

    ROMSEY’S MP wasn’t short of words of praise for a speech therapy service when she opened their new premises. Caroline Nokes offically opened the new offices of Speaking Space, a day service for adults with a learning disability or autism, the first

  • Awaiting the Lockerley banana harvest...

    WHO says bananas can’t be grown outdoors in Britain? Several of the tropical fruit trees thriving in the Test Valley. Helen Morey from Lockerley has to clamber up a step ladder to reach the fruit on one of her plants which is about eight feet

  • Collective offers novice poets tea and sympathy

    A Romsey group has received a county council grant to help them give budding performance poets an easy start. Jam not Slam is the title of the project run by the Teapoet Collective based at Rum’s Eg gallery, which has received a Culture and Community

  • Lauren's fashion show pays off big style

    MORE than 250 people attended a charity fashion show organised by a teenage schoolgirl. Hampshire Collegiate pupil Lauren Chamberlain staged the event in aid of the special baby care unit where she spent the first days of her life after being born

  • Three-year-old developing well

    Sombornes Preschool is making steady progress upwards with its Ofsted ratings. The pre-school, founded in 2011, has moved up from “satisfactory” to “good”. Supervisor Becky Hunt said the result of the latest inspection, carried out in July,

  • Take your pick of park designs

    The public are being asked to give their verdict on a bold new look for the entrance to Romsey’s War Memorial Park. There are two options, both of which have been designed to show off the new War Horse statue due to be unveiled in 2015. Sculptor

  • Inspector to decide on 320 homes on farmland

    A GOVERNMENT planning inspector will have the final say on a highly contentious scheme to build 320 homes on farmland at Rownhams. Commercial Estates’ outline application for Parkers Farm was submitted with borough planners in March but officers

  • Underground fire near Winchester

    FIREFIGHTERS tackled an unusual fire last night under a road in a village near Winchester. A crew from Winchester were called out to School Lane, Twyford, at about 8pm after an electrical fault sparked a fire under a manhole cover. Crew manager

  • Jane's name to live on in new charity shop

    A RESCUE package to save Romsey’s cancer support centre from closure is gathering speed. Bosses at the newly-formed charity, Romsey Cancer Support Centre, now have premises to run a shop which will help fund Jane Scarth House. The popular centre

  • Who shot my cat?

    HOW could anyone be so horrible? Those are the words of 21-year-old Katie Sibley who is devastated after her cat Kitty had to be put to sleep after being being shot with an air rifle from close range. Katie was given Kitty on her seventh birthday

  • HMV to relocate

    HMV in Winchester is closing at the start of November but reopening a few days later nearby in the Brooks Centre. The High Street home entertainment store will close on November 2 but is relocating a hundred yards to the shopping centre where it