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  • Pub on wheels launched near Winchester

    A UNIQUE new pub venture has opened in Hampshire. But this is no conversion of a spit and sawdust boozer or trendy wine bar. The Pub on Wheels does exactly what is says: it drives to places, opens up and serves customers. The new initiative

  • Charity remembrance concert in Alresford

    ALRESFORD Community Choir and guests will present an evening of Remembrance Lest We Forget on Saturday November 8. The concert will combine music and readings in a 75-minute programme at St John’s Church, starting at 7.30pm. There will be a

  • Stolen clock returned to Watercress Line after five years

    THE Watercress Line steam railway had given up hope of ever seeing a historic clock five years after it was stolen in Alresford. So the Mid-Hants Railway was delighted yesterday when the police returned the timepiece, valued at £1,000. It was

  • Booking Kate's a 'real coup' for abbey festival

    Former war re-porter turned author and broadcaster Kate Adie OBE will be taking part in this year’s Ethelflaeda Festival at Romsey Abbey. The festival (October 22-26) aims to raise the profile of women in the church, in society and in the arts.

  • Nicola gathers a team of 100 for big walk

    More than 750 people will be pulling on their boots for Sunday’s Walk the Test Way and 100 of them will be raising cash for one charity. Nicola Ridges-Jones of Romsey has put together a team of 100 who will be raising funds for Oracle, which carries

  • Southampton an "economic powerhouse", conference hears

    HAMPSHIRE'S top civic chief has called on the Prime Minister to consider Southampton a “core city” as the Government looks to devolve power to Britain's regions. Cllr Roy Perry, leader of Hampshire County Council, told a conference at Winchester

  • Up to 15,00 NHS staff to strike over pay

    UP TO 15,000 nurses, paramedics and other medical staff in Hampshire will walk out as part of a bitter 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