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  • Calls for anti-sitting spikes outside Winchester takeaways

    A CLAMPDOWN is needed on partygoers who litter and make noise in Winchester city centre, a meeting heard. Mike Coker-Davies called for pointed bricks to be fitted on walls around Upper Brook Street to stop "screaming" youngsters sitting with takeaways

  • Complaints against Winchester City Council fall

    COMPLAINTS against Winchester civic services have dropped in the last year but are still far higher than four years ago. Gripes over housing services and the environment, for such things as bin collection are on an upward path, the overview and

  • Aster to convert bedsits to flats

    SOCIAL housing landlords Aster has started work converting a block of bedsits in Stockbidge into one-bedroom flats for the elderly and vulnerable. The company will turn Rosalind Hill House in the High Street, currently comprising 15 bedsit units

  • Grant will help hall get better connected

    A village hall which runs job seeker sessions has been awarded a grant to improve its wi-fi access by Test Valley Borough councillors. Nursling and Rownhams Village Hall Committee received £950 from the Councillor Community Grant. The job seeker

  • Girls on the Run around in Cheriton

    VILLAGERS near Alresford have formed a running group to pound the local lanes and paths. Girls on the Run initially comprised local woman keen to run around the beautiful countryside at Cheriton and Kilmeston. It now has 15 regular members,

  • Silver Hill scheme latest

    WINCHESTER civic chiefs heard doubts about the trustworthiness of its development partner in the £165 million Silver Hill scheme. Cllr Martin Tod, Lib Dem, said he was worried that TIAA Henderson Real Estate had “flipped flopped” over crucial aspects