POLICE shut down an illegal rave in a village near Winchester over the Bank Holiday weekend.

More than 200 people were at the unlicensed music event near Hassock Farm in Micheldever at around 9.30am on Sunday.

A spokeswoman for Hampshire Constabulary said: "A section 63 notice was served, requesting those in attendance leave the area and turn off the music. A number of people initially refused to leave and the sound system was seized."

A 35-year-old man from Dunstable and a 25-year-old man from Oxford have been reported for summons.