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City less at ease with itself, says MP

9:25am Monday 22nd March 2010

PEOPLE living in Winchester have seen their quality of life deteriorate in recent years, according to the city’s MP.

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Winners celebrate Business Excellence awards

7:00am Saturday 20th March 2010

IT was a golden evening for Intech Planetarium and Science Centre last night as it scooped two awards including Business of the Year at the Winchester Business Excellence Awards.

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£100m scheme attracting "serious interest"

10:20am Sunday 21st March 2010

The £100m Silver Hill scheme in Winchester could still go ahead, city council chiefs heard last Wednesday.

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New police sergeant for town

4:30pm Sunday 21st March 2010

RURAL crime, anti-social behaviour and speeding are the priorities of a town's new police sergeant.

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Zoo warms up for annual race

12:10pm Sunday 21st March 2010

A STAMPEDE with a difference will take place at a Hampshire zoo in May.

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Winchester jail criticised for not alerting family to inmate's suicide bid

9:50am Sunday 21st March 2010

A SISTER has slammed Winchester Prison for taking two days to tell her that her brother attempted suicide at the jail.

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MP reflects on 13 years in Winchester

9:20am Saturday 20th March 2010

WINCHESTER was better in 1997 than today, Mark Oaten said as he prepares to sign off as the city’s MP.

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Winchester driver wheelclamped - in his own parking space

12:00pm Saturday 20th March 2010

JULIEN Durand was cross that he was wheelclamped. He was even angrier because he was clamped… in his own parking space.

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Winchester civic chiefs take action over new university hall of residence

8:30am Saturday 20th March 2010

COUNCILLORS have backed moves to a force a developer to make changes to a controversial Winchester building.

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Approach made to sell parking permit

5:30pm Friday 19th March 2010

CITY residents in Winchester are being offered £250 to illegally sell their parking permits to a commuter.

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Day of celebration honours King Alfred

1:50pm Friday 19th March 2010

THEY came in cloaks, crowns and crucifixes to salute Winchester’s most famous son.

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Highways staff claim rebuffed

2:05pm Friday 19th March 2010

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Lib Dems campaign on development in southern parishes

4:19pm Friday 19th March 2010

A CAMPAIGN has started to stop housing development spilling into the Winchester district from Fareham.

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Winchester trio set for charity jailbreak

3:57pm Friday 19th March 2010

A TEAM of three Winchester workers are set to break out of Dartmoor Jail to raise money for charity.

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Alresford Rotary Club raise cash to battle disease

3:54pm Friday 19th March 2010

ALRESFORD Rotary Club have raised over £400 to help battle Polio.

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‘Third sector’ must find new ways of financing

3:30pm Friday 19th March 2010

CHARITIES and the voluntary sector could have to find new funding streams if they are to survive the recession, says Winchester’s MP.

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Hospice target 1,000 walkers for trek

9:34am Friday 19th March 2010

Naomi House Hospice is hoping a thousand people will take part in a major fundraising walk from Winchester Cathedral to Salisbury.

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Olaf Schmid awarded the George Cross

4:16pm Thursday 18th March 2010

A COURAGEOUS Hampshire soldier killed in Afghanistan was today awarded the George Cross for his heroics.

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Meadow homes plan turned down again

12:20pm Thursday 18th March 2010

CONTENTIOUS plans to build on Winchester’s last remaining meadow were last Thursday refused for a second time.

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Doctors could examine inmates via video

8:10am Thursday 18th March 2010

DOCTORS could soon be assessing inmates at Winchester Prison over a video link.

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Boost for senior thespians

9:30pm Thursday 18th March 2010

THE Prime Theatre Company in Winchester is celebrating after the National Lottery awarded a £10,000 grant.

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Thug convicted of Winchester nightclub attack

10:20am Thursday 18th March 2010

A THUG is getting prepared to be sentenced later this month after he was found guilty of attacking a teenager at a Winchester bar.

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Charity calls for donations to help secure Government cash

8:10am Thursday 18th March 2010

A HAMPSHIRE trust is calling for donations to stop a six-figure sum being snaffled by Government.

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Council could still face legal battle over hotel funding

4:38pm Saturday 20th March 2010

HOTELIERS are preparing to make a new legal bid to stop the controversial £32.2m hotel project at West End’s Rose Bowl.

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Potholes worse than during war-time

10:42am Wednesday 17th March 2010

A LIB Dem county councillor has compared Hampshire’s pothole-ridden roads with a bomb site.

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Overseas VIPs tour Winchester

5:30pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

A GROUP of overseas politicians toured the Winchester district last Friday (March 12).

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Dragons' Den star to speak at launch of network club in Winchester

5:00pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

TOP businessman and Dragons' Den legend James Caan will be guest of honour at the launch of a new networking club.

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Assisted suicide backed by vote

4:20pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

MAKING it legal to help the terminally sick to commit suicide should be allowed, a packed meeting in Winchester decided.

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Church burgled during renovations

2:51pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

THIEVES have raided a Meon Valley church just weeks after a similar burglary nearby.

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Developer unveils luxury homes in old library in Winchester

1:42pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

A PROMINENT Winchester building is poised to be relaunched as luxury homes.

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Winchester shop building sold at auction for more than £1 million

1:55pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

A Winchester city centre building has sold for a seven-figure sum at auction in London.

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Boost for polio vaccine campaign

9:10am Wednesday 17th March 2010

AROUND £1,000 was raised in Winchester by the city’s Rotary Club in an effort to beat polio once and for all.

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