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MP reflects on 13 years in Winchester

Mark Oaten Liberal Democrat MP for Wincheste

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 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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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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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.

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.

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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Power boost for local sub-stations

7:30am Thursday 18th March 2010

A £35,000 project to upgrade five electricity substations near Winchester, and help protect energy supplies to thousands of homes has been completed.

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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.

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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Attacker jailed but released the same day

4:16pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

A MAN who pulled a knife has spent the equivalent of two and a half years in prison for the relatively minor assault.

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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.

Hundreds visit houses for green ideas in Winchester

1:38pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

GREEN campaigners in Winchester are hailing the success of a groundbreaking project to boost awareness of how to tackle climate change.

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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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Winchester to honour eminent archaeologist

8:54am Wednesday 17th March 2010

Winchester civic chiefs will honour the man who has done more than probably anyone to shed light on the city’s history.

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City braced for more roads misery

12:46pm Tuesday 16th March 2010

A-LEVEL students, motorists and residents are bracing themselves for potentially unprecedented disruption when a major Winchester road closes next month.