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  • Emma joins theatre staff

    THEATRE Royal Winchester has expanded its marketing team with the appointment of Emma Stafford as marketing assistant. Ms Stafford will work alongside communications manager Kate Raines to help devise and implement marketing communications activity for

  • Animal appeal at Carroll Centre

    FLUFFY rabbits, quacking ducks and a very friendly goat were three of the star attractions at The Carroll Centre's adventure day on Wednesday (August 13). The Stanmore centre, for children and young adults, held a special open day to celebrate the fact

  • University gains new powers

    THE University of Winchester has been granted Research Degree Awarding Powers, today (August 15) by the Privy Council, confirming the University's high level of professional knowledge of current research and advanced scholarly activity. The authority

  • Drain thieves put lives at risk on roads

    SCRAP metal thieves are endangering road-users' lives by stealing drain covers from Hampshire roads. Scores of cast-iron drain gratings are being ripped up from roads across the county, including the Test Valley, and the county council believes they

  • Firm fined for pollution

    THE Environment Agency has prosecuted a property management company for breaching their consent to discharge at a development in Meonstoke. Peveral OM Ltd pleaded guilty to the offence at Fareham Magistrates' Court on Wednesday (August 13) and were fined

  • Inspector not a convert to church changes

    A PLAN to turn the former Methodist Church at West Tytherley into a home with a double car port have been rejected by a government planning inspector. The scheme had previously been turned down by Test Valley Borough Council, but an appeal was lodged

  • Notes on a dirty town

    A ROMSEY couple have this week sent out a appeal to the town's litterbugs to "clean up their act". Andy and Lizzie Cutler-Davies first alerted Test Valley Borough Council to the problems of rubbish being strewn around the Halterworth and Saxon Meadows

  • RAF reunion takes off

    ROMSEY'S first reunion of Singapore's RAF Changi veterans has been hailed as a success. Members of the RAF Changi Association gathered at the town's Royal British Legion Club recently for a get-together and a buffet lunch to rekindle their memories of

  • Tea concert in Otterbourne

    AN afternoon tea concert featuring Shelley van Loen and the Palmcourt Strings is coming to Otterbourne. The group has been on Radio 2 and appeared on television, and will be performing 1920s and 1930s numbers at the village hall in Cranbourne Drive.

  • British icons worth their salt

    Customers at Romsey's Deep Blue fish and chip shop are being asked to vote for Britain's greatest icon, with the chance to win a Mini. Suggested icons include fish and chips, Dr Who, James Bond, and the mini skirt, or customers can nominate their own

  • A-listers celebrate

    NON-identical twins from a Winchester college were toasting identical A-level results that will see them both go to Oxford University. Josh and Sam Folkard were among ecstatic students at Peter Symonds College yesterday (Thursday). The 18-year-olds,

  • Balloon rides over St Cross

    WINCHESTER residents can get a taste of the high life on Friday, August 22, as a series of hot air balloon rides are on offer. St Cross Hospital will have a hot air balloon tethered in its grounds, ready to take visitors to the skies, in a bid to raise