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  • Hospital winning fight against virus

    A HAMPSHIRE hospital appears to be winning the fight against a diarrhoea and vomiting bug that has struck scores of patients and staff. The norovirus is currently affecting five patients on four wards at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital

  • Silver-screen favourite adapted for the stage

    Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft’s unforgettable performances in The Graduate are recalled at the Theatre Royal, Winchester, in a brilliant stage adaptation of the legendary Oscar-winning film. This is a tale of sexual misadventure, teenage rebellion

  • Aladdin set to brighten your life

    IN a land far away sits a rusty old lamp, hidden in a dark and mystical cave. For the lucky person who finds this lamp, a feast of gold, jewels and magical wishes is in store. Who will this person be: kind Aladdin or evil Abanazar? Only time will tell

  • From Africa to Appalachia

    CANADIAN banjo legend, Jayme Stone, teams up with griot singer and kora player, Mansa Sissoko, at The Forge, Basingstoke, on Friday, January 23. In “Africa to Appalachia”, they will explore the strong African roots of the banjo in a fascinating musical

  • Public to have greater say at police meetings

    THE public will get a greater chance to raise concerns about policing following changes to the way Hampshire Police Authority runs its meetings. Until now people attending the meetings have been unable to address the members unless specifically invited

  • King’s Somborne writer celebrates her second novel

    Penny Morgan from King’s Somborne, is celebrating the publication of her second novel, Blood Wood, an eco- thriller about illegal logging and the bushmeat trade in Cameroon. The book, which is also set in Hampshire, follows the exploits of Professor

  • Horse dies after A34 accident

    A HORSE died yesterday evening (Sunday) after straying onto the A34 north of Winchester. It was in collision with an estate car just north of Bullington Cross around 9pm on the southbound section of the carriageway. In the tailbacks that followed a

  • Tree-cycling call

    In 2007, although almost a quarter of a million real Christmas trees were decorated in Hampshire, only 800 were taken to temporary disposal sites for recycling. Test Valley Borough Council is urging the public to improve on that figure this year. Temporary