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  • Return of 'Space in the City'

    THE latest series of talks in Winchester under the ‘Space in the City’ banner have been announced. They will take place on Wednesday lunchtimes from 12.30 to 1pm at the historic St Lawrence Church in The Square. The first event, on April 29, will feature

  • Hotel serves the perfect cuppa

    JUDGES have served up a prestigious award to a hotel near Winchester. Lainston House Hotel near Sparsholt scooped an excellence accolade at the Tea Guild Awards 2009 for producing a “recognisably outstanding” brew for customers. Irene Gorman, head of

  • Firemen rescue puppy in M3 bridge drama

    WINCHESTER firefighters rescued a puppy from certain death on a bridge over the motorway. The dog, only about three months old, had become separated from its female owner and scampered onto a ledge on a footbridge over the M3 near Gordon Avenue

  • Station receives £270,000 to improve disabled access

    ROMSEY railway station is on track for a £270,000 cash injection to improve access . Funding group Access for All has announced that £135,000 will be made available for ramp access on the north side of the station. The grant will be matched by developer

  • Charity boost for homeless centre

    THE project director of a centre for the homeless in Winchester has tackled a fund-raising marathon. Avril Robinson completed the course in Paris on Sunday, April 5, in four hours and 10 minutes. The French capital is the ancestral home of the Emmaus

  • Cromwell steams through Romsey

    Oliver Cromwell returns to Romsey on Bank Holiday Monday. It’s not the ghost of the Lord Protector but a a restored 1950s Britannia Class steam loco of the same name pulling the Cathedrals Express. The engine is travelling from London to Yeovil and back