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  • Young Winchester musicians raise money for charity

    Winchester Rotary Club staged a charity concert featuring musicians from Peter Symonds College. The concert in Milner Hall, Parchment Street, included work by Vivaldi, Bach and Glazunov and was performed by students on the Hampshire Specialist

  • Alresford man loses noise notice appeal

    AN Alresford man has been lumbered with a hefty bill for legal costs after losing an appeal against a noise abatement notice. Mike Hall, of Colden Lane, Old Alresford, took court action after the city council served the notice last June. Mr Hall alleged

  • Children at Naomi House to enjoy new garden

    SICK children at a Winchester hospice will be able to enjoy a new garden thanks to a grant from the county council. Naomi House Children’s Hospice, in Sutton Scotney, will be given £5,000 for the project, after leader of Hampshire County Council, councillor

  • Winchester residents win campaign for road crossing

    ROAD safety campaigners in Winchester have succeeded in tackling one of the city's busiest roads. Residents of St Cross have been calling for Hampshire County Council to provide a pedestrian crossing along the junction of St Cross Road and Stanmore Lane

  • Relaunch meeting for Alresford Greening campaign

    ALRESFORD Greening campaign is holding a relaunch to boost local interest in green issues. It is holding an open meeting on Tuesday February 21 at 7.30-9pm at the Sunbeams Children Centre at Sun Hill School, Sun Lane. Alresford Greening launched in

  • Winchester College's medieval barn saved

    A MEDIEVAL barn built almost 600 years ago by Winchester College has been rescued from decay, English Heritage said. The Grade I listed Harmondsworth Barn joins the likes of Stonehenge, Osborne House and parts of Hadrian’s Wall in the national collection

  • Faster broadband in Hampshire

    BT has announced that around 30,000 homes and businesses in Hampshire will have access to faster broadband. Alresford, Medstead and Twyford, will be amongst the latest communities in the county to benefit from the rollout of BT’s new broadband service

  • College hosts talent show

    PETER Symonds College hosted its own homage to talent shows with “Symonds Got Talent”. The event was organised as part of a fundraiser by the college’s 2012 ‘Global Rock Team’. The Rock Challenges event is the main fundraiser from the Be Your

  • Go-ahead for brain injury clinic

    A multi-million pound brain injury nursing clinic is to be built on the outskirts of North Baddesley. This is the first artist’s impression of the 12-bed home which is likely to create 30 full-time nursing and support worker jobs in the area. The

  • All aboard for a jumbulance tour

    A PURPOSE-built giant ambulance will pull into Romsey next month. The new Jumbulance – a cross between a coach and an ambulance – which cost £332,000, will be used to take people with disabilities and severe illnesses on holidays. The vehicle is owned