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  • Man conditionally discharged for assaulting police officer

    WINCHESTER man has been given a conditional discharge for a minor assault on a policeman. Nathan Sean Robert William Ward admitted assaulting PC Phipps on December 28. Magistrates in Basingstoke imposed a 12-month conditional discharge on Ward

  • Tax hike will fund 200 more officers

    MORE than £16 million is to be raised for Hampshire’s police force after civic chiefs unanimously voted through plans to increase the county’s precept. Police and Crime Commissioner Michael Lane, pictured right, confirmed this will allow the force

  • Men charged with string of robberies at betting shops

    TWO men charged with a string of robberies at betting shops across Dorset and Hampshire have been remanded in custody. The pair appeared before Southampton magistrates last week to jointly face eight charges of robbery and a further eight charges

  • Young driver is disqualified for drink driving

    A YOUNG driver from near Alresford has been banned from the road for drink driving. Alexander Vazie Wells Simons, 20, of The Drove, Lower Wield, was caught at the Thornycroft Roundabout in Basingstoke on New Year's Eve. His alcohol reading was

  • Winchester man fined for speeding

    WINCHESTER man Thomas Oliver Moon has been fined for speeding in the Meon Valley. Moon, 35, of Compton Way, Oliver's Battery, was clocked doing 55mph in a 40-zone whilst driving a 67-reg Mercedes on the A32 at Mislingford Road, Droxford on June