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  • The 15,000- mile holiday trip to Singapore

    A HAMPSHIRE couple have returned home after a holiday to Singapore - but it took them five months to get there. Lynda Gulvin and Nigel Edwards left from Winchester in their Land Rover last July, knowing they would not reach their destination until

  • Planning applications submitted

    ing This is a summary of Planning Applications received in the Southern Area Planning Office of Test Valley Borough Council for the week ending April 12 Any comments should be sent to the Planning Office, Beech Hurst, Weyhill Road, Andover, SP10

  • HERITAGE: A prestigious local discovery

    In 2013 a sword was found by metal detectorists near the river Test on the outskirts of Romsey. They originally thought it was Roman but Katie Hinds, the Finds Liaison Officer with the Portable Antiquities Scheme, has identified this as a Bronze Age

  • Wagon from 1925 steams into the city centre

    HISTORY returned to the streets of Winchester as a vintage locomotive wagon from 1925 steamed in. The Little Giant is the sole survivor of its kind, and was on display outside the City Museum on Tuesday. It has been extensively restored and conserved

  • Ten years, every day, watching on the river bank

    ONE man’s love of nature has resulted in a unique book chronicling ten years spent on a short stretch of the River Itchen. Almost every day since 2008 George Mann has observed and recorded flora and fauna, the changing seasons and the way the river

  • NOMINATE: What is the best new business in town?

    JUDGES are now looking for the best businesses in the district for this year’s Winchester Business Excellence Awards (WBEA), organised in partnership by the Hampshire Chronicle, Hampshire Chamber of Commerce and Winchester BID. This year’s New Business