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  • Pupils help to launch Valley Park in Bloom

    TEST VALLEY pupils took part in the launch of Valley Park in Bloom. Students from Knightwood and St Francis Primary Schools took part in the launch at Knightwood Road. Each of the 30 pupils that took part were given a plant from Choice Plants

  • Romsey care home marks national open day

    A ROMSEY care home opened its doors to the community with splashes of colour and activities to mark a national open day. Abbotswood Court Care Home, Minchin Road, celebrated this year's National Care Home Open Day by bringing together residents

  • Mountbatten School celebrate 50th anniversary

    EX-PUPILS from the first class of Mountbatten School returned to the building to remember childhood memories, when they celebrated their 50th anniversary on Friday. Around 200 people arrived at the school - many of them greeting each other with

  • Motorists saved from weekend travel chaos

    ROMSEY motorists have been saved from travel chaos after a Hampshire motorway opened 36 hours ahead of schedule. Romsey was one of the main diversion routes when the M27 closed between junction 3 and junction 4, to allow Highways England to replace

  • Tributes to city writing icon Barbara Large

    BARBARA Alicia Large was born in 1932 and grew up in Vancouver, where her library-loving grandfather imbued her life-long passion for creative writing. By the age of 16, she had started college, majoring in English literature. After postgraduate

  • Costa reopens in Weeke after £650,000 refurbishment

    COFFEE giant Costa has re-opened its outlet in Weeke after a two-week £650,000 refurbishment. The mayor of Winchester Eleanor Bell cut the ribbon on the renewed branch on Stoney Lane on Thursday. The opening is part of a major overhaul by the