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  • Romsey school to be Net Zero by 2022

    Construction specialist, Darwin Group is set to start work on making a Romsey based school, a `net zero` building by 2022. The St Edwards School will be one of the UK’s first educational buildings to be Passivhaus which is a design that maintains

  • Cloud technology firm plans to create up to 40 jobs

    A CLOUD technology specialist in Hampshire s planning to create up to 40 jobs over the next two years. Hosted, based in Whiteley, has appointed Gareth McQuaid as chief technology officer to support its growth plans. He was previously business

  • Second World War air raid warden celebrates 100th birthday

    A "fiercely independent’ woman who volunteered as an air raid warden in the Second World War has celebrated her 100th birthday. Patrisia Robinson marked the milestone on August 27, with a party surrounded by friends and family thrown by her two

  • Man fined for waste disposal offence near Winchester

    A SOUTHAMPTON man has been fined for a waste disposal offence in Colden Common near Winchester. Eduard Nicolae, 21, failed to ensure on or before June 10 2020 the transfer of waste was to an authorised person and with a written description of the

  • Wellow go top of table with convincing win

    Wellow Tennis club completed their Apsley League One programme with a convincing win on a hot Sunday afternoon on the grass at South Hants. The victory saw Wellow rise to the top of the table with just one defeat over the season. However their

  • Figures show severe lack of accessible taxis in Test Valley

    JUST eight per cent of taxis and private hire vehicles in Test Valley can be used by people in wheelchairs, figures reveal. With just one in seven vehicles across England and Wales suitably equipped, disability charity Scope said everyday inequality

  • Andy Lester: Isn’t soil amazing?

    The word “Human” is derived from the Latin word “humus” meaning “of the ground” or “part of the earth”. We are literally described as “beings from the earth” and yet the way we have come to treat soils in Hampshire is often in a way that fails to respect

  • PLANNING: What is changing near your home?

    Badger Farm 21/01969/HOU, Mr and Mrs Clifton, conversion of loft space to form habitable room, incorporating rear dormer windows, roof lights to the front, 8 Hazel Grove. Bishop's Waltham 21/02259/TPO, Malcolm Parry, tree works, 17 Hermitage