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Crippling business rates blamed for latest shop closure

9:10am Friday 17th May 2013

CRIPPLING business rates have claimed another Romsey shop. Bosses at Kids ‘N’ Stuff in Latimer Street are closing the business next month because of high running costs.

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Road closed after accident involving pedestrian and dog

4:27pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

POLICE have closed the Stockbridge to Winchester road after a serious road accident.

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Baddesley cyclist dies in Forest accident

2:05pm Friday 10th May 2013

A CYCLIST has died after losing control of his bicycle on a New Forest road.

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UKIP make massive gains in Hampshire

9:18am Friday 3rd May 2013

The UK Independence Party has sent shock waves through Hampshire politics by making huge gains in the county elections.

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Gathering of Romsey choirs

11:03am Wednesday 1st May 2013

Romsey Abbey will have its roof lifted by the sounds of a mass gathering of Romsey Choirs on Friday evening (May 3)  

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Up with the lark

3:33pm Tuesday 30th April 2013

Romsey’s Tadburn Meadows Conservation Volunteers will be joining with Test Valley countryside officers to offer an early morning walk to hear the dawn chorus.  

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Pilot killed as replica First World War plane crashes

9:30am Monday 29th April 2013

A PLANE which came down in a field in Hampshire killing the pilot was taking part in a practice display of replica First World War aircraft. Investigators were today continuing their examination of the scene to establish why the small aircraft crashed at the Army Aviation Centre in Middle Wallop. Police  said the pilot, a 68-year-old man from Horsham, West Sussex, was the only person on board. He was pronounced dead at the scene.  His aircraft was a single engine, single wing replica First World War aircraft, which was involved in a group practice display at the time. The crash, at 4.55pm on Saturday, is being investigated jointly by Hampshire Police and the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB), based in Aldershot. Witness Nick Bayes, from Andover, said he saw about 12 planes in the air when the accident happened, some of which seemed to him to be flying close together. He said: “I was returning home and saw a large number of replica aircraft doing circuits over the airfield. There were maybe a dozen or so in the air. “It was unusual because they were so close together. If it was not a display itself, it looked like they were practising for a display.” Mr Bayes said that he did not see the crash itself but he saw smoke coming from where the aircraft came down. He added: “The whole incident is very tragic.” A spokesman for AAIB said: “The branch is aware of the incident and inspectors are investigating.” A Hampshire Police spokesman confirmed that the aircraft had been taking part in a practice display at the time of the crash. Anyone who saw the crash or the plane flying immediately beforehand should contact Hampshire police on 101.

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