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  • By-election looming in Twyford

    A by-election will be held on Thursday, September 25, after Lib Dem city councillor, Jim Wagner, resigned his seat this week. He is moving back to America, having lived in the village since the late 1970s. He has represented it on the council for 17

  • Help wanted to clear a stream

    Volunteers from the Hyde900 project will team up with the Environment Agency to help maintain a Winchester stream. Hyde900's environmental group will help plug holes in the banks of Nun's Stream on Saturday, August 16. More volunteers are welcome, contact

  • Details of early festive fair announced

    Christmas will come early to St Swithun's School this year, with the annual festive fair on Saturday, October 25. Winchester Soroptimists will be organising the fair where Christmas shoppers will be able to get cards and gifts while also raising money

  • Magnate's mansion on the market for £9m

    AN investment magnate has put his opulent mansion near Winchester up for sale - for £9 million. Robert van Maasdijk's Grade-II listed manor house, Hunton Manor, near Wonston, built in the early 18th century, is set on a 17-acre plot. It boasts a staggering

  • 'Check your benefits' warning

    OLDER people are being urged to check that they are not missing out on vital benefits. The warning, from Winchester Citizens Advice Bureau, follows the case of a 70-year-old Winchester widow who had to survive on a £68 a week pension until she discovered

  • Builders and residents feud over ‘missing link’

    THE 35-metre missing link to a new upmarket development in the Test Valley countryside was given the go-ahead this week despite a warning that it would face a legal challenge. It also emerged this week that part of the land, which cuts across a bridleway

  • Another step forward for Brainstrust

    Brainstrust, which was set up by King's Somborne mum, Helen Bulbeck, has recently hired its first paid member of staff. Victoria Green, who has worked in the charity sector for 10 years and was previously with Guide Dogs for the Blind and Gift of Sight