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  • Lifts likely to be out of action for weeks

    FIRST some flats were damp, now the lifts serving them will be out of action for weeks. Residents at the Winnall tower blocks have been left with no option but to climb up to eight storeys of stairs. Winchester City Council is refitting the lifts in

  • Micheldever unites to oppose waste plant plans

    VILLAGERS near Winchester have expressed opposition to a proposed waste plant near their homes. Some 60 people attended the annual parish assembly last night at Micheldever Station and unanimously opposed the proposal for the rail sidings. Clean Power

  • Unemployment in Winchester stays the same

    THE number of jobless in the Winchester area remained exactly the same last month. The numbers claiming jobseekers allowance in February and March was 1,045. Across other local authority districts in Hampshire there were slight falls: Eastleigh, 1,765

  • 4x4 vandals damage Winchester nature reserve

    THEY drove over the nests of helpless birds and tore a swathe through one of Winchester’s nature reserves. Volunteers and conservation officers are now trying to clear the damage at Magdalen Hill Down off Alresford Road. Intruders with

  • Cash-strapped charity pleads for your help

    THEY are relatively small amounts of money that can make a massive difference to the lives of those fighting cancer. But one Hampshire cancer charity is struggling to help all those in need after demand for financial help soared by 14 per cent in just

  • Bramdean to hold annual parish meeting on April 30

    BRAMDEAN and Hinton Ampner holds its annual parish meeting on Monday April 30 at 8pm in the Village Hall, Wood Lane, Bramdean. There will be reports from the parish council, local organisations, elected representatives, and local police. Mags Wylie,

  • Air rifle linked to window damage in Alresford

    POLICE have stepped up patrols after reports of a window being broken after an air rifle was fired in Alresford. Officers received reports of six youths being seen at the Stratton Bates Recreation Ground in Grange Road with the weapon. It happened shortly