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  • Where is elderly escape route?

    I WONDER if anyone else has noticed that in the event of the lift breaking down in the town library, as happened on Saturday, there is no escape route for elderly and infirm people? Luckily it wasn’t a fire – this time! Trevor Bowsher Sainsbury

  • Time to take action on dying town centre

    TAKE a look around this town and ask yourself “Who wants this town to die?” because it’s it obvious someone does. Is there money to be made if this town withers away to become a suburb of a town close by? What is stopping the politicians from

  • Thanks from grateful band

    I AM writing on behalf of Andover Town Band to register our thanks to the generous people of Andover for their donations at the recent Farmers’ Market. A total of £219.68 was raised. We are very grateful for this support and will use the contributions

  • Survey that suits council

    I READ with interest in last week’s Advertiser that the council is ‘surveying’ the people of Test Valley on the issue of public art. Given that there has been very little correspondence in this paper on the subject, and certainly no calls for any

  • Council should purchase court

    THE Borough Council newsletter informs us that Romsey’s civic building, Crossfield Hall, has been extensively refurbished and the redundant Magistrates Court purchased by the Council for the benefit of Romsey and its residents. Meanwhile all we

  • We don't want another mega-shed

    THE prospect of Andover having a second mega-shed employing 900 people might seem good news – but is it? Firstly, there will be all the extra lorries. Secondly, although Andover is planning on having a few thousand new houses over the coming years

  • Pledge to support troubled families

    COUNTY chiefs are set to introduce tailored plans and one-to-one support to turn around the lives of 1,590 troubled families in Hampshire. The aim is to break a cycle of living on benefits, low educational achievement and anti-social behaviour

  • It started with a bus ride...

    A COUPLE from Cricketers Way will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, 3 November. Irene and Stan Chambers, who live in Rhodes Court, were married on 3 November, 1962, in Edmonton, London. They met five years previously