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  • Solar farm is step closer

    A GERMAN green energy giant has won the first round of its battle to build Britain’s biggest solar farm in the Test Valley countryside. In a shock move, borough councillors went against planning officers’ advice and backed Kronos Solar Projects

  • Captain's charity is the winner at The Hampshire GC

    The Hampshire Golf Club captain Barry Thorne held a Captain's Charity Day on Sunday in support of MacMillan Cancer Support. Under sunny skies, those participating played in a very enjoyable three-ball Dubai Stableford format competition. Utilising

  • Film could change the face of farming

    HAMPSHIRE and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust will be showing a film about new ways of farming at Andover’s theatre. It will take place on 26 July at the Lights Theatre and will feature One Man, His Mud and His Mutt. The film documents a young

  • Film could change the face of farming

    HAMPSHIRE and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust will be showing a film about new ways of farming at Andover’s theatre. It will take place on 26 July at the Lights Theatre and will feature One Man, His Mud and His Mutt. The film documents a young

  • Hospice work well under way

    BUILDING work at Naomi House children’s hospice is moving at lightning pace, and staff at the charity have already finished stripping out the old hospice building. In total, 31 metric tons of material have been removed from the hospice, more than

  • 33 arrests in online child abuse operation

    HAMPSHIRE and Wiltshire police joined forces with a national campaign to safeguard children from online abuse. The covert enforcement operation was co-ordinated by the National Crime Agency and involved 45 police forces across the country.

  • Fitness centre to fundraise

    AN Andover fitness centre will be raising funds for a special school. Andover Martial Arts and Fitness Centre (AMAFC) will raise the cash for Icknield School, in Andover, a special school for young people aged from three to 19 with severe learning

  • Funding for zipline repair

    A ZIPLINE in Overton that has fallen into a state of disrepair could be fixed in the coming weeks. Overton parish councillors agreed in a meeting that £2,750 should be made available to repair the zipline at Edward Kersley Playing Field before

  • Depleted Andover go down to Sarisbury

    Andover v Sarisbury Athletic. A depleted Andover came unstuck against against high-flying Sarisbury Athletic at London Road on Saturday. Deprived of wounded leader Mike Adams, stand in skipper David Taylor lost a crucial toss in conditions

  • Andover's Kai put the hammer down for silver

    Ever improving U15 talent Kai Mumford went to his first National Schools Championships as Hampshire Schools’ number one hammer thrower, ranked sixth in the country and despite incurring injuries his confidence was high off the back of recent performances