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  • Mencap meeting

    MEMBERS of Andover and District Mencap will host their annual general meeting on Tuesday 25 November. The meeting will take place at The Quality Hotel, Micheldever Road, from 7.30pm.

  • 81-year-old sues former employer

    AN ANDOVER pensioner with terminal cancer is suing the Royal Mail Group for a six-figure sum, after blaming them for contracting the disease. Margaret Wilson, 81, claims asbestos exposure while working as a telephonist for the firm was the reason

  • Scout's security

    TIDWORTH’s civic chiefs have handed a grant to the town’s scout group to beef up their security following a burglary in the summer. The town council will provide £300 to Tidworth Scout Group, allowing them to install security cameras, lights and

  • Food service makes shortlist

    HAMPSHIRE County Council is in line for a national catering award for its Meals on Wheels service. The authority has been shortlisted for a National Association of Care Catering award after launching its Meals on Wheels service last year. It

  • First class Friday

    Don't miss our opening First Class picture special in this Friday's Andover Advertiser. The schools included are: Wallop Primary School; Barton Stacey CE Primary School; Stockbridge Primary School; Kings Somborne CE Primary School; Broughton Primary

  • Sound support for striking NHS staff

    ANDOVER was alive with the tooting of horns last Monday morning as residents sounded their support for striking hospital staff. Nurses, healthcare assistants, cleaners and porters picketed outside the town’s War Memorial Hospital in response to

  • App for views on NHS

    NHS patients can now provide feedback and suggestions on their treatment through a new mobile app. The Southern Health NHS Trust has started the innovative new system to allow people across Hampshire the chance to air their views at the touch of