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  • UKIP's in meltdown

    UKIP has announced its third parliamentary candidate for North West Hampshire in the past two weeks. By any standards this shows the local party in meltdown. Diane James was a candidate of national note. She declined the challenge, a centrally

  • Re Tony Hooke quitting his party

    He was elected on a UKIP platform and I am sure he would agree it would be principled for him to offer the people of Andover the chance to endorse his decision in a byelection. Conveniently, the people of this town will be going to the polls on

  • A council to be proud of

    ONCE again you seem to have given a large amount of space in your paper over to the Andover “naysayers”. If you knew how difficult it is to obtain evidence that will stand up in court for a prosecution for dog fouling and littering I am sure you

  • Thank you messages of the week ending 27/3/15

    IN our popular new series the Andover Advertiser is publishing a “thank you” column featuring messages sent in by readers. Whether you would like to show gratitude to a loved one or a complete stranger, this is the place to do it. Send your

  • Councillors tongue-tied over housing

    AND so another 350 houses are now to be built at Augusta Park (Advertiser, 20 February), bringing the originally planned 1,750 ever closer to 3,000. Having attended and spoken against the plans at the meeting I was disappointed by the poor quality

  • Thank you, postman

    I WOULD like to thank the postman (name unknown) who when he is delivering a parcel which because of my partial deafness (I’m housebound too) and I don’t hear him in the morning, makes a point to come back at noon. His help is much appreciated.

  • Amport Parish Council March meeting

    Amport Parish Council Caroline Unwin AS there was no parish council meeting in February, there were quite a number of planning applications to be considered at the March meeting of Amport Parish Council. Other matters discussed included

  • Vernham Dean March Parish Council Meeting

    Vernham Dean Parish Council Karen Nightingale AT the March meeting of Vernham Dean Parish Council, attended by Cllrs Di Brignell (chairman), Mary Perry, John Garbutt, Roger Smith, Michael Knight, Julie Drury, Haydn Watkins and Richard Winch

  • Back Through the Pages

    This photograph was taken from about where the car park is today between Sainsburys and the flyover.  Buses parked behind Bridge Street’s Andover Bus Station and the bus depot’s shed / workshops can be seen.   ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS

  • Nether Wallop Parish Council March meeting

    Nether Wallop Parish Council Pippa Grob AT the March meeting of Nether Wallop Parish Council, with Cllrs Michael Atkins, Ian Carpenter, Lynne Curry, Ross James, Helen James, James MacDonald-Smith, Edward Souter (chairman), Test Valley Borough

  • New candidate just the ticket

    TONY Hooke talks about the terrible state of the NW Hants UKIP branch. How ridiculous! Before his arrival it was recognised as one of the most stable and reliable of branches, useful and effective ever since UKIP started in 1994. He couldn’

  • The Post Office is failing to deliver to customers

    I WAS not surprised by your front page item on our local postal service. On 17 February I received a phone call from Salisbury Hospital asking if I could attend hospital on 23 February. The receptionist said she would send me written directions

  • The Post Office is failing to deliver to customers

    I HAVE just got around to reading last week’s Advertiser and your editorial about the post. To add some information, about three weeks ago we had no letter delivery in our road from Monday through to Thursday. On Friday the postman walked past

  • Worring delivery changes

    I HAVE just returned from holiday and read your article on the postal service. I was going to complain to the Post Office on my return about the changes that seem to have been made. Our postman informed that he was leaving the round and we

  • Last gasp defeat for exhausted Overton

    AN EXHAUSTED Overton United went down to a last second defeat at the hands of Bush Hill in Southampton on Saturday. Overton were missing a number including goalkeeper Sean O'Brien and defenders Steve Caswell and James McCallion but those who came

  • New Street take a share of points

    SEVEN days after dealing Amesbury’s promotion hopes a severe blow New Street entertained another side on the fringes of the promotion positions and took a share of the points and goals at a sunny but chilly Foxcotte Park. On a bumpy pitch which

  • REVEALED: council wages prompt calls for fat cat cap

    NEARLY 30 officers at Test Valley Borough Council earned more than £50,000 a year in the last financial year, with the chief executive’s total pay package rising to nearly £150,000. The figures have prompted calls for the authority to slash its

  • Tributes paid to Andover doctor

    TRIBUTES have been paid to a surgeon who worked at Andover’s hospital for 25 years. Dr John Marriott, who was a GP and surgeon at Andover War Memorial Hospital from 1972 until his retirement in 1996, recently died in the Countess of Brecknock Hospice

  • Third defeat in a row for Town

    ANDOVER Town went down to their third home defeat in a fortnight on Tuesday as they lost to Blackfield and Langley in a twice postponed Wessex League Premier Division match. Manager Neil Benson made four changes from the side that lost to Lymington

  • Couple warn after lucky escape from phone scam

    A COUPLE are warning people to be wary of cold calls after hackers took control of their computer, demanded their bank details and tried to con them into spending hundreds of pounds. Alan and Janey Jones, of Upper Clatford, narrowly escaped serious

  • Diary Dates

    UP to 28 MARCH: Romsey Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society presents Jumpers for Goalposts by Tom Wells, at the Plaza Theatre, Romsey, at 7.30pm. 30 MARCH and 1 APRIL: Plant Sale every Monday and Wednesday (except bank holiday Mondays), in aid

  • Theatre Dates

    27 MARCH: Clare Teal: A Tribute to Doris Day, at The Anvil, Basingstoke, at 7.45pm. 27 MARCH: Alan Cochrane (Me Neither), at The Lights, Andover, at 8pm. UP to 28 MARCH: Stone Cold Murder by James Cawood, at The Haymarket, Basingstoke, at 7.30pm

  • 100 jobs to be created at new retail park.

    MORE than 100 jobs will be created when a new retail park opens in Andover this autumn. For the full story pick up this week's Andover Advertiser, out now and still only 75p. Plus all of these great stories: * An Andover man raises money for