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Extra million to patch Wiltshire's roads

2:18pm Monday 15th March 2010

AN EXTRA £1 million is to be spent on repairing Wiltshire roads badly affected by the severe winter weather.

Skydiving stylists

2:20pm Sunday 14th March 2010

TWO hairstylists from Andover's EVA Hairdressers are preparing to jump out of a plane in April for a fundraising skydive in aid of Jack's Place at Naomi House Children's Hospice.

Good Friday Passion Play

8:10am Sunday 14th March 2010

A DRAMATISED representation of Christ's trial, crucifixion and resurrection, will be performed in Andover High Street following the Andover Churches Together Service and Walk of Witness on Good Friday.

Test Valley in Bloom is back for 2010

12:10pm Saturday 13th March 2010

TEST Valley in Bloom's annual gardening competition is back for 2010 and is kicking off with a Gardeners' Market on 9 May.

Merityres backing MENCAP

9:10am Saturday 13th March 2010

MERITYRES has joined forces with Andover MENCAP to help it develop of a vibrant community resource centre in the former Wellington Inn.

Step forward for a town council role

8:50am Saturday 13th March 2010

A PUBLIC meeting to be held in Andover’s Guildhall next Thursday aims to encourage local people to step forward for election to the town’s new council.

Andover Business Expo 2010

Andover Business Expo 2010

1:32pm Friday 12th March 2010

THE Andover Business Expo 2010 opens its doors on Wednesday at The Lights.

Tyre inquiry

10:10am Friday 12th March 2010

POLICE are still investigating a night of vandalism when hundreds of tyres were punctured in the Roman Way and Pilgrims Way area of Andover.

Sleep out in aid of homelessness charity

8:10am Friday 12th March 2010

A GROUP of dedicated fundraisers have shown their support for homeless charity Alabaré by camping out in Andover. On Friday 26 February 11 people dug out their sleeping bags and took to the floor of King Arthur’s Hall for the night, raising around £1,500.

Streets ahead in taste test

8:00am Friday 12th March 2010

IT’S official – Stockbridge High Street has the best food in the country.

Plea for crackdown on vandalism

6:50am Friday 12th March 2010

AN Andover man who has been forced to fork out £3,000 of his own money repairing his vandalised property is calling on the council to take action.

Lucky chickens

3:10pm Thursday 11th March 2010

CHICKENS had a lucky escape when fire broke out in a paddock they were kept in at Houghton.

A303 overnight roadworks

10:09am Thursday 11th March 2010

OVERNIGHT resurfacing of the inside lane of the east bound A303, between the A3057 Winchester Road interchange and the Picket Twenty interchange, start ed on Monday and is due to finish tomorrow night.

Andover murder trial under way

4:21pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

THE death of 29-year-old Andover man Dean Sinclair followed a night out on the town in Andover last July.

Subscribe online to Garden Waste Collection Service

11:05am Wednesday 10th March 2010

GREEN fingered residents of Test Valley can now subscribe online to the borough council’s Garden Waste Collection Service.

Andover man cleared of murder and manslaughter of Steven Griffiths

3:47pm Tuesday 9th March 2010

ACCUSED Andover man Roberto Ranieri wept in the dock at Winchester Crown Court as he was cleared of all charges.

King George Road trial continues into second week

4:13pm Monday 8th March 2010

THE trial of Andover Man Roberto Ranieri has continued into a second week of evidence in Winchester Crown Court Mr Ranieri aged 46, of King George Road, faces two charges, murder and manslaughter, following the death of another local man, Steven Griffiths, on 21 August last year.

Stockbridge has the UK's best eating places

Stockbridge has the UK's best eating places

2:50pm Monday 8th March 2010

IT’S official – Stockbridge High Street has the best food in the country. The rural village high street was voted as the best ‘foodie street’ in Britain in the Google Street View Awards.

Carnival Prince and Princess competition voting

9:00am Monday 8th March 2010

Due to two numbers, 39 and 40, being transposed during the photographic sessions of the Carnival Prince and Princess competition, Phoebe Phillips and Stephanie Pink are numbered incorrectly.

Soldier shines in dramatic rescue

3:30pm Sunday 7th March 2010

TIDWORTH-based soldier WO2 Nick Wright has returned home for some well-earned rest after being involved in a dramatic rescue mission in northern Helmand province, Afghanistan.







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