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  • £20,000 raid at auction centre

    A MANHUNT is under way after a gang of thieves stole jewellery worth £20,000 from a Test Valley auction house. Burglars ripped up a safe that was concreted to the ground of the Shipton Bellinger premises during a 15-minute raid. The gang struck

  • Business brains

    BUDDING entrepreneurs from an Andover school have donated the profits from their business enterprises to a local hospice. GCSE business studies students at John Hanson Community School were set a challenge to take £1 and invest it in some way to

  • Santa sensation

    HE might be a bit early, but Santa Claus has come to town – and he brought hundreds of festive friends with him. The streets of Andover were filled with Yuletide cheer as hundreds of residents donned their red costumes and white beards to take

  • Police appeal for Next thieves

    This is the man police want to speak to following a theft from an Andover retailer. Police have released the CCTV images after goods were stolen from the Next store in Enham Arch Retail Park. The man is pictured wearing a black puffer jacket

  • Aim high, climber tells Clere students

    A PROFESSIONAL mountain climber and explorer was on hand to help The Clere School celebrate its exam success. Lee Farmer was welcomed as guest speaker at the school’s annual presentation evening. Known as “the ordinary guy doing extraordinary

  • Acting insight for young performers

    BUDDING thespians at an Andover school have had the opportunity to work alongside a professional actor. The Harrow Way Year 11 performing arts students worked with the actor as part of their BTEC studies. Kirsty Cox, who has numerous theatre

  • Jon's on course for Kili

    A FORMER Andover student is preparing to climb one of the world’s highest mountains in aid of a life-saving charity. Jon Read will take his place as part of a 39- s t r o n g g r o u p attempting to conquer Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania next February

  • Ian Carr to continue as Conservative leader

    IAN Carr will lead the Conservative party into the battle for Test Valley. The current borough council leader was readopted as the party’s chief this week, despite rumours of a challenge to his leadership. Cllr Carr was unopposed by his fellow