A MAN who struck his pensioner mother with a glass bottle in an “unprovoked and unpleasant assault” had been hearing voices in the lead up to the attack. Mark Middleton had been sleeping on his parent’s sofa at their Andover home when he believed
INSPIRATION was at the top of the agenda when an Andover school cut the ribbon on its new library. Vigo Primary School children hosted a special occasion last week to celebrate the new facility after months of work. Visiting the school, author
VODAFONE customers in Andover can now benefit from better mobile internet speeds following recent network improvements in the area. Residents and businesses of Andover will be able to use Vodafone’s 4G mobile data speeds. Voice coverage has also
ANGERED residents have launched a fight against plans for a waste incineration plant proposed just over one mile from Longparish. People living in the village, and the surrounding area, in particular Barton Stacey - which the plant will be closest
WHITCHURCH Silk Mill is hosting a special family storytelling walk tomorrow (Saturday). Award-winning storyteller Michele O’Brien will host the event, which runs from 11am until 2pm. The performance will take the listener on a journey of imagination
KEEN photographers and plane spotters gathered earlier this week to watch RAF Tornado jets mark their retirement with a final flypast. People from across Andover and the surrounding area were given the chance to say a farewell to the fighter jets
AN ANDOVER care home celebrated Valentine’s Day the right way this year. Rothsay Grange care home, in Weyhill Road, was filled with flowers, cards and sweets in celebration of the day of love. Staff, residents and guests baked Valentine-themed
ANDOVER Town’s influential midfielder Waledin Ahmed has been ruled out for rest of the season after his suffered a badly broken leg after a tackle in his side’s trip to Fawley. The incident happened four minutes into the second half and the offending
“IT RUINED my life, I lost my job, my car, I lost everything.” Those were the words of an Andover man who has had a drug driving conviction overturned in a test manipulation probe potentially affecting over 10,500 samples. Karl McFadden, of Florence
