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  • New school set to open after successful council bid

    A NEW £12m school will provide much-needed special educational needs (SEN) places in the south of Wiltshire. Wiltshire Council successfully bid for Department for Education (DfE) funding to create a 150-pupil school for pupils aged four to 19 years

  • Festival showcasing artists' work in unusual setting

    A WEEK-long exhibition will showcase the work of artists in an unusual setting. CASfest’s new event, ‘In the Round’, opens its doors on Monday, March 18, in St Mary’s Chapel, in New Street. Chapel Art Studios (CAS) associate artists will display

  • Family friendly garage breaking down gender stereotypes

    A GARAGE in Overton is doing its part to redress the gender perceptions in the auto repair industry. Industry figures show that women are severely underrepresented in the motor industry, but that is not the case at the Overton Garage, in Quidhampton

  • Church minister quits over allotments sale

    A LICENSED lay minister is to resign over the sale of community allotments. Sue Holligan has been a licensed minister at St Peter and St Paul’s Church in King’s Somborne for the past 22 years but will hand her licence back to the Bishop of Winchester

  • Residents urged to join forces on future of pathway

    RESIDENTS are being urged to help find a way to better connect two settlements. In 2014, talks began to link Smannell village and Augusta Park with an informal pathway, but discussions ground to a halt with Hampshire County Council (HCC) due to