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  • Council nets £1 million in parking charges and penalties

    THE borough council is set to make a profit of £1 million in parking charges and penalties this year. A new analysis has revealed that Test Valley Borough Council (TVBC) has made the sum after the running costs of parking activities have been taken

  • School set for summer festival to celebrate 10th birthday

    TEN years after it opened its doors, The Wellington Academy will celebrate a decade of educating youngsters. In September 2009 the school was founded in Ludgershall, with the site having previously been home to Tidworth Down School which was later

  • Additional places made available for Air Ambulance fundraiser

    MORE tickets have been made available for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA) Dash in the Dark fundraiser. The event takes place on Sunday, September 21, and will see hundreds of runners take part in a 5km evening ‘dash’ around

  • Almshouses rescued after U-turn on demolition plans

    PLANS for a £1.5million project to replace Andover almshouses have been scrapped, more than seven years after the proposal was mooted. Andover Charity Trustees proposed to demolish their current four-home site in Adelaide Road in order to build

  • Jake Archer back in action at Snetterton

    ANDOVER's Jake Archer returns to action in round six of the British GP2 championship this weekend at Snetterton 300 circuit. Archer is currently fifth in the Moto2 standings two points behind fourth on 55 points. The 18-year old is the current

  • Back Through the Pages: ANZACs, plane crash and carnival

    ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO — 13 JULY 1894 FOXCOTTE — FLOWER SERVICE A successful flower service was held in the church here on Sunday afternoon, when the Vicar of Andover preached from Gen. viii.21. The Andover Town Band attended