A HAMPSHIRE theme park has shut several of its rides due to high winds. Paultons Park has temporarily suspended 14 of its rides, including its Sky Swinger, Temple Heights and Peppa Pig Balloon ride. It comes as weather experts forecast winds
ANDOVER Cricket Club’s excellent under-nines won a five team tournament at Tichborne Park. The other clubs included the hosts themselves, Hursley Park, Compton and Chandlers Ford, and Sparsholt. The event was played in a round robin format of
A SHOP that has been open for business for almost four decades is set to close at the end of the month. Test Valley Sporting Guns, in High Street, Overton, will close its doors on August 31 after owner David Blackman, 71, decided it was time to
Gin lovers will have the opportunity to enjoy a selection of tipples from the UK and overseas during a 17-day festival at a pub in Andover. The John Russell Fox, in High Street, will be serving gins from Sweden, USA and Moldova as well as brands
THERE was tumbling triumph as Ludgershall Circus Club celebrated its first summer camp. Ludgershall Youth Centre has just returned seven young people from their first summer camp in Suffolk, having won praise from other youth groups for their fortitude
CHILDREN lent a hand in a bid to help a company’s mission to save the environment. The pupils of Vernham Dean Gillum’s Primary School have been helping Lush by collecting bottle tops that the cosmetics retailer will be able to recycle to make many
A MAN who sent a threatening letter intending to cause distress or anxiety has been fined. Nathan Smith, of Woodlands Way, Andover, sent the communication to his victim on July 8. At Basingstoke Magistrates Court on July 31 the 49-year-old pleaded
