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Jet’s looking sheepish after pub ram raid
POLICE were called to Collingbourne Ducis last Friday morning after reports of a ram raid at the village pub, The Blue Lion. The offenders were not masked desperados but a quartet of Norfolk cross sheep that had made a break for freedom from their paddock
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Sex shop sign upsets council officials
RAUNCHY rear-view drawings of women are offensive and could lead to road accidents, says a Wiltshire council which has banned their display in Tidworth. Chris Thomas, who owns the Fun and Fantasy business in Pennings Road, Tidworth, has met officials
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Villages join forces to buy traffic speed signs
MORE villages in the Test Valley are on the brink of taking up MP Sir George Young’s advice and banding together to buy their own speed indicator device. In November Hurstbourne Tarrant, Vernham Dean and Tangley clubbed together and now it is the turn
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UFOs spotted?
IF YOU have seen strange shapes in the skies over Andover in the past few weeks then you are not alone. Andover man Derek Vine, a 73-year-old former Portals worker, saw two rugby ball shapes, with lights, fly over early one clear morning while an anonymous
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Man grabbed 13-year-old girl
POLICE are hunting a man who grabbed a 13-year-old girl and made suggestive remarks as she walked her dogs in Ladies Walk, between Iron Bridge and London Road in Andover. The girl was walking her dogs between 3.30pm and 4pm last Saturday when she was
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Andover Councillors' Forum
THERE will be a meeting of Andover Councillors’ Forum held in the Upper Guildhall on Monday at 7pm.
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Pub defends beer price policy
PUB chain JD Wetherspoon has defended its decision to slash the price on five of its drinks at the John Russell Fox in Andover amid fears that it could encourage people to binge drink. The pub reduced the prices in line with national company policy
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Youths mug man they asked for a light
POLICE are appealing for help after a man was robbed in a car park behind Sarum House in Winchester Road, Andover. It happened between 12.45pm and 1pm last Sunday a local man, aged 19,was walking through the car park. Three youths sitting on a bench
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Crunch biting deeper
JOBLESS figures in North West Hampshire have soared by 84 per cent in a year – and now Test Valley Borough Council is warning of possible staff and service cuts. Nearly 800 people in the area are on unemployment benefit according to recent
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Editor's Comment
As the credit crunch evolves into something more akin to a great white shark attack on the UK’s economy the toll on jobs grows daily. We are seeing job losses and budget cuts across the board, from small and medium size enterprises to the mammoth corporations
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Why was this cash used in this way?
AT the last Cabinet meeting before Christmas the leader of Hampshire County Council announced that he was giving the £50K that would be saved from the winding up of SEERA to the Tory Totton council. This will pay for the town council's ACSO's (Accredited
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Busking boost for Andover food bank
DURING the run-up to Christmas, I was out around the town and some surrounding villages, with my trombone, playing carols to raise money for Andover Food Bank. I would like to thank all who contributed, not only for supporting this worthy cause, but
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Mobile phone mast neighbours should have the right to be heard
I READ the comment from Claire Williams of Southampton, about Councillor Warwick Payne’s contact number being that of a mobile phone when he was protesting about the proposed mobile phone mast. She accuses him of being a hypocrite. While he can choose
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Sad to see the squalor inflicted by the few
WALKING into town I thought how quaintly ironic it was that Andover’s worst eyesore, health and safety hazard and site of criminal damage is to be found right outside the Magistrate’s Court. Now, not only do you have to hold your breath as you pass through
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Seeking Scout memorabilia for the Hampshire heritage
THIS is the time of year when we try to make space in the attic, tidy up the garden shed and ask ourselves “Do we really need to keep that anymore”? Please, if you have any reports, badges, uniforms or anything of past Scouting that you have done, or
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Spare a thought for those suffering in Gaza
WE have had a gloomy start to the New Year with our economic woes, but spare a thought for the Palestinians struggling to survive in Gaza. Anyone who has watched the news unfold over recent days must have felt utter horror at how hundreds of innocent
