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Crucial to preserve town's festive feel
THE letter in the Advertiser of December 5 suggesting that Andover Town Council should donate £22,000 to West Africa to help with the ebola crisis rather than fund the Christmas lights is an interesting one. While I’m sure many residents have been
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Top concert
ANDOVER VIPs (visually impaired people) would like to say a very big thank you to the children of Clatford C of E Primary School who gave the members and volunteers an excellent concert at St Ann’s Hall. Thanks to the skills of their music teacher
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Thank you
I WOULD like to thank two absolute heroes who risked their lives to pull me out of my car (which had caught fire underneath) at the traffic lights at Western Approach on Tuesday, 2 December. Alan Appleby alerted the fire service, and a taxi driver
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Join fight for a more ethical Christmas dinner
AS WE enter the party season and start indulging in all manner of festive food delights, I ask your readers to spare a thought for the animals – including the millions of turkeys – farmed for our Christmas dinners every year. Most people will probably
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Take note of Sailsbury
HAVING nothing planned for Saturday morning, I made the journey to Salisbury to do some shopping. On parking in the London Road park and ride, I was delighted to see that parking charges had been removed on the four weekends prior to Christmas.
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Statistics don't tell the whole story
RE D Weeks’ letter, 5 December. Bearing in mind the axiom (attributed to Mark Twain) that “there are lie, damned lies and there are statistics” – in seeking to stall, rather than advance any debate through parroting comprehensively out of context
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Council must fight off homes threat
I AGREE with correspondent David Hosier’s view regarding the awful prospect of huge housing developments in so many Hampshire villages. He tends to lay the blame for all of this anxiety of blighted lives for existing residents at the feet of the
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UKIP's Diane offers town fresh hope
WHAT fantastic news that Diane James MEP has been chosen to stand as a candidate for North West Hampshire. This is great news for Andover – a breath of fresh air. I do not bump into many ‘old Andovarians,’ but even so when I do the conversation
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Have a heart and support BHF
I AM writing to encourage you and your readers to visit your local British Heart Foundation (BHF) shops in the south this Christmas. By doing your festive shopping with the BHF, you can spend a little and buy a lot. The profit from items bought
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Hair raising fun
A NEW year bad-hair-day fairytale is coming to Andover in January. Proteus Theatre Company will be performing its new production of the classic story of Rapunzel at The Lights. And two lucky readers have the chance to win a pair of tickets
