Volunteers celebrated at Romsey Abbey

HAMPSHIRE’S largest parish church is hosting a two-day celebration of volunteers this month.

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Night time walk starts at common

THE ROMSEY and District Society will be holding a night time walk on June 6.

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Village stuffed full of scarecrows for fete

Scarecrows are cropping up all over a Wiltshire village as it prepares for its annual fete.

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Labels firm expands

A ROMSEY business is celebrating after moving to a bigger factory.

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Rosy outlook at Mottisfont

THOUSANDS of visitors are set to smell the scent of roses at a Test Valley attraction.

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Council leader can't stop invasion of the BT boxes

IT LOOKS almost certain that the BT superfast broadband cabinet controversially installed outside a Romsey pub is here to stay.

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Family in shock after discovery of yacht wreck

A YOUNG Hampshire sailor’s family say they are struggling to coming to terms with the news he is still missing after his vessel was found with its liferaft still on board.

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Sam's heart scare is a life lesson

A ROMSEY School where a pupil’s heart was restarted by quick-thinking staff is to stage an event to teach those life savings skills to hundreds of other pupils.

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Greatbridge Road to close for repairs

A ROMSEY town centre road is due to close for two days for resurfacing work.

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Basepoint celebrates 20th birthday

Basepoint is celebrating 20 years since it opened its first business centre in Romsey in 1994 in partnership with Test Valley Borough Council.

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Baby charity's fun Sansathon

A UNIQUE charity event aimed at saving young lives is coming to Romsey.

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Basepoint celebrates its 20th year

BASEPOINT is celebrating 20 years since it opened its first business centre in Romsey in 1994 in partnership with Test Valley Borough Council.

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Minister to visit Romsey's flood sites

BRITAIN’S climate change minister is heading for Romsey to see for himself the impact the winter floods had on the town.

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In praise of volunteers

ROMSEY Abbey is to host a two-day celebration of volunteers next month (June 7-8).

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Youth choir and silver band are the Pride of Romsey

Two of Romsey's leading music organisations will join forces at Romsey Abbey in a concert to celebrate the wealth of musical talent the town has to offer.

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UKIP pick Sussex councillor to contest Romsey seat

A WEST Sussex County Councillor has been chosen to fight the Romsey parliamentary seat for UKIP in next May’s General Election.

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Trust launch £300,000 appeal to create walled garden

A FORMER Victorian kitchen garden at a top Test Valley tourist attraction is destined for a £300,000 makeover.

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Village Day is a record-breaker

A RECORD number of visitors flocked to North Baddesley Village Day helping to boost cash for charities in the community.

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Tracy is Baddesley's Parishioner of the Year

TRACY Hickson puts herself before others and now she’s been officially recognised for her contributions to her community.

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Family unit brings pub back to life

NEW Forest pub has reopened more than a year since the last pint was pulled.

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Thriving high street is vital for town, says new mayor

Romsey’s new mayor Peter Hurst said he will focus on the health of the town centre economy in his inaugural speech.

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Works by Bach and Rheinberger in Romsey organ recitals

OLIVER Hancock gives the first in this year’s series of Music in Romsey organ recitals at Romsey Abbey tomorrow at 7.30pm featuring works by Bach, Böhm, Rheinberger and Boëllmann and ending with Bédard’s witty Variations on Amazing Grace.

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Debris spoted in hunt for missing sailors

Debris has reportedly been found in the Atlantic Ocean in the area where yacht the Cheeki Rafiki went missing.

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RAF join hunt for missing sailors

An RAF Hercules is on its way to help search for the four British sailors missing in the Atlantic.

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Three-car crash blocks main road through Baddesley for two hours

A SOUTHAMPTON woman had to be cut free from wreckage of a three vehicle crash at North Baddesley on Monday afternoon.

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Hillier make it gold number 69

Romsey’s Hillier Nurseries & Garden Centres has secured its legacy as the most successful exhibitor in the history of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show with a 69th consecutive Chelsea Gold Medal.

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Romsey teenagers stage 'Pointless' quiz with a difference

Teenagers from Romsey are to run a fundraising quiz with a difference.

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More than 100,000 sign petition calling on US to restart search for missing sailors

WE BELIEVE James and his crewmates are still alive.”

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Father of missing sailor calls for search to be resumed

THE FATHER of a Hampshire sailor missing at sea has pleaded for authorities to restart the search for his son.

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Feel safe with a home birth

There’s no place like home for bringing new life into the world according to a Romsey midwife.

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Poetry tea party

POETS, Syd Meats and Cat Randle (pictured), have founded the Teapoet Collective, which will present Romsey’s first poetry cafe at the town’s community art gallery, Rum’s Eg, next week.

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Dog owners warned after 15 sheep killed

DOG owners are being warned not to let their pets off the lead near livestock after 15 sheep were killed last week.

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Wild boar back in the Forest

WILD boar have returned to the Hampshire countryside – nearly three centuries after the ancient species was hunted almost to extinction.

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Jan takes the chain

Jan Lovell (pictured) thanked the public as she was sworn in as Mayor of Test Valley during a meeting at Andover Guildhall on Wednesday.

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Ben's legacy helps young cancer sufferers

A ROMSEY charity is providing cash for children needing revolutionary cancer treatment in the USA.

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Things turn ugly for BT broadband box

IT appeared like a green Tardis on the streets of Romsey and it’s caused a storm of protests.

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Backing a dark horse...

Supporters of a project to erect a memorial to Romsey’s war horses can now toast the scheme with a special beer.

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Braishfield social housing scheme gains approval at the second attempt

A SOCIAL housing provider has won its battle to build nine affordable homes in a Test Valley village.

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Scaffolding thieves steal £1,500 worth of poles

POLICE are investigating the theft of scaffolding poles worth nearly £1,500 from a Romsey building site.

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Scaffolding poles stolen

POLICE are investigating the theft of scaffolding poles worth nearly £1,500 from a Romsey building site.

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A night at the air museum

PEOPLE will be able to tour a wartime airfield and museum after hours next week.

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Carers celebrate 20th anniversary at Rosmey Abbey

CARERS Together marked its 20th birthday with a celebration concert at Romsey Abbey.

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OAPs to lose emergency alarms

FRAIL pensioners living in older people’s homes in Hampshire are set to lose their emergency alarms as part of cost-cutting measures.

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Vintage day at town hall

A VINTAGE fair fundraiser is being staged to bring in cash for a children’s cancer ward at Southampton General Hospital.

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Florence memorial nursed back to health

The last resting place of one of Hampshire’s most famous women, Florence Nightingale, has been restored to its former glory after suffering serious damage during the winter storms.

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Resurfacing work for cratered A36

IT’S about time, too!” That’s the verdict of disgruntled residents living alongside the pothole-ridden A36 at Wellow and Plaitford after the Highways Agency announced the busy trunk road is to be completely resurfaced later this month.

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Fete with broad appeal

SOMETHING for everyone! That’s what’s Awbridge Village Fete has on offer tomorrow (Saturday).

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Police appeal for help to catch cat killer

POLICE have renewed appeals for help to track down yobs behind fatal air gun attacks on cats in Nursling and Rownhams.

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We've bin let down by the borough, claim fun day organisers

ORGANISERS of a popular village event have rubbished the borough council after it reduced their free bin allocation.

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More than 1,000 object to Whitenap plan

ROMSEY remains firmly opposed to controversial plans to build more than 1,000 homes at Whitenap.

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Ice cream parlour on the move

FEARS about customer safety and a growing demand prompted a Romsey ice-cream parlour’s move to larger premises.

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Chief constable cleared of misconduct over handling of Stanbridge inquiry

Hampshire top police officer has been cleared of any wrongdoing in an inquiry surrounding a school hit by sex abuse claims.

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Slow down in villages

HIGHWAY chiefs are planning changes to speed limits in Lockerley and East Tytherley.

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Clay day to help cancer charity and village hall

GUNS will be blasting away in the Hampshire countryside next week to raise cash for two charities.

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Siren call for learner divers

A SCUBA diving centre has opened in Romsey.

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Consultation on new "neighbourhood area" begins

Romsey Extra Parish and Romsey Town Councils have submitted applications for the designation of a neighbourhood area to cover their respective parishes. The area would be the basis for a Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) which would be a mini version of Test Valley Borough Council Local Plan covering transport, employment, leisure and shopping as well as housing. Under the government’s new planning laws, TVBC would have to take it into account when writing their borough-wide plan.

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Thelwell's home-grown favourite republished

HIS humorous pony cartoons in Punch magazine made Hampshire artist, Norman Thelwell, a household name.

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Police crackdown on woodland bikers

POLICE are cracking down on motorcyclists riding their machines in woodland near the M27 at Chilworth.

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UKIP call for chief constable to be suspended

UKIP councillors have demanded the suspension of Hampshire’s Chief Constable, Andy Marsh It comes in the wake of a probe by the Essex force, Operation Oregon, into claims that he ordered a whitewash over the failure of police investigations into sex abuse allegations at Stanbridge Earls School near Romsey.

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Huge stash of cocaine found in woodland

DRUGS that could have been worth £1million on the streets have been found dumped in a wood.

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TB alert at Romsey school

A ROMSEY school is at the centre of a tuberculosis alert after it was revealed their bus driver had contracted the life-threatening disease.

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