£10,000 boost for Romsey Family Support Group

A Hampshire charity that provides free help for families going through difficult times has won a huge cash boost.

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Tip closures on seniors' agenda

Hampshire County Council’s plans for its waste recycling centres will be on the agenda at the next meeting of STOIC – Test Valley’s forum for the over-55s.

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Growers prepare for show

GREEN-fingered growers are making sure their flowers and vegetables are in tip-top condition for King’s Somborne Horticultural Society’s annual show and fete.

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Support group stunned by £10k donation

A Romsey charity will have no money worries for the next year after receiving an unexpected £10,000 windfall.

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Sam meets medics who helped to save his life

Romsey teenager Sam Mangoro has kept a very special appointment with medics who helped save his life.

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Commuters to be hit by five months of roadworks on Romsey Road

WINCHESTER commuters are set to be disrupted for more than five months on one of the busiest routes into the city.

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Crowds turn out for Romsey carnival

THE people of Romsey turned out in style for their annual carnival.

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Show mounts a massive tribute to those who served in Great War

THIS will be a year to remember for Romsey Show – for the first time in its 172-year history, the event will have a theme: “World War One and Hampshire Life 1914-1918”.

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Colourful night at the prom

These girls made a colourful statement at Mountbatten School prom, held at Winchester Guildhall, last Friday. Look out for more prom pictures in next Friday's edition of the Advertiser (July 25).

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He's living on borrowed time

Without a new heart my son will die.

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Councillors won over by nature site offer

AN important wildlife haven on Romsey’s doorstep is to receive official nature reserve status.

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History is on our side, say opponents to 300-home housing scheme on woodland

THERE are calls for centuries-old woodland threatened by unplanned housing development to be classified as an ancient monument.

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Proposals for UK's biggest solar firm overcome first planning hurdle

A GERMAN green energy giant has won the first round of its battle to build Britain’s biggest solar farm in the Test Valley countryside.

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Steamy fun ahead

THERE’S a host of attractions lined up at next week’s Netley Marsh Steam and Craft Show.

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Rugby club strikes sponsorship deal with office supplier

WINCHESTER Rugby Football Club has signed a new sponsorship deal with a Romsey office supplier.

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Beddy, steady go

IT was a dream run for some and a nightmare ride for others.

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Still time to enter carnival procession

OFFICIALS are making final preparations for Sunday’s Romsey Carnival procession.

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Beggars Fair is a scorching success

A carnival atmosphere and temperature nudging towards 27C (80F) brought thousands to Romsey on Saturday for the annual free music festival, the Beggars Fair.

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Cancer charity calls for shop volunteers

Wessex Cancer Trust is seeking more volunteers to help in its Romsey shop.

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Romsey puts on a party with its Beggars Fair

PHEW! They certainly know how to put on a show in one Hampshire market town.

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Kidney transplant girl eager to help others

A BRAVE young kidney transplant recipient is staging a charity fund-raiser to help others with renal problems.

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Developer's nature reserve offer finds favour with planners

TEST Valley councillors are set to debate plans to build 64 homes and create a nature reserve in countryside at Oxlease Farm just north of Romsey.

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Council has no time for democracy

IT’S undemocratic and wrong.

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1,000 sign up to petition against store expansion

MOre than 1,000 people have signed a pub’s petition protesting against plans to expand Bradbeers department store in Romsey’s Cornmarket.

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Race organisers seek to put safety fears to bed

HEALTH and safety is paramount.

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New car park is just the the ticket for a cheap stay

A new council car park offers all-day parking for just £2 at Romsey.

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Planners take a dim view of solar farm plan

PROPOSALS to build Britain’s largest solar farm in the Test Valley countryside look set to be shunted into the shade.

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Recluse found dead at home beneath a pile of rubbish

A reclusive pensioner may have lain dead among piles of rubbish in his Romsey home for eight months before his body was found, an inquest heard.

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Safety day bids to dampen down firebugs

FIRE and police officers say youngsters are risking serious injury after a spate of arsons involving gas canisters and aerosols.

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Sketching the spirit of the town

The new “Sketches of Romsey Exhibition” was launched last week at community gallery Rums Eg with a private view at which the winners of the children’s and adult competition were announced.

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New leader at parish council

ROMSEY Extra Parish Council has a new leader.

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Luxury flats for senior citizens approved

WORK will start this autumn on building 52 luxury apartments for the elderly in Romsey after plans were approved by Test Valley Borough Council’s planning committee.

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Vicar gets on his bike for church repair fund

Forget the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia – an enterprising vicar has completed a sponsored 440-mile ‘Tour de Corsica’ to raise funds for essential repairs to his church.

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Expensive fish on show

EXPENSIVE fish will be on display in Romsey this August at the ZNA South of England Koi Show.

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New look on the cards for Clintons

ROMSEY’s Clintons store reopens today (Saturday) after being given a makeover and a new logo.

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Festival caters for all tastes

“The Romsey Festival is here!” This will be the pronouncement from chairman Dick Hewett at the Festival’s launch event in the Town Hall this evening, (Friday).

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Consutant ripped off his friend and boss to the tune of £30,000

A RECRUITMENT consultant wiped away tears after he was spared an immediate prison sentence for stealing more than £30,000 from a longstanding friend who had employed him and given him shares in his company.

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Duttons Road retirement home refusal overturned

WORK will start this autumn on building 52 luxury apartments for the elderly on the site of Test Valley Borough Council’s former Romsey offices.

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Young windsurfer's championships dreams sunk by theft

A TEENAGE wind-surfing champion is devastated after thieves stole his equipment.

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David's thinking big with his little ships

A destroyer, a ferry and police boat sailing in convoy across the Solent are bound to attract attention – especially when the craft in question are only four metres long.

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Plans for parking changes go on show

Today (Friday ) marks the start of a three-week public consultation by Test Valley Borough Council on a proposed on-street parking and traffic measures in Romsey.

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Plans for fourth solar farm in Test Valley unveiled

MORE solar power is heading for the Test Valley.

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Police seek cyclists after assault on teens

POLICE are investigating an unprovoked attack on two teenage boys on a village recreation ground.

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Mayor's picnic invite

Preparations are well under way for the Romsey Mayor’s Picnic and Duck Race.

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