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Join SunWalk says I’m a Celebrity star Kim Woodburn

BACKDROP: Celebrity Eclipse which will be named at the SunWalk event and Kim Woodburn who is calling on families to join the fundraising. 	Picture  by Simon Brooke-Web/SBW photo

8:00am Saturday 20th March 2010

HAMPSHIRE- born celebrity queen of clean Kim Woodburn is urging people to put their rubber gloves aside and get in the fresh air for Southampton’s first Celebrity SunWalk.

Florence Nightingale themed day for Romsey

Florence Nightingale

7:30am Saturday 20th March 2010

Romsey Tourist Information office is holding an open day with a Florence Nightingale theme.

Polocrosse demonstration

Polocrosse being played in Australia

6:50am Saturday 20th March 2010

HAMPSHIRE horse riders are being urged to saddle up and get to grips with an exhilarating new sport.

Learn about birds of prey at Bishop's Waltham

Learn about birds of prey at Bishop's Waltham

6:20am Saturday 20th March 2010

DISCOVER all there is to know about Hampshire’s beautiful birds of prey next week.

Church VAT campaign

5:50am Saturday 20th March 2010

Churches are being urged to join a campaign calling for VAT refunds on repairs to listed buildings to continue.

University axes 200 jobs

The hi-tech Mountbatten Building at Southampton University.

5:20pm Friday 19th March 2010

THE UNIVERSITY of Southampton is to axe 200 jobs as it battles to cope with a lack of funding.

Misery for motorists on key route

Southern Daily Echo

5:49pm Friday 19th March 2010

FOUR vehicles collided on a Hampshire motorway this afternoon causing long tailbacks.

Payback bid for lost 27 years

New life: Sean Hodgson

5:09pm Friday 19th March 2010

THE man who wrongly spent almost three decades behind bars for murdering a Hampshire woman has finally launched his bid for compensation.

School building plans plunged into uncertainty

St George Catholic School

4:40pm Friday 19th March 2010

PLANS to flatten and rebuild five Southampton secondary schools as part of a £110m bid to raise the city’s poor educational standards have been plunged into uncertainty.

Rare birds worth £5,000 stolen from Hampshire farm

Southern Daily Echo

4:15pm Friday 19th March 2010

DOZENS of rare birds have been stolen from a Hampshire farm.

Rapist jailed 20 years after attack

Southern Daily Echo

2:41pm Friday 19th March 2010

A RAPIST has been jailed today for a crime committed 20 years ago.

Teenager survives 150ft cliff fall

Southern Daily Echo

5:11pm Friday 19th March 2010

A 15-year-old boy told today of his lucky escape after he fell head first off a 150ft cliff only to suffer cuts, bruises and a broken wrist.


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Hampshire on the web

Winchester civic chiefs take action over new university hall of residence (external link)

Hampshire Chronicle 8:30am Saturday 20 March 2010

COUNCILLORS have backed moves to a force a developer to make changes to a controversial Winchester building.

Special party to remember Jamie (external link)

Andover Advertiser 8:10am Saturday 20 March 2010

SUNDAY marked the first anniversary of the death of popular teenager Jamie Gentleman.

Hall will bring many benefits (external link)

Basingstoke Gazette 8:00am Saturday 20 March 2010

THREE villages in north Hampshire could get a new community centre if a planning application is given the green light.

Winners celebrate Business Excellence awards (external link)

Hampshire Chronicle 7:00am Saturday 20 March 2010

IT was a golden evening for Intech Planetarium and Science Centre last night as it scooped two awards including Business of the Year at the Winchester Business Excellence Awards.

MP’s misjudgement (external link)

Romsey Advertiser 1:31pm Friday 19 March 2010

Romsey's MP Sandra Gidley made a "serious misjudgement" when she accepted £18,751 from the new landlords of her taxpayer-funded London flat in return for giving up her tenancy.

Rapist caught by daughter's DNA (external link)

BBC Online 1:00pm Friday 19 March 2010

A man is jailed after he was caught when a DNA sample given by his daughter for an assault linked him to a rape in 1990.

TVBC and Shelter clash over homes ‘shortage’ (external link)

Romsey Advertiser 10:38am Friday 19 March 2010

TEST Valley’s housing chiefs have slated a national charity which accused the authority of not providing enough affordable homes.

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