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  • Lewis wins national championship

    Lewis Tombs is celebrating after winning the 125cc British Youth Moto-cross championship. It was his first year at that level after finishing second in 2006 in the big wheel class. The Peter Symonds College pupil started this year by winning the first

  • Leader not fussed if City lose at home

    ANDY Leader won't be tearing his hair out if Winchester City's FA Trophy campaign is short-lived. "If I'm honest, if you get through two games in the Trophy at this level of football, you've done well," he said, ahead of tomorrow's big showdown with

  • Best win of the season for Winchester City FC

    Winchester City recorded their biggest British Gas Board Southern League Division 1 South and West win of the season against AFC Hayes on Saturday. A 41st-minute penalty by Adam George gave Winchester the lead against the run of play after Dave Allen

  • Winchester RFC make further Vase progress

    Winchester RFC won a tense contest beside the Thames at Brownacres to steer them through to the third round of this season's Senior Vase. Following their bye in the opening round, Winchester had a 10-3 lead by half time at Weybridge Vandels and then

  • Need for Stockbridge firefighters

    THE fire engine at Stockbridge can only respond to half of emergencies due to a lack of firefighters. That stark fact came from Kevin Evenett, of Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service, as he appealed for help to get numbers back up to strength. Addressing

  • Many happy recruitments

    Continuous expansion - and a dual corporate and charity focus - highlight PAS Consultants' first five years PAS Consultants, Winchester's specialist recruitment consultancy for corporate and charity staff, were delighted to mark their fifth birthday

  • City needs to improve green image

    CIVIC chiefs believe that Winchester lost its title of being Britain's best place to live because it is not green enough. Figures suggest that many residents have gas-guzzling lifestyles, emitting an average of 3.1 tons of carbon per year. It is higher

  • Suspected arson closes Winchester school

    SUSPECTED arsonists have caused £200,000 worth of damage to a school in Winchester. Winnall Primary School was closed today (Friday, October 19) after the blaze, believed to have been started deliberately, caused substantial damage to the building in

  • Salary of £85,000 needed to afford average home

    THE annual income needed to buy an average-price property in the Winchester area is now almost £85,000 and the waiting list for affordable housing in Eastleigh borough has more than tripled in five years. These statistics are included in a report from