Archives for September 2013

On Friday 4th October, learner rider Tracey Brown-Cooke will be riding her motorbike from Andover to Land’s End and back in memory of her good friend Tasha Miles and in support of The Meningitis Trust. [Read more…]

As the Labour Party Conference starts this weekend in Brighton questions are being asked about the lack of local Labour candidates being selected in the run up to the 2015 General Election. [Read more…]

Do you love the idea of pregnancy yoga but worry you are not stretchy enough? Are you are drawn to hypnosis for birth but want to remain mobile during your labour? Then it may be worth speaking to Emma Butcher. [Read more…]

Hampshire Fire and Rescue were called to a fire involving a first floor bedroom of a property at Borkum Close on Saxon Fields in Andover at 4.40pm on Saturday 22nd September. [Read more…]

At 6am on Thursday 19th September, Nina Carey-Hodges along with Belinda Miles and Sam Coggins, set off for Sri Lanka via Mumbai with the aim to cycle around 450km in six days. [Read more…]

Following the recent two street audits, the town centre will see a “spring clean” as some of the bollards and old style planters will be removed whilst the granite balls will be cleaned and other bollards repainted. [Read more…]

Model, TV presenter and ex-Harrow Way School pupil Katie Piper and her boyfriend are expecting their first baby after they moved in together in March earlier this year. [Read more…]

Hampshire County Councils ACSOs responded to reports of two young children in the Shepherds Spring Lane area yesterday (Thursday 19th) apparently harassing members of the public to use their mobile phones. [Read more…]

Hampshire County Council is offering children starting school for the first time this Autumn the chance to enjoy free school meals every day for a fortnight. [Read more…]

Andover War Memorial Hospital is hopefully set to benefit from a share of the £3.3 million cash injection given to the Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for this winter. [Read more…]

Two purses were stolen from handbags at around 1.00pm on Wednesday 18th September whilst their owners shopped in Clarkes in the High Street in Andover. [Read more…]

Two charity boxes containing about £90 have been stolen from the Books for Free shops in the Chantry Centre in Andover. [Read more…]

There is a fire in the boiler room of Winton School. The school has been evacuated and the fire service are on the scene. [Read more…]

A very distinctive white cat with tabby patches and a black nose has gone missing from the family home in the Rooksbury Mill Court area of Andover. [Read more…]

Xanthi the Eurasier dog went missing from Augusta Park last week and dispite possible sightings has not been found yet. [Read more…]

In a local derby not for the faint hearted Oakwood sponsored Andover RFC overcame the challenge of league new boys Overton at Laverstoke last Saturday. [Read more…]

Andover had a visit from a Tornado at 9:45am today (Tuesday 17th September) in the shape of a steam locomotive on a trip from London to Salisbury. [Read more…]

Les Clemo (Adsa in Andover G.S.M.) recently presented a cheque to Mrs Dilys Williams, Andover Cricket Club’s sponsorship fund-raising co-ordinator. [Read more…]

You can now follow Test Valley Borough Council via Twitter and Facebook as they also update their online services. [Read more…]

Basepoint Andover – the business centre on East Portway Buisness Park – will be 10 years old on 3rd October 2013. [Read more…]