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WATCH - Video shows exactly what's happening at Junction 9 during the M3 closure
National Highways have produced a video to show the works planned during the M3 closure near Winchester this weekend
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The life and times of one of the leading artists of Romsey
When I first came to Romsey in the late 1960s Sybil Panton was the town’s leading artist.
LIVE - Traffic updates as major M3 closure set to cause delays this weekend
Drivers are being advised to plan ahead, with a stretch of the M3 near Winchester set to close in both directions this weekend.
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Fly-tipper ordered to complete unpaid work and pay £1,064
Leighton Smith, 22, of Southampton, dumped household waste on a rural lane in Kings Somborne and was sentenced at Southampton Magistrates’ Court on January 21 2026.
6 million to get Warm Home Discount as £150 continues 'for rest of the decade'
Around 6 million households will get the £150 Warm Home Discount every winter until the end of the decade, says Energy Secretary Ed Miliband.
Train passengers missing out on £80m a year in delays compensation - how to claim
Train passengers are missing out on more than £80 million a year due to “unacceptable” compensation claims processes for delayed journeys.
Can you stop people parking outside your house? UK rules if there are no yellow lines
Here are the rules around people parking in front of your home if there are no yellow lines in the UK.
Gran shocked as pet duck shot with 'air rifle' in her garden
A grandmother has told of her shock at her pet duck Daisy being shot in her Hampshire garden
Historic high street property to go under the hammer at guide price of £1.5m
Grade-II listed retail property on Winchester High Street to be auctioned by Acuitus on 12 February. Guide price £1.48m; let to Jeremy France Jewellers.
Upcoming seminar to focus on financial pressures facing GPs
The seminar will cover legal changes under the Employment Rights Act, which introduces new protections for workers and potential prosecution for employers who do not comply.
Hampshire village plans reduce from 60 to 44 homes at former Choice Plants site
Developers have reduced the scale of the scheme from 60 to 44 homes and provided additional technical information.
Vehicle recycling company helping Hampshire police keep our roads safe
The company is continuing to provide facilities and vehicles for the delivery of the mandatory Prohibition PG9 course.
M3 and M27 closures for Hampshire drivers to be aware of this weekend
Hampshire drivers will need to be aware of a couple of closures on the M3 and M27 for the weekend of January 30 to February 1
Genealogy group's absorbing talk about hardship in WW1
Hampshire Genealogical Society (HGS) Winchester Group at its January meeting welcomed Dr Frances Hurd, who talked about Sex, Violence and Alcohol - some hidden effects after World War 1. This was a superb talk about what life was like for the soldiers and their families during this awful time for so...
Major next steps for M27 as junction roundabouts take shape
New roundabouts are beginning to take shape at M27 Junction 10 as work enters the next phase of one of the area’s biggest road improvement schemes.
Pedestrian mortality and 'a price worth paying?'
A pedestrian was recently killed on the Stockbridge Road. This week I learned of an old friend, killed, as a pedestrian, in Oxford.
Luxury tent showroom planned at North Baddesley headquarters
The proposal aims to support the company’s continued growth by adding a single-storey, 150 sqm modular showroom with an additional 100 sqm canopy display area.
Junction 9 works on track for completion as 100 tonne beams to be installed
Work to transform the M3 motorway at Junction 9 is still on schedule as it nears a major milestone.
National Express to suspend coach stops during M3 closure this weekend
Stops in Winchester and Basingstoke on National Express coach journeys will be suspended due to the M3 closure this weekend.
Water bills set to rise again in April, Southern Water confirms
Southern Water bills are set to rise by eight per cent in April 2026.