63,000 people expected to attend Boomtown this year
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63,000 people expected to attend Boomtown this year
• 63,000 people are billed to attend Boomtown Festival.
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 | Hampshire Chronicle · yesterday Summer exhibition to commemorate 60 years since end of Borneo Confrontation• The Borneo 60 programme marks the end of one of Britain’s lesser-known but most successful military campaigns, which lasted from 1962 to 1966. |
 | Southern Daily Echo - News · today Ex chief constable in sex at work probe was paid £55,000 after resigning• THE former chief constable of Hampshire police who faces an allegation that he had sex while on duty was paid more than £55,000 after resigning while his conduct was under investigation. |
 | BBC News - Hampshire · yesterday 'Upsetting' that camp fire likely led to rare habitat blaze• The area's National Trust countryside manager says nesting birds, reptiles, small mammals and amphibians will have died. |
 | BBC News - Hampshire · yesterday How victim's wedding photos were used to create obscene images• Hampshire officers uncover a website where more than a million child sexual abuse images were shared. |
 | Hampshire Chronicle · yesterday Police officers praised for ‘outstanding victim care’ to woman at Winchester station• Police officers who helped a woman after she came into Winchester Police Station to report a serious assault by a man known to her have been formally praised for their work at a recent awards ceremony. |
 | Hampshire Chronicle · Local news · yesterday Letter: 'I do not need Winchester's new food caddies'• Why have the city council gone to the trouble and expense of giving out to all our households the plastic buckets and buckets within buckets of unmatchable ugliness of waste food? |
 | Southern Daily Echo - News · Local news · today Hundreds turn out for free summer Play Day in park• The event, held on Friday, July 24 in Hoglands Park, was organised by Southampton City Council’s Junior Neighbourhood Wardens |
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Sat 15 Aug · The Guildhall, Winchester, SO23 9GH · Winchester City Council - Events. Hidden Waterways of Winchester – A Guided Walking Tour
Sun 2 Aug · The Guildhall, Winchester, SO23 9GH · Winchester City Council - Events. Medieval Jewish Winchester guided walking tour
Fri 7 Aug · Garnier Road, Winchester, SO23 9QG · Winchester City Council - Events. Nick Ferretti Live at The Pump House
Sun 2 Aug · Twyford Waterworks, Twyford, SO21 1QA · Winchester City Council - Events. Twyford Waterworks Open Day
Sat 8 Aug · The Guildhall, Winchester, SO23 9GH · Winchester City Council - Events. Winchester for Locals guided walking tourResident pulse
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Winchester Cathedral is the longest medieval cathedral in the world, measuring 558 feet (170 m) from end to end.
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