'A really good day' Thousands flock to Stockbridge for 20th Trout 'n' About festival
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'A really good day' Thousands flock to Stockbridge for 20th Trout 'n' About festival
• Thousands flocked to Stockbridge as its food, drink and craft festival marked its 20th year.
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 | Hampshire Chronicle · yesterday 'Another bar would be extremely detrimental' - wine bar plans criticised• Winchester residents are split over plans for a new city-centre wine shop. |
 | BBC News - Hampshire · yesterday Crews tackle field fire as public told to avoid area• Firefighters were at the scene of a large field fire on Drove Road in Chilbolton on Sunday. |
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 | Southern Daily Echo - News · Local news · today New bus routes announced for residents across parts of Southampton• Bitterne bus passengers are set for a major shake-up of services next month, with new routes linking communities to the city centre and Southampton General Hospital |
 | Hampshire Chronicle · Local news · yesterday A look back at eclipse pictures ahead of the August 12 event• For centuries, the sudden loss of the sun filled communities with dread — and drove people to capture it. |
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The Round Table hanging in Winchester's Great Hall is medieval, not Arthurian: radiocarbon dating shows its timber was felled between 1250 and 1280, around 1290 for an Edward I tournament.
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