Charity raises £10k in one day to clear bee infestation
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Charity raises £10k in one day to clear bee infestation
• Thousands of bees caused damage to a ceiling and dripped honey on a reception area.
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 | Hampshire Chronicle · yesterday 'Fuller's Hampshire Fare support brings reminder of Gales brewery closure'• While welcome, to help promote drinks and food originating in Hampshire, Fuller's have no brewery in the county. |
 | Hampshire Chronicle · yesterday Injured runner's dream to see favourite band at one of their last gigs realised• The Saw Doctors made a very special dream come true for a severely disabled girl at the Wickham Festival. |
 | Hampshire Chronicle · yesterday Picnics, photos and more in Bishop's Waltham, Wickham and Meon Valley• Grab your sunglasses, picnic blanket and picnic for the Picnic in the Park event! |
 | Southern Daily Echo - News · today Owner 'angry' over 'senseless' closure of popular city centre café• A business owner is angry and upset after having to make the “heartbreaking “ decision to close his Southampton city centre café. |
 | BBC News - Hampshire · yesterday Boy and man drawn out to sea rescued by bystanders• The pair were swimming when they were spotted in difficulty being pulled out to sea off Ventnor. |
 | Southern Daily Echo - News · Local news · today Child abuse images offender handed unpaid work and treatment order• A Southampton man must receive mental health treatment and do 100 hours’ unpaid work after admitting making indecent images of a child. |
 | Southern Daily Echo - News · Local news · today Fire safety rules force DAB radio transmitter off Millbrook Tower• Southampton’s small-scale DAB radio service could lose coverage to more than 8,000 adults under a new proposal. |
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The Domesday Book was kept for over a century in the royal treasury at Winchester, the Norman capital, and was originally titled in Latin 'Liber de Wintonia' — the Book of Winchester.
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