Hampshire woman completes 137 laps of lake to support bears trapped on bile farm
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Hampshire woman completes 137 laps of lake to support bears trapped on bile farm
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 | BBC News - Hampshire · yesterday Forest recovery to take 'many years' after wildfire• Experts say it could take up to two decades for the national park to fully recover from the fire. |
 | Southern Daily Echo - News · today ‘Apocalyptic’ aftermath captured as crews work reopen A31• Drone footage shows crews working to reopen the “apocalyptic” A31 after a wildfire in the New Forest |
 | Southern Daily Echo - News · Local news · today Calls for action after £160m in drugs seized from Southampton port• Politicians have called for action after more than £160m worth of drugs was seized at Southampton port. |
 | Hampshire Chronicle · Local news · yesterday Mobile phone network to close Winchester High Street store after nearly two decades• A mobile phone shop is set to disappear from Winchester High Street after nearly two decades in the city as part of a major shake-up following a multi-billion-pound merger. |
 | BBC News - Hampshire · Local news · yesterday Holiday hug may have led to fatal fall - inquest• Ben Clark, 41, fell down a cliff after going for a midnight walk with a woman he met in Majorca. |
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King Cnut the Great, who died in 1035, and his queen Emma are believed to lie among the bones in Winchester Cathedral's mortuary chests.
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