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Today in Winchester and Hampshire cathedral towns

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The local news that matters this morning

Here's the local news from the past 24 hours, made easy to digest.

Hampshire Chronicle - Romsey · yesterday 'A much-loved tradition': Chilworthfest returns for third year • A nursery has hosted a week-long event celebrating creativity and community through play.

BBC News - Hampshire · yesterday Motorway slip road to close for 18 months • The M3's junction at Winchester will close while major upgrade works are carried out.

BBC News - Hampshire · yesterday Pony warning after girl injured at forest campsite • Visitors are reminded to stay back from free-roaming ponies and other livestock in the national park.

Hampshire Chronicle · yesterday Fast food restaurant given green light to open until 5am • A city centre fast-food restaurant can stay open until 5 a.m. after it was granted a new premises licence.

Hampshire Chronicle · yesterday Half Moon and Spread Eagle pub thriving one year after threatened closure • A Hampshire country pub is celebrating a year since it was saved by villagers from closure.

Hampshire Chronicle - Romsey · Local news · yesterday 'Let the pedants patch potholes and leave us peasants alone in the countryside' • Across this farm of a little over one square kilometre, there run four and a half kilometres of public footpaths that we maintain. • They are much enjoyed by locals and visitors alike, and by their dogs. • Lately, council staff have complained that some are out of line

What's on: next 14 days

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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 tour

Fri 31 Jul · Marwell Zoo, Winchester, SO21 1JH · Winchester City Council - Events. Zoofest at Marwell Zoo

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Did you know? · Winchester

In 1642, at the start of the Civil War, Parliamentarian troops toppled Winchester Cathedral's mortuary chests and scattered the bones of Anglo-Saxon and Danish kings across the floor.

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