THERE have been calls for a review of the safety of the A303 near Andover following a tragic accident last month that saw three people killed by a lorry.

AN ANDOVER publican is set to find herself tossed out of her premises in just six weeks time after the pub company which owns her business made a drastic increase in rent

A MAN who was arrested following a fracas in the Chantry Centre earlier this week has been released under investigation.

THE BOROUGH council has pledged to work alongside partners to help those fleeing from the Taliban in Afghanistan, as it reveals it is helping eight families on a short-term basis.

AN ANDOVER schoolgirl has braved a big chop and donated 40cm of hair to a charity which makes wigs for unwell young people.

A MILITARY veteran from Tidworth is planning an extraordinary cycle ride to Spain to raise money for charity and to create links for the Royal British Legion.

THE manager of Andover’s street rangers has defended their actions after they were attacked while apprehending a suspected shoplifter in a noisy fracas.

WHITCHURCH Silk Mill has launched a crowd funding campaign to help ”keep the wheel turning” on the historic site - and has already reached halfway to its goal.

ON SATURDAY, September 11, Clatfords Village Store held a grand re-opening event to celebrate its completion after a fire in June.

THE manager of the Andover Business Improvement District (BID) has said the town rangers who confronted a man believed to have been attempting to shoplift yesterday acted “properly and professionally”.

THE case of a man charged in connection with a fatal assault outside Tesco in Andover has been delayed so that a psychiatric report can be produced.

A MAN has been arrested following an incident in the Chantry Centre yesterday, in which two town rangers were assaulted.

A WELL-LOVED collectable shop in Andover will host its first community event to bring together residents and local businesses.

A SALON owner has been celebrating a triple award win at the Hair and Beauty Awards after being in business for four years.

ANDOVER Trees United has once again been invited by the Jane Goodall Institute Roots & Shoots programme to host this year’s main UK event in Andover with a procession in Harmony Woods on Tuesday, September 21.

AN ANDOVER man has admitted to inappropriately touching a young girl over a period lasting more than a year.

HAMPSHIRES Police and Crime Commissioner is on the hunt for people to represent young people’s views on how to best tackle crime in the community.

THE inquests have opened today into the deaths of three drivers killed in a collision on the A303.

Boris Johnson is carrying out a Cabinet reshuffle. This is every minister that has been sacked.

AN ANDOVER Street could soon be home to a brand new 18 metre 5G mast, it has been revealed.

THE community at Winton Community Academy in Andover has been left worried and confused after the footpath near their school was removed without warning.

AN ANDOVER doctors surgery has warned of a ‘backlog’ in blood test appointments as a shortage of resources, including test bottles, burdens the UK.

A NEW ‘authentic’ takeaway is opening in Andover this week, in a unit abandoned for nearly two years on London Street.

TOWN councillors have rejected an appeal from an allotment holder to allow rewilding on the sites.

Hundreds of complaints were recorded in Test Valley as noisy neighbours caused a headache during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic.

HEAVY rain and downfalls are forecast to lash the Hampshire this afternoon, triggering warnings of flooding and travel disruption.

Boris Johnson is set to make an announcement in the afternoon of September 14, detailing the plans to tackle Covid in the winter months.

A UK-wide 1.25% health and social care levy based on National Insurance (NI) contributions will be introduced.

WORK has begun this morning (Monday, September 13) to remove the metal cage planters on the high street in Andover.

THE MP for Andover has hit out at climate protestors who blocked several junctions of the M25 this morning, saying their protest was "idiotic".

AN Andover businesswoman has opened up a brand new cake shop on the town’s high street.

ANDOVER town council has unanimously rejected a request for pigs to be kept at an allotment site.

A NEW course at Andover College for young people with additional needs has received a £200 grant from the Co-op.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out his winter Covid-19 plan on Tuesday on how the country can learn to live with the virus.

Winchester Street around 1905 looks very different from what we would see from the same point today.

A man accused of driving “inappropriately” for weather conditions, causing his vehicle to slide into oncoming traffic and cause a head-on collision will appear in court next month.

Last week has seen many of the region’s schools welcome back their staff and students.

A DETECTIVE with 18 years’ experience has been jailed for eight months for forging signatures on a witness statement during a murder investigation into the brutal killing of a mother-of-five in Andover.

THE company which lost one of their employees in a tragic road incident near Andover last month has set up a fundraising page to help support the family he has left behind.

"We are an unsung national treasure."

AN ANDOVER pizzeria helped the town’s firefighters celebrate Emergency Services Day by providing them with delicious pizza on the house.

AS the Olympics and Paralympics came to an end in Tokyo this year, nursing home residents in Andover took part in their very own sporting championships.

The Isle of Wight festival returns for 2021, with acts such as Liam Gallagher, Snow Patrol and Duran Duran.

Ferry timetables for Wightlink, Red Funnel and Hovertravel Isle of Wight ferry services to the Isle of Wight Festival.

COUNTER terrorism police have arrested a Basingstoke man on suspicion of making or possessing explosives as officers search a flat in Rooksdown.

AN Andover doctors’ surgery is celebrating one year under current leadership by looking back on its achievement of the past 12 months.

A FORMER council candidate charged with 21 offences of child sexual abuse has had his trial delayed.

A BUS driver who crashed into the bridge on Charlton Road, tearing the roof off his double decker bus, is still awaiting sentencing almost two years after the incident.

THREE people killed in a lorry crash on the A303 were a mother whose car had broken down and two Good Samaritans who stopped to help her.

A NEW youth choir has launched in Andover, offering the chance for young people to share their passion for music and singing.