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Andrew Napier

England

Chief Reporter at Southern Daily Echo

Head of News at Hampshire Chronicle

Head of News for Hampshire Chronicle in Winchester. 01962 861860. Roots: England, Wales, Scotland, Sweden.

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  • 1 week ago | hampshirechronicle.co.uk | Andrew Napier

    Police. Stock image (Image: NQ) POLICE have used enforcement powers to oust travellers from a park and ride site near Winchester. Officers in Winchester have been working with partners at Winchester City Council in response to an unauthorised encampment near Compton. The site is often used by travellers who were earlier camped for a couple of days at Oram's Arbour in Winchester city centre.

  • 1 week ago | hampshirechronicle.co.uk | Andrew Napier

    To avoid the high cost of erecting scaffolding around the tower to carry out the work, a team of cathedral specialists spent several days abseiling down to the clock face to repaint the copper and wood dial and restore the gilded numerals. The cost of the renovation was met by the Friends of Winchester Cathedral.

  • 1 week ago | hampshirechronicle.co.uk | Andrew Napier

    The Chesil Theatre launched a £2.1m initiative for a major expansion at its venue in Chesil Street. It would pay for a new entrance, studio theatre, better bar and disabled facilities on land next to the medieval church which is the main performance space. Planning permission for the scheme, which would see the demolition of a Victorian house, was granted last November.

  • 1 week ago | hampshirechronicle.co.uk | Andrew Napier

    A WOMAN who refused to cooperate with the police has been given an interim driving ban. Sarah Young, 46, of Fursedown Road, King's Somborne, near Stockbridge, was stopped by officers in Southampton on April 21, a court heard. Nicholas Doyle, prosecuting, said Young was required to give a sample of breath but refused. She appeared at Southampton Magistrates Court on June 9 to plead guilty to failing to provide a sample. Magistrates adjourned the case for a pre-sentence report.

  • 1 week ago | hampshirechronicle.co.uk | Andrew Napier

    The city council has published a 'concept masterplan' for the Station Approach area, stretching from Gladstone Street, Stockbridge Road to Worthy Lane and Andover Road. It aims to create a 'Station Quarter'. The council Cabinet is due to discuss the plan, two years in the preparation, on Wednesday June 18. Station Approach is a potentially huge £ 150-200million-plus development but, like Silver Hill, has been bedevilled for a decade by false starts and legal challenges.

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14 Apr 25

What a shocking breach of trust, allegedly BBC News - Ex-MP Craig Williams among 15 charged with betting offences https://t.co/VtvacDOZ77

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3 Mar 25

'I would like to say sorry to everyone': Cathedral dean steps down after review https://t.co/95D9XlX0L6

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20 Feb 25

Lots of Chronicles in the shops now. The siege in Stanmore; big rise in council tax; masterplan agreed for barracks; Reaction to downsizing of Hat Fair; latest on Micheldever New Town and packed meeting about new estate planned at Lanham Lane; and lots more! https://t.co/EfvBkGA5z8