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Town Forum to Support more Night Buses

At the Winchester Town Forum on Wednesday evening, councillors made a significant move towards bringing back a night bus service to Winchester.  They have set aside £10,000 to subsidise an evening bus service in Winchester for Thursday, Friday and Saturday …

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Winchester Town Forum Steps Into Funding Breach

With the Conservative City Council and County Council cabinets both planning to cut back on grants this year it is likely to be another difficult one for the voluntary sector in Winchester. At the Winchester Town Forum meeting on 25th …

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Pitt Manor decision a blow to ‘Localism’

Liberal Democrat Councillors are disappointed with the Planning Inspector’s decision to allow the development of two hundred new homes at Pitt Manor, off Romsey Road. Lynda Banister, Liberal Democrat City Councillor for Oliver’s Battery, the neighbouring ward, commented; “This decision …

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New Worthys Councillors website launched

www.worthys.mycouncillor.org.uk City Councillors Robert Johnston, Cllr Jane Rutter and County Councillor Jackie Porter have started a new website to cover the Worthys. We are happy to place articles on it for your interest, to advertise (suitable !) local events as well as our local news. Of course, you are welcome to attend our surgeries on [...]

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The weather’s getting colder….

if you drive a 4×4 can you help people in the snow this winter? Yes, I know it’s not thaat cold yet! But can you help this winter if it snows again? Hampshire County Council and the Emergency services are working as partners to develop better help for people in the snow. They are getting [...]

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67 bus service- the up to date news

Despite my pleas to Stagecoach and the County Council, the current plan is still to amalgamate the 64 and 67 to make one service,the 67, from Winchester to Petersfield, via Alresford. It will make the  journey from Winchester to Petersfield five times a day, and from Alresford to Petersfield twice a day, there will be four buses [...]

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Winchester Lib Dems share public’s outrage at cuts to bus services

Winchester’s Liberal Democrats have condemned the cuts to the District’s bus service proposed by the Conservative-led County Council. City Council group leader Kelsie Learney commented, “With the last bus out of Winchester at 9.30pm and most services finishing much earlier …

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Winchester Liberal Democrats take leading role in ‘rebellion’ against coalition NHS policy

Winchester Liberal Democrats have joined the ‘rebellion’ against the coalition government’s NHS policies recently reported in the Guardian. This sets them directly in opposition to their local coalition partner, Conservative MP for Winchester, Steve Brine MP, who is a member …

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Brian Laming wins the Oliver’s Battery & Badger Farm by-election

Liberal Democrats have welcomed Brian Laming’s success in the Oliver’s Battery and Badger Farm by-election on January 27, 2011. The final result was: Brian Laming – Liberal Democrats 894 53.9% Conservative 604 36.4% Labour 161 9.8%

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Continuing to work for a greener, fairer, safer Winchester

You may have seen reports on BBC South Today that two Winchester City Councillors have defected to the Conservatives. This is untrue and we don’t know where the BBC picked that up from. What has happened is that Councillor Alexis …

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