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Elusive capybara remains at large two weeks after daring escape

A capybara named Samba has evaded capture for two weeks after escaping from Marwell Zoo near Winchester, Hampshire. Zoo staff have deployed extensive resources, including sniffer dogs, thermal drones, and camera traps, but say that Samba has proven "particularly adept at avoiding detection". Samba, who escaped with her sister Tango…

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New town the size of Winchester gets planning permission in east London to tackle housing crisis

Some 20,000 homes, two new schools, hotels, a care home, shops, pubs, bars, parks, offices and student accommodation, were officially signed off as part of the project

Evening Standard

Country pub of the week: The Wykeham Arms, Winchester

A pub with history crammed into every nook and cranny, says Josh Barrie

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Britain’s Got Talent dancer died of suicide after ‘child sexual offending’ arrest

An inquest held at Winchester was told tKerri-Anne Donaldson was arrested on June 4 and questioned at a police station about the ‘sexual’ offence

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Kate pays tribute to ‘connection between nature, creativity and craft’

Earlier this week, Kate made a private visit to The Arc, in Winchester, where she saw an exhibition on the artist William Morris.

Evening Standard

‘They’re scrubbing the files to take Republican names out’: Jeffrey Epstein’s brother says Trump cover-up underway in Winchester, VA facility

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London leaver: 'I miss Vauxhall's diversity but we're saving £1,000 pcm on housing costs in Winchester'

Calm, peaceful, less crowded than London — and significantly cheaper — this family’s move to Winchester has been a net positive

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Statue of Jane Austen unveiled to mark 250th anniversary of her birth

Artist Martin Jennings created the sculpture installed in the grounds of Winchester Cathedral.

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You can now rent Winchester Cathedral’s Deanery for a holiday stay

The public has never previously been able to stay in the property

The Independent UK

Why snappy dogs, scratchy cats, and hungry worms were part of a medieval woman’s vision of the afterlife

The afterlife is not typically associated with aggressive pets and insatiable worms. But these are exactly the creatures that appeared to an unnamed woman recluse living in Winchester, England, over the course of three nights in the summer of 1422. The woman was an anchoress. That means she had chosen…

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‘Like a bullet going right by you’: affluent English towns and suburbs rail against noisy, unstoppable rise of padel tennis

From Bath to Weybridge and Winchester to Lytham St Annes, padel’s ‘gunfire-like’ acoustics are making locals seethe

The Guardian - UK

What a racket: neighbours object to noisy padel playing at Hampshire sports club

Winchester Racquets and Fitness expects to be served noise abatement order over ball strikes like ‘gunshots’

The Guardian - UK

Bournemouth woman’s killer was not referred for support after prison release, inquest told

Inquest into Marta Elena Vento’s killing by Stephen Cole, who had psychosis, told of ‘crisis’ on mental health team at Winchester prison

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London Leaver: "I thought I would die in London but I'm completely happy in Winchester"

Emma McCaffrey has found a completely new way of life outside the capital

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Grotto organisers offer furious parents refunds over ‘fake santa’ at festive event

The Hampshire Cultural Trust has apologised for the new grotto experience at the Great Hall in Winchester

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‘Kids were in tears’: visitors complain of Santa ‘shambles’ at Hampshire grotto

Refunds offered for event at Great Hall in Winchester after visitors say Santa is not jovial and beard is ‘blatantly fake’

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Winchester prison needs ‘urgent improvement’, watchdog warns

Drug use was ‘rife’ but the prison’s approach to testing was ‘weak’, inspectors said.

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List Of UK Towns And Cities 'Best For Job Opportunities' Revealed With Top Spot Seeing People Earning £40K Yearly

Ciphr's comprehensive study ranks the top UK cities for job opportunities and salaries, highlighting Winchester as the best city overall based on various economic indicators.

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OPINION - John Darlington on London Monuments: Vauxhall Gardens from racy arbours to Taylor Swift

Historically, the south side of the river, especially around Southwark, has always had a different vibe from the medieval and Tudor city across the Thames to the north. More relaxed, it was where London’s citizens went for entertainment away from the legal formality and puritanism of the city. It was…

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Playing fields sold off, swimming pools closed down – state-school children don’t have a sporting chance

A Guardian report has revealed the huge areas of outdoor space owned by UK private schools. It’s time for this inequality to end, says journalist Robert Verkaik

The Guardian - UK

How England’s top private schools came to own 38,000 acres of land

Students at top fee-paying institutions benefit from centuries of philanthropy originally intended to help the poor

The Independent UK

Lib Dems sued by ex-candidate ousted ‘because he is a Christian’

Former BBC journalist David Campanale’s cause against the Lib Dems is being supported by the bishops of Winchester and Guildford - two target seats for the party

The Independent UK

Gladstone would not be welcome in ‘anti-Christian’ Lib Dems, claims top Bishop

The Bishop of Winchester Philip Mounstephen has denounced the Lib Dems after claims that a former BBC journalist was deselected by the Lib Dems over his Christian beliefs

The Guardian - UK

Inmates dug through Winchester prison walls with plastic cutlery, report finds

One in 10 prisons in England and Wales barely fit for purpose, says audit of prisoner treatment

The Guardian - UK

Former Winchester mayor cleared of trying to smother his dying mother

David McLean’s alleged confessions of killing his mother with a pillow deemed unreliable by judge

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