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Town's cannabis factory shut down
A cannabis factory is closed down in a Hampshire town after 500 plants were uncovered, police reveal.
Traffic diverted during M4 work
Motorists using a major M4 motorway junction at Reading will face diversions on their route from this week.
Capita job cuts 'appals' union
Trade union Unite says it is appalled at plans to cut about 300 jobs at the Capita Life and Pensions' operations centre in Bristol.
Jobs at risk at Capita in Bristol
Up to 300 jobs are expected to be lost at Capita Life and Pensions' operations centre in Bristol by the summer.
Driver jailed for killing friend
A driver from Basingstoke who police believe crashed while chasing another car, killing his friend, is jailed.
Scrubbing Up: Anorexia
Anorexia: Your comments on this week's Scrubbing Up
Boy's care home dream 'a reality'
Work is due to begin on a holiday care home for sick children in Basingstoke, that was the dream of a nine-year-old who died of cancer.
Who was My Sharona?
Written to woo an underage girl, My Sharona, sung by Doug Fieger, who died this week, has been linked to everyone from George Bush to Girls Aloud. How did a disposable song with hidden swearing prove so enduring?
When I grow up I'll be a.
Do you remember what you wanted to be when you grew up - and have you achieved it? A study run over the past 50 years has tested what helps childhood aspirations become reality.
Running a 'live events' page
How about broadening your reporting on 11 March by finding out what other schools are up to? Here is how your school can run its very own "live events" website.
Bus driver cut free after crash
A bus driver is cut free by firefighters after a collision between a Stagecoach bus and van on a Hampshire road.
Met police recover stolen lambs
The Metropolitan Police reveal they have recovered 44 of 50 two-week-old lambs stolen from a Hampshire farm.
New bishop installed in service
The new bishop of Dover is installed in a special ceremony attended by 1,000 people at Canterbury Cathedral.
The tragedy of dying languages
Speakers of thousands of the world's languages are now abandoning their ancestral tongues at an unprecedented rate. Linguist K David Harrison explains whey they need to be kept alive.
February's practice News Day
Schools around the UK took part in a dress rehearsal for the UK-wide News Day. Find out how the day unfolded.
Securitas trial jury discharged
A jury in the trial of two men accused of concealing nearly £1m from the £53m Securitas raid is discharged.
Pregnancy 'baby brain': Your comments
"I feel like pregnancy has taken a hammer to my brain"
Tribute for teenage crash victim
Tributes are paid to an 18-year-old woman who died in a two-vehicle road collision in Hampshire.
Cash from £53m raid 'was in car'
Two men go on trial accused of concealing nearly £1m in cash linked to the Securitas raid in Kent in February 2006.
Cutlery knife stab attack on man
An 18-year-old suffers an injury to his neck when he is stabbed with a cutlery knife in Hampshire.


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