AN ANDOVER man who stood his ground against parking charges at St Michael’s retail park in Basingstoke has had the debt dropped.

Tributes have been paid to a beloved assistance dog who raised tens of thousands for charity following his death this week.

A Cottonworth-based winery has claimed top prize for its sparkling wine in a national awards ceremony.

The deputy mayor of Andover has been released without charge after being arrested at the weekend.

A Basingstoke man who died after a crash on the A303 near Shipton Bellinger has been identified.

Andover Cricket Club has asked members of the public for support as part of a drive to refurbish its pavilion.

CLEVER minds in Andover are being invited to appear on the next series of the BBC’s Mastermind.

STORM Darcy has triggered a new wave of Cold Weather Payments for postcodes across Andover.

Holiday makers could be slapped with a £10,000 fine and 10-years in prison in new legislation designed to stop new Covid variants entering the UK.

All the key dates you need to know about when schools, pubs and shops will re-open

Andover will continue to feel sub-zero temperatures this week as snow and ice continue to affect the UK.

All your latest travel and weather news as Snow falls across the town

The news comes after the government confirmed that the idea of state-issued vaccine 'passports' will be scrapped.

Winchester College is to overturn centuries of tradition by taking girl pupils for the first time, it announced today.

A number of residents have died at an Andover care home following a Covid outbreak, the Advertiser can report.

People over the age of 70 who have not yet been offered a Covid jab are being encouraged to contact the NHS to arrange an appointment.

Three men have been accused of fowl play after police found them breaching Covid rules on a quest for fried chicken in Andover.

Police have made an arrest while investigating a robbery from a Co-op in Andover.

A MAN has appeared in court accused of trying to abduct a child.

A Tidworth woman who took out numerous road signs while three times over the drink drive limit has been banned from driving.

LABOUR MP, Jess Phillips has hit out at North West Hampshire MP Kit Malthouse.

A Shipton Bellinger beauty therapist has been chosen from thousands of people to make it to the final of the UK Hair and Beauty Awards.

Andover is likely to get more snow in the coming days with another 'Beast from the East' style weather-front moving in.

A pharmacy in Ludgershall has been added to the list of venues offering coronavirus jabs to those who are eligible.

Students and teachers could see two weeks cut from their summer break in an effort to catch up with physical learning.

THERE'S no getting around it - 2021 thus far is not quite the new start and the return to life as we knew it that we had all hoped for.

Plans to build nine houses in the heart of Whitchurch have raised controversy amongst residents of the town.

The leader of Test Valley Borough Council has his say in his monthly column

NHS deserves better

I’m grateful to David Howard who sent me this picture of the Capital and Counties Bank at 22 High Street. Lloyd’s took over the bank in 1918 and remain there today. The Capital and Counties was itself an amalgamation of the Hampshire Banking C...

This derelict chapel is nestled away in picturesque Vernham Dean, Andover

THESE CCTV images show two men wanted by police in connection with a robbery at an Andover shop.

A woman who was accused of begging in Andover has had her case dropped.

PREPARATIONS are underway by the council to deal with plunging temperatures as sleet and snow is forecast from tonight.

Thirteen eateries in the Andover area had fresh food hygiene ratings released in the last two months.

AN INTERACTIVE noise and air pollution map shows the areas of Andover which are most and least affected.

While many of us are staying indoors at the moment, there are still reasons that some of us need to travel.

Andover could feel as cold as Lapland next week as the Met Office predicts chilly days ahead.

These villages have been abandoned for years.

ANDOVER paedophile Callum Lee Bates has avoided a prison sentence after admitting to breaching his sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) to speak to a 13-year-old boy on the dating app Grindr.

LOCAL elections look set to go ahead in May – but voters will have to bring their own pencil to mark their ballot paper under new coronavirus safety rules.

THE leader of Test Valley Borough Council has expressed his ‘mixed views’ abouton May 6.

AN Andover grandfather has decked his house in Union Jacks to pay tribute to fundraising hero Captain Sir Tom Moore.

PLANS have been put forward to build a brand-new Costa coffee drive-thru, The Advertiser can report.

Andover Town Council has had many meetings which rival the now viral Handforth Town Council and Jackie Weaver for chaos

The worst in life brings out the best in people.

Police have appealed for witnesses after a man attempted to abduct a 2-year-old girl in Basingstoke.

An award-winning Freefolk plant nursery has been forced to forego its chance at a final hurrah at the Chelsea Flower Show after the event was rescheduled.

It has been a year since the United Kingdom reported the first case of coronavirus in the country.

One of Test Valley’s MP’s is campaigning for more women to take a HIV test as part of efforts to eradicate transmission of the virus in the UK by 2030.