A PROLIFIC thief who stole more than £240 worth of items from shops across Andover has been handed a jail sentence.

A FATHER with anxiety so severe he would wake up screaming from ‘horrendous nightmares’ took his own life, an inquest has heard.

AN ANIMAL lover from Andover has launched an unusual business, creating cartoon stories about people’s pets.

A PENTON beer lover turned businessman has concocted a recipe for success after transforming a historic country house basement into a brewery.

WEAPONS, cash and illegal substances were seized during a major crackdown on drug-dealing gangs operating across Hampshire.

CCTV has been released in a police investigation into a sexual assault on a woman outside of a town centre restaurant.

A NEWLY-formed Men’s Shed has helped give a community project a fresh look.

A CENTRE which looks after post-heart operation patients from Basingstoke has been given a funding boost.

A BASINGSTOKE church is offering free help to people after partnering with an award-winning national debt counselling charity.

A COMPLAINT lodged against a councillor over use of a language during a borough council meeting has been thrown out.

A father is furious after a supermarket that has banned schoolchildren stopped his son from buying a drink.

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Exceptional medical staff received recognition on International Nurses Day.

A developer has avoided legal action after paying an outstanding bill just a day before the case was due to be heard in court.

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Emergency services were called to a busy Beaconsfield town centre road this afternoon after a pedestrian was hit by a lorry.

A Chesham company has been fined after two employees lost fingers while cutting timber.

A DISABLED hospital patient says she was left upset after a parking warden in a Bucks hospital car park was “rude and obnoxious”.

A section of the A355 in Beaconsfield has been shut to allow police to carry out an “investigation and reconstruction”.

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A thief who allegedly killed an actor who appeared in a Bond film with a fatal overdose of the chemsex drug GHB described himself as a "pharmacist", a court heard.

A popular butterfly installation at Kingston's Eden Walk shopping is returning this summer.

More than 500 Beavers from Epsom and other scout groups joined in the County Beaver camp over the weekend (May 18-19).

Kingston Council (RBK) today responded to an allegation of abuse reportedly levelled at a councillor.

A man who staged an armed robbery at a post office in Banstead has been jailed for 12 years.

Unproductivity due to smoking is costing Hertfordshire businesses millions of pounds annually.

Cyclists put their fitness to the test by riding up to 40 miles for charity.

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Exceptional medical staff received recognition on International Nurses Day.

A new festival, celebrating St Albans’ Roman heritage, will take place in the city from Friday, June 21, to Sunday, June 30.

THE University of Sussex Flat Earth Society is set for its first social event – at The Globe pub.

A HOMELESS man who broke into a cafe and stole three charity tins has been jailed.

A MEMORIAL to American gangsta rapper Eazy-E will be arriving in Newhaven “within the week”.

THE richest people in Sussex have been revealed.

A COUPLE who claim to be the biggest Monty Python fans in Sussex are cementing their love for each other, and the franchise, with a special themed wedding.