Petersfield, England News

Just when he thought it really was safe to go in the water, the British man who has the "best Job in the world" as caretaker of an Australian tourist island has been stung by a potentially lethal jellyfish.

SHOPPERS will get to see first-hand the potential devastation caused by drink or drug-driving when officers take a smashed up car on a tour of our town centres this week.

A Hampshire man who has the "Best Job in the World" as the caretaker of a tropical Australian island has been stung by a potentially lethal jellyfish.

Traffic was severely disrupted in east and north Hampshire as heavy snow swept across the county for the second time in four days.

AN environmental campaign in Petersfield has hailed the Copenhagen Climate Change summit for helping to focus people's minds on green issues locally.

Basingstoke remains under a blanket of white, with the weak hazy sunshine making little impact on snow-covered streets still littered with hundreds of abandoned cars.

WHILE many were out enjoying the snowy conditions over the weekend, pedestrians and motorists in Petersfield struggled to cope with the icy roads and slippery pavements.

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Prices for coal shipped from South Africaa s Richards Bay, site of the continenta s biggest export facility for the fuel, rose to a ten-month high on Asian demand and orders before the year-end holidays.

TWO teenage Churcher's College students are baking cakes in preparation for a charity coffee morning and cake sale on Saturday.

A campaigner vowed this week that "the battle has just begun" after planning blueprints which could lead to 565 new homes being built in Petersfield were approved.

A car landed on its roof in an accident early yesterday morning. Police, ambulance and fire crews were called to the A3 south of Petersfield at 3.14am on Sunday, after an accident in which a Vauxhall Zafira spun and turned over.

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A TAXI driver from Petersfield was left with multiple injuries after a lorry collided with his cab near Winchester.

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If there is a better view in England than from the top of Harting Downs lead me to it.

A LORRY driver has been arrested after colliding with a taxi near Winchester yesterday morning.

PETERSFIELD Christmas Festival returns this December with music, markets, fairground rides and family fun.

Shoppers in Petersfield are being invited to give a special present this Christmas.