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By Letters to the Editor Send us your views on the weeks news Debenhams in Winchester SIR: I read with interest Peter Rees’s letter ( Chronicle, March 18), suggesting that Debenhams could be used as Winchester’s indoor covered market. Having been to Shrewsbury’s Market Hall on numerous occasions, I fully support this idea and can visualise almost the whole of Debenhams being used for this purpose, with perha...

Speedway: Whanganuis Oceanview ready to rumble on April 9-10 8 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 4 minutes to read Matt Nielsen will defend the North Island Superstock crown this weekend. Photo / Sportsweb Photography Whanganui Chronicle By: Tony Stuart The rumble of highly tuned V8 engines will become a roar at Fast Lane Spares Oceanview Family Speedway this weekend. The Sharp As! Group North Island Superstock Championship has attracted a quality field of about 70 cars and drivers to compete for the final Sp...

SIR: Winchester Labour Partys well thought out suggestion, via Peter Rees, for a covered market on the ground/upper floors of the Debenhams site…

Jamie Larsen in 82P sets himself to pass Jonathan Allard for the North Island title on Saturday. Larsen began the 30-lap final on the outside of the second row and with American star Jonathan Allard blasting out to a big lead. It took 12 laps for Larsen to get past Michael Pickens and Stephen Taylor before setting out after Allard. Over the final eight laps it was a tight battle, as Larsen tried all he could to find a way past Allard. “I poked my nose down the inside and think he may have...

By Farmer reporter FARM safety expert and instructor Brian Rees, from Abbeycwmhir, near Llandrindod Wells has been awarded one of Welsh agriculture’s most prestigious awards, the Lantra Wales Lifetime Achievement Award. Described as a true ambassador for farm safety, Brian has spent more than 35 years raising awareness of what is widely acknowledged as a poor safety record within the UK agriculture industry, with many lives and livelihoods lost every year. “Brian has devoted most of...

Well-known farm safety expert wins major award 17 February 2021 | Brian Rees has spent more than 35 years raising farm safety awareness A well-known farm safety expert has been awarded one of Welsh farmings most prestigious awards, the Lantra Wales Lifetime Achievement Award. Brian Rees has spent more than 35 years raising awareness of what is widely acknowledged as a poor safety record within the UK agriculture industry. He was born into a farming family, leaving school in his teens to work a...

Speedway: Warriors win first race at ENZED Superstock Teams Champs since 2015 8 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 5 minutes to read Warriors debutant Dylan Marshall (57V) eliminates teams racing superstar Peter Rees (10G). Photo / Go Slideways Warriors debutant Dylan Marshall (57V) eliminates teams racing superstar Peter Rees (10G). Photo / Go Slideways Whanganui Chronicle The Wanganui Warriors Superstock team took a major step forward at Palmerston North over the weekend. Competing at the ENZED Superstock Te...

Noughts and crosses Inefficiencies in public procurement have become a hot topic in recent years, which is why one of my hacks thought he was on to a winner of a headline after he spotted that the value of a planned construction services framework from the Crown Commercial Service had ballooned from £1.5bn to £8bn in the space of five months. The 430% rise proved to be a dead end, however, when a spokesperson clarified that the number was a typo and should have read £8m, not £8bn. Unfortun...

Tall buildings policies can do without political hypocrisy How does housing secretary Robert Jenrick square his new-found enthusiasm for toughening up London’s tall buildings policy with his unlawful approval of Richard Desmond’s Westferry Printworks scheme? asks Paul Finch London Mayor Sadiq Khan has modified the draft London Plan to declare that boroughs ought to identify sites where tall buildings would be acceptable, the implication being that they would not be acceptable anywhere else...

peter paltridge/go slideways photography Jake Baker, photographed in Palmerston North in January, will race his superstock throughout New Zealand to help with his fundraising drive. “She’s really well. She’s participating in ballet and swimming and she, with her sister Amelia, were in the DanceWorks​ Regent production a couple of weeks ago,” Jake said.​ Evalina’s clean bill of health has let Jake return to racing superstocks after a couple of seasons off. He has more than podium...