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We invited every borough candidate standing in the Test Valley Borough Council local election to submit 100-word profiles.

A NEW business, set up by a woman in Andover, has been given a boost by Test Valley Borough Council (TVBC) in the form of a £750 grant.

NEW figures estimated that 80 people were homeless in Andover on any given night in 2022, including 15 children.

GREEN-FINGERED residents across generations gathered at St Paul’s Church Centre on Smannell Road in Andover on Saturday (May 14) for the latest…

THE local council are advising the public on what they can do if they are experiencing homelessness this winter.

FOCUS is on the Climate following a cabinet shake-up.

BUSINESS Incentive Grants available for Test Valley

A debate over an allowance motion at Test Valley Borough Council (TVBC) became particularly heated on Wednesday (April 7) as councillors argued over the motion. Cllr David Coole had proposed that the minority opposition group leader on the council, himself, should be paid a special responsibilities allowance (SRA). These allowances are given to support extra work undertaken by councillors with additional roles. He said that being paid the allowance was “a matter of complying with the co...

Test Valley Borough Council (TVBC) will investigate the possibility of providing support to eradicate period poverty following a motion being brought before it. A motion to ask TVBC to provide free period products in all its buildings, as well as contributing a payment to schools to do the same, had been brought before the council on January 27. Following debate, it was decided the motion should be considered by the council as it falls within its purview. At a cabinet meeting on March 10,...