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3 Welcome to the January edition of your local Andover & North Hampshire CONTENTS Gazette community magazine. It’s 2017, well what a year 2016 was! We’ve 6-7 New Street Dental Care - How do I look after seen many political decisions that will my denture properly? certainly bring about change, the GB Team brought home 27 gold in the Rio Olympics which was more medals than in London 2012 8 Middletons Solictors - Real life Law and we lost many well loved, geniuses in music, acting and comedy. Everyone is looking 14-21 Community News forward to a year of positive change and good news plus you personally may be thinking of 22 Oaktree Business Management - Self making changes too. Assessment Resolutions might be centred on a change in your health; as always we have our Health & Well Being section in there to 30-33 Health & Wellbeing help keep you on track. January is set to be really cold so keep wrapped up and do make sure you keep your motor vehicle serviced to avoid breakdowns. If you need help see our Motoring 37 Planet PC - Attack of the Hackers feature on pages 50-51 Keep an eye on the weather forecast and leave enough time for journeys, as always please be safe. 44 Wedding Feature This month, we cover the changes in Andover as a new provider This month’s Walk takes over our Leisure Centre, the launch of Test Valley Business 48-49 Awards for 2017, Valley Leisure announces an refurbishment of the bowling alley and a local father wins the CharityComms 50-51 Service with a smile Inspiring Communicator Award for his work with Naomi House and Jacksplace Children’s Hospices. Plus are you planning a wedding 52 Shape Contractor - Water pipework in and this year? If so, also don’t forget to look at our wedding feature around your home - whose responsibility? which has some incredible facts from the Guinness Book of World Records. 54-55 Kids’ pages We are always happy to connect with local people whether it be Community or Education news, Local Events or Charity Anton Vets - Vomiting Dogs Fundraisers or whether you are local businesses looking to 56 discuss their marketing strategy. Please do email us tracey@ andovergazette.co.uk to discuss your needs and how your local 60 Monthly Garden Tips free community magazine can help you. Start the New Year by giving your business a boost! 64-65 On the Move Wishing you health and happiness for the year to come. 66-68 Education News 72-73 Whats on in your area

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14 www.mlggazettes.co.uk Chandler’s Ford 023 80270606 Community News Valley Leisure to open a new bowling facility in Andover People going out and having fun in Andover will have more choices for entertainment in 2017 when a 10-pin bowling alley opens in February. Riverside Bowl will be a new venture for Valley Leisure and will feature eight bowling lanes, interactive 3D glow-in-the-dark golf and an American style diner. Renovation work at the site above Wilko in Bridge Street has begun and is breathing new life into the venue that was previously run by a local community group. “This is an exciting new venture for Valley Leisure. We’re delighted to launch this new community facility and provide a bowling alley for Andover and the surrounding area, we will continue to have the community at the heart of the charities future plans.” said Kevin Paterson, CEO of Valley Leisure. Riverside Bowl will also be home to a bowling league, as well as hosting birthday parties and corporate events. Look out for special launch activities, which are planned for February half term. Visit the Valley Leisure’s Facebook page for updates: www.facebook.com/valleyleisure.

Chandler’s Ford 023 80270606 15 Community News Council wins High Court challenge to its Local Plan Test Valley Borough Council has Portfolio Holder for Planning Policy and successfully defended a High Court Transport, Councillor Martin Hatley, challenge from a local landowner to the said: “We were disappointed that after Test Valley Local Plan. all the time, effort and resources that had been invested in getting the Local The trustees of the Barker Mill Estate, Plan produced and adopted, a legal who have residential and commercial challenge was made. The challenge had development interests in Nursling and threatened to give others an opportunity Rownhams, challenged the Local Plan, to pursue residential development in which was adopted in January 2016 inappropriate locations because of after being approved by a government- appointed inspector. The trust the absence of an up-to-date Local challenged the plan on several grounds, Plan. We are, of course, relieved, but including claiming that it failed to not surprised, by the court’s judgement provide sufficient housing, employment and the outcome of the decision is and commercial land to meet the local very good news for the borough. The need. judge has concluded that the decisions the council took, whilst difficult, could But all of the trust’s claims were rejected not be criticised in law. The Local Plan in a High Court judgement issued by enables us to protect the borough from Mr Justice Holgate on 25 November. He inappropriate development and allows said that Barker Mill Estates had “failed us to continue with our planned strategy to identify any misinterpretation of any for growth in the right places.” planning policy”, either by the council or a planning inspector who had considered Portfolio Holder for Planning and the plan, and that there was nothing Building, Councillor Phil Bundy, said: “I irrational about the way in which the am pleased that the judge also rejected council and inspector applied planning the Trust’s challenge against the appeal policies. decision to refuse planning permission for warehousing at Adanac Park. We The judge also rejected a challenge often have to make difficult decisions, against a planning inspector’s decision particularly in planning, but there are to refuse planning permission for strict guidelines for determining planning warehousing on land at Adanac Park, applications, whether by the council or a Nursling. planning inspector, and the judge agreed Welcoming the court’s decision, that these had been followed.”

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Keith Wilson, marketing manager at he would go to the moon and back Naomi House & Jacksplace hospices, for Naomi House & Jacksplace.” They has been presented with an Inspiring added, “his aim is always to share, with Communicator Award by CharityComms. honesty and integrity, the stories of families that use the hospices.” CharityComms is the membership network for communications professionals working in charities across the UK. Other winners of the Inspiring Communicator Award include Michael McGrath, founder of The Muscle help Foundation and Steve Ford, Chief Executive of Parkinson’s UK. Commenting on the award, Keith said: “I’m both humbled and delighted to pick up this award, and am extremely grateful to my colleagues for nominating me. He has worked at Naomi House & Naomi House & Jacksplace is a charity Jacksplace for 5 years, during which time on the move. We are caring for more he oversaw a visit by HRH the Duchess life-limited and life-threatened children of Cambridge, and the organisation’s and young people than ever before, and high profile ‘Caterpillar Appeal’ which the conditions we see are increasingly raised more £4 million to refurbish the complex. To be able to play my small hospice. He regularly takes part in Naomi part in delivering vital care services to House & Jacksplace’s fundraising events hundreds of families is both an honour and recently pushed a blind grandfather and a privilege.” of 16 around the London Marathon Naomi House & Jacksplace offers respite, course in a wheelchair. community, emergency, end of life and The father of two from Andover was bereavement care to children, young nominated by his colleagues who said, people and families from across central “the sky is never the limit for Keith, southern England.

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Chandler’s Ford 023 80270606 19 Community News Brexit isn’t stopping us getting on with the job Away from the Brexit drama, the where they want them. Win-win. Government has been pushing on with This new strength for local people its legislative mission in Parliament. came about after a planning inspector Two new laws in particular will make allowed a developer to ride roughshod a real difference and their contents over the new neighbourhood plan in matter enormously to people Oakley here in North West Hampshire. across North West Hampshire: The Following my outrage and protests Neighbourhood Planning Bill and the over that decision, the new Bill now Digital Economy Bill. contains what the minister referred For years the trend in planning has to as the “Malthouse Clause” which been to take power away from people states in law that weight must be and to give it central government. given to these plans devised by local Driven by a fear that citizens might people. This will mean the plans in take the ‘wrong’ decision this Whitchurch, Overton and elsewhere ‘government knows best’ approach will now be a really strong protection alienated communities and meant for local people and give everyone that consent for much needed housing more certainty about development in evaporated. A lose-lose situation. This their area. has been reversed as part of our new The Government is making headway deal on planning. beyond planning too. The Digital To give people back control I’m Economy Bill also strikes upon a working hard and engaging ministers priority for constituents in our rural to make sure the new Neighbourhood constituency: broadband. This Bill Planning Bill safeguards our towns and at last recognizes that, like water, villages and local plans once agreed electricity and phone lines, broadband by local people. The Planning Inspector is now a vital utility and so guarantees should never be a tool to brush aside every household’s right to a connection local democracy. By protecting local speed of 10 mb/s. This is an important areas from opportunistic developers development, but we can also go who intimidate councils, planning can further and make it compulsory for be something that is done with people all new builds to meet ‘fibre to the rather than done to them, so we can property’ specification. On a more restore that trust and consent. When technical level, the Bill also aims to it’s done right, planning means that make it easier for landowners and communities get the homes they need service providers to cooperate on

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his walk begins at a Tlocation with no pub or coffee bar to recharge afterwards, at Rownhams Wood, which can be found halfway between Rownhams and North Baddesley on the Rownhams Lane. As the road swings round a long bend (on the left coming from Rownhams), there is a substantial parking area which is always Photo 2 popular with the local walkers.

The start of this 4.5 mile walk is very easy, but latterly underfoot conditions can make the route seem a little longer.

Once out of the car we head down into Rownhams Wood (photo 1) along a wide trail that gradually reduces into a smaller path and then climbs gently

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through some woods. Inevitably, the winter rain can make this soggy but navigable and emerges into pine woodland and up as far as a fence on the left (photo 2) with a Hamsphire County Council ‘Private’ sign on the right. We need to go through the fence gap and turn right following the path round past a copse of trees planted in a circle.

This path actually tracks through the 48 www.mlggazettes.co.uk Photo 3 The field can be surprisingly muddy despite being on the side of a hill, the left hand fence line probably being the firmest terrain! As we climb the fields Rownhams Services are just visible through the trees, but we are not going through them.

After conquering the muddy climb we mount the final stile, turn right and begin our return along Rownhams Lane to the car, which involves a 1 kilometre walk and a pleasant downhill stride to the car.

Photo 4 grounds of Manor House Hotel and the next 800 metres of gardens, lake and shrubs are all part of their surrounding environment. We need to walk round the lake (photo 3), across the open field and through the gate into the hotel’s extended car park. Keep going straight onwards towards the entrance gate which emerges on the edge of Chilworth Technology Park.

Taking care to cross this road we keep on the right hand side on the footpath for just 200 metres before turning right beside the Chilworth Arms, down Manor Road, past the Chilworth Playing Fields and then following Essential items for walking the road round to the left as it becomes anytime: Chilworth Drove. • High visibility clothing, vest or Once across the motorway bridge we are spoilt for choice of direction, with three sash are ideal. Be seen at all options, our route is the sharpest left along times. the fence line beside the M27 (photo 4). If you can blank off the traffic noise this path is very • Robust footwear, walking pleasant for a long while until it drops down boots, good sturdy trainers – into rain washed gullies where there has been normal house shoes really not a lot of tree removal and coppicing. This has made the underfoot status challenging but not recommended. dangerous – and we need to persevere with this route for over a mile, by keeping the fence • A torch (for gloomy days), line always on our right hand. mobile phone and a whistle

The path joins a field on the right with (personal protection and safety). a stream and woods to the left, which eventually meet a footpath finger post that • For dog walkers – take a supply aims us right over a gate and up through the of poop scoop bags. next three fields, where cattle often graze. 49 Service with a Smile Car Cleaning Hacks 1. Keep headlights clean by really make the car sparkle. using toothpaste, it really 4. Leather seats with stubborn brightens them up, more so stains? Using hairspray than soap and water. can help lift them and to 2. Keep a plastic cereal condition rub in Olive Oil to container with a bin liner in keep them soft and supple the car for throwing away to hopefully avoid cracks. rubbish as you go – if you 5. Shine up interiors using remember to! good ole’ Vaseline – it 3 Run out of wax car cleaner? apparently really makes Apparently, hair conditioner them shine plus protects containing lanolin can work them too. as a substitute and it can 6. Use Coca Cola for your

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