3+ hour, 56+ min ago  (355+ words) A youth programme aimed at giving teenagers fun and affordable activities during the school holidays is set to launch. Andover Town Council's U-Choose Project will run from March 30 to April 10 during the Easter break, offering 11 to 16-year-olds access to affordable…...

15+ hour, 56+ min ago  (484+ words) New SEND reforms have been welcomed by a partnership group working to improve support for children. The group works across the Hampshire County Council area, with a focus on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Their response follows the launch…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (261+ words) Student portraits capturing the faces and stories of the community have gone on display. Year 9 students from Rookwood School gathered the images and interviews as part of a creative project in Andover aimed at building confidence and creativity. School 'immensely…...

1+ mon, 19+ hour ago  (603+ words) He learned to ski inside a giant shopping mall and next month will become the first man from United Arab Emirates to take to the Winter Olympic slopes. The route plotted by British-born Alex Astridge all the way to the…...

1+ mon, 21+ hour ago  (780+ words) The Government has signalled a tougher crackdown on the advertising of junk food to children, just weeks after stricter new rules came into effect. It has published an updated nutrient profiling model (NPM), which is used to calculate which products…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (443+ words) Ten new schools, including two special schools, will open across Hampshire. These plans form part of a "633m investment in education through to 2029. The funding aims to deliver more than 3,400 new school places by 2029. Hampshire County Council announced the capital investment…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (295+ words) Parents and guardians are being reminded about a change to the childhood vaccination programme. St Mary's Surgery, in Andover, has issued an update regarding the MMRV jab, a new vaccine now routinely offered to children under six through the NHS…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (422+ words) A compensation scheme for a historic medical scandal has been criticised as "wholly inadequate." The infected blood scandal, which has already seen more than "2 billion paid out to victims, saw children at Lord Mayor's Treloar's College in Hampshire, who had…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (710+ words) A leading pharmacist is warning parents about two over-the-counter drugs that should not be given to a child with chickenpox - as cases surge amid schools returning after Christmas break. Wendy Lee, community pharmacist from Well, believes many parents will be…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (378+ words) Families considering adoption will soon have the chance to hear real-life experiences first-hand at a public event. Adopt South, the regional adoption agency covering Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton, is launching Adoption Insights Live - an in-person event designed…...