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<p>Cllr Phoebe Sullivan in Tilford, warning that local government reform must protect villages and social value.</p>

Local government reform risks sidelining villages, warns councillor

<p>Alton Runners line up for a team photo in Ryde</p>

Alton Runners impress at Ryde ten-mile road race

<p>Cllr Phoebe Sullivan says Surrey’s pubs are the beating hearts of village life — and warns that closures like those in Brook and Grayswood risk weakening the fabric of our communities</p>

Cllr Phoebe Sullivan: From pubs to potholes, a year in review

<p>Waverley Borough Council leader Cllr Paul Follows.</p>

Waverley challenges 'impossible' housing targets

<p>Local Nature Recovery Strategy for Hampshire 2025.</p>

Calls made to protect national landscapes

<p>Locals opposing the proposed construction of houses in Alton, Hampshire.</p>

Fury as homes threaten Jane Austen's Hampshire countryside

<p>Cllr Emily Young, East Hampshire Liberal Democrat group deputy leader </p>

Cllr Emily Young: Planning neglect has left our region exposed

<p>Action from Alton Cycling Club's 2025 Jim Woods Memorial Audax</p>

Alton Cycling Club hold fourth Jim Woods Memorial Audax

<p>In 1980, a wooly mammoth tusk was found at a quarry near Farnham.</p>

Peeps into the Past: When mammoths roamed the Farnham countryside

<p>Revd Tara Hellings, Vicar of Crondall and Ewshot</p>

Faith Comment: How to harvest our spiritual growth

<p>Turners Hill</p>

Waverley Council gets new affordable homes

<p>Yasmin Broome and Steve Swyer at the new accessible path at Pierrepont Farm</p>

Pierrepont Farm leads the way for countryside accessibility

<p>An Alton Walking Festival walk near West Meon</p>

Book your space on an Alton Walking Festival walk this weekend

<p>Petersfield was recognised by the judges for its excellent museum.</p>

Petersfield named best place to live in South East

<p>Some of the Alton Runners at the Bourne Woods cross country fixture (Photo: Steph Erskine)</p>

Alton Runners impress at cross country fixture

<p>Staff at AnA's Pet 'n' Tack Shop in Rushmoor recently celebrated 40 years of trading.</p>

Ana-mazing day as pet and tack shop marks 40 years of trading

<p>During her talk at Farnham Literary Festival, author Sally Coulthard demonstrates a rattle used to scare away birds.</p>

WATCH: Author explores our rural past at Farnham Literary Festival

<p>Councillors are concerned about the environmental impact of film crews, such as this one in Bourne Woods.</p>

Film crews causing reel trouble across the region

<p>Greg Stafford Farnham and Bordon MP</p>

Greg Stafford MP: Let's work to root out rural crime

<p>London Food and Drink Photography - Fuller's Bel and Dragon Churt London 2024 - Nic Crilly-Hargrave-13</p>

New Year, new Bel & Dragon: Book your stay at the revamped inn

<p>The site on Wrecclesham Hill where a retrospective planning permission appeal has been submitted to use land for self-storage containers</p>

Self-storage site owner launches appeal to install 154 containers

<p>The Mangalitza pigs Sprite and Tango are leaving Jenny Wren Farm at Birdworld</p>

Pigs Sprite and Tango hog the limelight as they leave Birdworld farm

<p>Windmill Hill fields - the yellow patch between the A3 and built-up Alton in this picture - is a possible housing site.</p>

East Hampshire cannot tolerate the "uplift" in housebuilding numbers

<p>Highdell Barns, Warnford</p>

Farm buildings and land to the west of Petersfield to be auctioned

<p>The Fight for the South Downs has been penned by Midhurst writer Robin Crane and edited by Margaret Paren of Liss Forest.</p>

How South Downs National Park dream became a reality

<p>Mary-Ann Ochota </p>

Broadcaster elected president of CPRE the countryside charity