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<p>The Collective Worship Crusaders at St Lawrence CE Primary School in Alton celebrate its Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools report from the Church of England.</p>

Glowing Church of England report for primary school

<p>From left: Joan Andrews, Denise Ellis and Vail in Alton Secondhand Books.</p>

Lucky find in book shop creates windfall for charities

<p>Bluebird Care presents its £1,000 community grant to Dogs for Autism, alongside Jon, his mother Kelly and his assistance dog Casper.</p>

Dogs for Autism receives £1,000 grant from home care provider

<p>Tim Hull-Daley is the owner of Alton's new wargaming store The Iron Sprue.</p>

Go to war on a board at The Iron Sprue in Alton

<p>The Costa Foundation has given Treloar's a £25,000 grant towards its Planting Possibilities gardening project (Photo: Kaitlin Allen).</p>

Coffee company charity supports Treloar's gardening project

<p>The Curtis Museum in Alton.</p>

Community group will talk to councils about museum funding

<p>Jane Austen will be under the spotlight at Alton Library during Jane Austen Regency Week.</p>

Library hosting Jane Austen Regency Week events

<p>The police are aware of an incursion by travellers in Medstead.</p>

EHDC goes to High Court in bid to stop Medstead travellers

<p>Some of the £15,000 worth of drugs seized by police in Alton.</p>

Police take £15,000 worth of drugs off streets of Alton

<p>The Curtis Museum in Alton.</p>

Hope for the Curtis Museum but a long road ahead

<p>Eggar's School pupil George has designed a sticker showing people where they can refill their water bottles for free in Alton town centre. </p>

Free water bottle refills in new town council scheme

<p>Tom Yendell with one of the paintings he submitted for the Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists' 70th birthday exhibition.</p>

Mouth and foot painting artist reaches top of organisation

<p>Dr Hugh Bethell introduces the speaker at Cardiac Health’s 2025 annual lecture.</p>

Founder giving final talk after 50 years with Cardiac Health

<p>The Alton Climate Action Network carried out a climate and nature survey in the town on May 9.</p>

ACAN wants national emergency speech on climate and nature

<p>A team from Eggar’s School in Alton took on the Henley Tough Mudder race and raised more than £2,500 for charity.</p>

Muddy runners from Eggar's School raise £2,500 for charities

<p>Alton Town Council 2026-27. From left - Back: Nick O'Brien, Don Hammond, Matthew Bayliss, Graham Hill and Roger Lamb. Front: Chris Botten, Barbara Tansey, Annette Eyre and Lorna Woodcroft.</p>

New mayor and deputy mayor elected at annual council meeting

<p>Windows remained open on Wednesday to remove the smell of smoke from flats above the Boots opticians and hearing care centre in Alton High Street which were damaged by fire on Monday evening.</p>

Offers of help for families in fire-ravaged flats

<p>The Alton Assembly Rooms is hosting a day devoted to dolls houses.</p>

Dolls House Day will help Dementia-Friendly Alton

<p>Teacher Emma Jones and pupils in The Attenborough Garden at Bentley CE Primary School.</p>

From butterfly crisis came The Attenborough Garden

<p>Cycle Alton is offering confidence-building bicycle rides this summer.</p>

Build bike confidence on a Cycle Alton ride

<p>The Crown Hotel in Alton is coming under new ownership from May 15.</p>

New owners set to take over Crown Hotel in Alton

<p>Alton Town Council is to spend £44,000 investigating the options to keep King’s Pond as it is or separate it from the River Wey.</p>

Town council to spend £44,000 investigating King's Pond options

<p>Stan and Roma Rickman died in an early morning house fire on Heron Close in Alton.</p>

Fatal Alton house fire: Boy appears in court

<p>Cameras at the ready as Alton College students go on safari in South Africa.</p>

South Africa safari adventure for Alton College students

<p>All smiles from Annette Eyre, left, and Samantha Brown after they abseiled down the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth.</p>

Daring duo abseil down Spinnaker Tower for charity

<p>Dickon Armstrong admires the gas lamp in 2023.</p>

Gas lamp in Alton set to be repaired