Radio Bulletin - Thursday 18th March

This is Aimee Pickering and here is the news.

A service station employee has been the victim of an armed robbery in Andover.
The robbers targeted the service station in Weyhill Road, at around 11 pm on Sunday. The three male robbers used a gun and a metal bar to threaten the employee and steal around one hundred pounds, before driving off in a blue Renault Clio.
The employee was not hurt and police are appealing for anyone who witnessed the robbery, or saw the get-away car, to come forward.
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The investigation into a sexual assault on a 22-year-old woman in Eastleigh has developed, as police have released an efit of the attacker.
The man is described as white, aged less than twenty-five, five foot eight inches tall, with an average build and a local accent.
The attack took place in Fleming Park, in the area between Derby Road and Nightingale Avenue, between 9:30 and 10 pm on the 8th March.
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Hampshire County Council will announce its budget for 2010 to 2011 later this month. The annual budget will be around six hundred and seventy two million pounds and is expected to see a rise in council tax of twenty pounds per year for the average family.
Local residents voiced their opinions on council spending as it stands and what they hope the new budget will improve:

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“Well obviously it’s an enormous budget for an enormous county, so one would hope that they would be able to find some value for culture”

“Well I think they’re spending too much on the Civil Service and not enough on the public, the NHS and help for the elderly”

The council has said that there are no plans to cut service spending: which includes social care, education, road maintenance and rubbish disposal.
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And finally…

An event is being held in Winchester to help the homeless.
The Rotary Club of Winchester is holding the event, called ‘Winchester walk for the homeless – beating the bounds’ on Sunday 9th May with hopes of raising fifty thousand pounds for the city’s homeless charities.
The Rotary Club are hoping to encourage schools, families, individuals and even businesses to join the three walks around the city’s historical sites.
The walks are set at twelve miles, five miles or a more family friendly one-and-a-half miles.