PETERSFIELD police station is to lose its CID unit after a decision was taken to base the town's detectives centrally at Alton for a six-month trial period.

It will be the end of an era for the local police station in St. Peter's Road, which has had CID officers based in the town for at least 30 years.

A full version of this story can be found in Petersfield Herald of December 10, 1999.