HAMPSHIRE Constabulary will adopt a single telephone number for all non-emergency calls to police from May 1
The number 0845.0454545 will replace about 50 numbers currently in use for various stations. From wherever callers ring in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, the cost will be for a local call.
A full version of this story will be found in the Bordon Herald of April 28, 2000.