TWO sea cadets who train at TS Swiftsure in Badshot Lea were forced to leap to safety when the ship moored next to theirs in Poole exploded.
Stuart Elston and Andrew Salter, both 16, jumped from the sail training brig the Royalist last Wednesday (June 30) when the blast, thought to be caused by a gas leak, destroyed army training vessel the Lord Trenchard.
A full version of this story will be found in the Farnham Herald of July 9.
A WEST Street shop owner came off worst in the storms that battered Farnham on Monday this week.
But while Jackie Ashley, who owns The Curtain Agency, was facing bills of up to £4,000 after her shop was flooded, the rest of Farnham got off lightly, with only a few roads flooding and some telephone lines affected.
A full version of this story will be found in the Farnham Herald of July 9.
HEATH End residents, who launched a campaign to stop BT Cellnet putting a 50-foot telecom mast on their recreation ground, are hoping that their worries will be resolved next Tuesday.
Waverley Council's policy and resources committee is then due to decide whether the council, which owns the site, should give permission for the installation.
A full version of this story will be found in the Farnham Herald of July 9.
FRIMLEY Park Hospital is urging patients to give advance warning if they cannot make appointments after a record 1,600 people missed their hospital dates in March.
More than 1,300 outpatients do not turn up for appointments each month, costing the hospital £500,000 a year in lost time and extra work to arrange new dates.
A full version of this story will be found in the Farnham Herald of Friday, July 9.
FARNHAM will celebrate the new millennium with a six-week arts festival next summer.
Starting on June 11 with the Churches Together celebration and ending with with Farnham Youth Choir's international choir festival on July 21-23, other attractions planned for the Summer Arts 2000 event include events by drama, dance and youth music groups, jazz in pubs, a school chess tournament, exhibitions, flower shows, street entertainment and markets.
A full version of this story will be found in the Farnham Herald of Friday, July 9.
THURSLEY residents are celebrating after an appeal to convert the village's last remaining pub into a home was dismissed.
Three Horseshoes owner Steve Denman's plans to close the pub and convert the ground floor into living space provoked protest amongst villagers before a government inspector ruled closure would have a "harmful effect on the social life, vitality and character of the village."
A full version of this story will be found in the Farnham Herald of Friday, July 9.