HAMPSHIRE Police carried out an operation aimed at prevening off-licences from selling booze to under-age children in and around Liphook on carnival night.

Officers visited 17 off-licences in the district to probe the potential sale of alcohol to under-18s, assisted by two 16-year-old girls who volunteered to attempt to buy alcohol from the stores.

Two premises failed the operation - Tesco Express in Petersfield and the One Stop in Bordon.

An £80 fixed-penalty notice was issued to the member of staff who made the sale in both cases. Follow-up visits will take place with the premises' management, officers stressed.

The Co-op, in Headley Road, Liphook, the village's Sainsbury's supermarket, in Midhurst Road, and the General Wine Company, in Station Road, Liphook, all passed the test.

For full story, see this week's Liphook Herald.