http://www.aldershot.co.uk/news/ The latest local news from Aldershot News and Mail en-gb http://www.aldershot.co.uk/img/print_logo.gif http://www.aldershot.co.uk/ Aldershot landlady Julie Butler and the man accused of killing her were “besotted lovebirds” a jury heard. http://www.aldershot.co.uk/news/2027/2027699/murder_trial_landlady_and_fiancee_besotted_lovebirds?rss=yes A barman beat his fiancee with a stool in a “grim and sinister” attack before killing her, a court heard this week. http://www.aldershot.co.uk/news/2027/2027444/jury_watches_grim_murder_on_cctv_film?rss=yes Just over a quarter of Aldershot’s eligible voters decided to have their democratic say at last week’s Rushmoor Borough Council elections. http://www.aldershot.co.uk/news/2027/2027682/few_surprises_as_tories_hold_council?rss=yes ONE of Farnborough’s best-known landmarks has been given a boost with a £1.5million facelift. The Holiday Inn hotel in Lynchford Road is the first of more than 1,000 hotels across the world in the Holiday Inn chain to be given the overhaul. http://www.aldershot.co.uk/business/2027/2027461/landmark_hotel_gets_15m_boost?rss=yes AN NHS trust providing mental health services to patients in Surrey and north-east Hampshire has been granted foundation status. http://www.aldershot.co.uk/news/2027/2027427/foundation_status_for_mental_health_trust?rss=yes A DRAMATIC election count saw the Conservatives strengthen their hold on Rushmoor Borough Council. http://www.aldershot.co.uk/news/2027/2027334/election_video_rushmoor_a_deeper_shade_of_blue?rss=yes A move to compulsorily purchase a barren piece of land that used to house an 18th century chapel has been thrown out. http://www.aldershot.co.uk/news/2027/2027247/council_refuses_to_buy_site_of_chapel?rss=yes Robbers targeted an Aldershot post office on Tuesday, the second such attack in the town in a month. http://www.aldershot.co.uk/news/2027/2027250/second_shop_raid_in_a_month?rss=yes Residents outraged about plans to put up more mobile phone dishes near their homes have launched a petition to try to persuade Rushmoor Borough Council to reject them. http://www.aldershot.co.uk/news/2026/2026904/residents_angered_by_dishes?rss=yes Rushmoor Borough Council is failing to meet recycling targets, according to a recent report. http://www.aldershot.co.uk/news/2026/2026905/council_fails_to_meet_recycle_targets?rss=yes AN action day has been held to fight plans to build a Tesco Express store in Ash Vale. http://www.aldershot.co.uk/news/2026/2026907/protests_against_new_tesco?rss=yes A COMMUTER calls for action after she and her boyfriend were threatened for parking their car on a housing estate in Ash Vale. http://www.aldershot.co.uk/news/2026/2026908/theyre_public_roads__why_cant_i_park_here?rss=yes Aldershot's new health centre is so large that volunteers are needed to guide people to its 770 rooms when it opens at the end of summer. http://www.aldershot.co.uk/news/2026/2026906/health_centre_volunteers_needed_?rss=yes HAMPSHIRE residents are being warned to stay alert for rogue traders as the summer approaches. http://www.aldershot.co.uk/news/2026/2026902/clamping_down_on_rogue_traders?rss=yes A year that has included the beginnings of great change for Rushmoor’s residents concludes with another fight on the political battleground at this week’s local elections. http://www.aldershot.co.uk/news/2026/2026769/town_centres_airport_and_megadepot_dominate_year?rss=yes Police have issued a warning about a dangerous supply of heroin after three people were admitted to Basingstoke’s North Hampshire hospital in a critical condition. http://www.aldershot.co.uk/news/2026/2026391/three_people_hospitalised_after_using_dangerous_heroin_?rss=yes Thousands of pupils across Hampshire and Surrey could be turned away from lessons tomorrow as teachers take their first industrial strike action in 21 years. http://www.aldershot.co.uk/news/2026/2026421/teachers_strike_for_first_time_in_21_years?rss=yes Residents have been urged to attend a special meeting amid concerns more mobile phone dishes could be erected in a conservation area near to a school. http://www.aldershot.co.uk/news/2026/2026295/row_over_mobile_mast_plan?rss=yes Residents living near to a demolished care home say that if the site is turned into a retirement complex they will sell their houses and move there. http://www.aldershot.co.uk/news/2026/2026263/lodge_should_be_retirement_complex?rss=yes