News: Mystery of "stolen" sign solved

The case of the “stolen” sign which we reported on this morning has quickly been resolved.

chilbolton.news was contacted by a Village resident who revealed that he had been responsible for its removal.

While our reporters were in Village Street discussing the 75-home development with one of their contacts, they were approached by a resident who told them why the sign was removed.

He had contacted Hampshire County Council Highways on Tuesday. He had complained to them that the sign was obscuring sight lines for both drivers and pedestrians.

With remarkable alacrity, an HCC crew was dispatched at about 1:30pm on Wednesday and by 3pm they had removed the offending article.

It is unclear whether the sign can be retrieved. It’s life on the Chilbolton scene was short, but it certainly had an impact.