A FOOTBALLER has narrowly dodged a prison sentence after pleading guilty to being a "small time" cannabis dealer in Andover to fund his own addiction.

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Also in this week's paper:

-  A SIX page election special - including all of the reaction from the Parliamentary, County and Borough elections.

-  Pictures of the Jay Miller's Circus which returned to Finkley Down Farm last week.

-  A former Tory Councillor set to pay back allowances after breaching rules

-  Hampshire firefighters return from Nepal

-  The latest news from Tidworth and Ludgershall, Whitchurch and Overton and Schools and Colleges

-  Your letters - which includes a lot of support for A-Fest

-  Five pages of sport - including a double page of pictures from Andover Cricket Club

-  And much much more!

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