COMMEMORATIVE plaques, benches or trees are the staple diet for most village greens. But a community near Winchester has broken with tradition by siting something altogether more unusual at the heart of its village - a hydraulic ram pump. The village's
A CONCERT to raise awareness to prevent child abuse is coming to Winchester Cathedral. Entitled A Child’s Tear, it will take place in the North Transept on Wednesday, November 18. It will feature choirs and soloists from Foundation Music, the University
PARENTS near Alresford have raised more than £11,000 in their fight to save their local school's swimming pool. They launched a campaign to save the facility at Ropley Primary School after it emerged the pool is likely to fail its next inspection because
A ROMSEY businessman was so fed up with the stench in the stream outside his restaurant that he decided to jump in and clean it himself. Owner of Nonno Rocco Italian restaurant in Dukes Mill, Vito Capozza, talked to councils, the Environment Agency
WINCHESTER’S new Basepoint Business Centre is nearing completion and it’s already attracting reservations for the 66 office units that will be available from February. Fareham-based Amiri Construction is putting the finishing touches to the exterior
THREE Hampshire councils have pledged to listen more to the needs of small businesses. Southampton, Eastleigh and Winchester City Council, Eastleigh Boroughh Council and Southampton City Council have put their names to the Federation of Small Businesses
APM, the agricultural specialist based at King’s Somborne, has launched an innovative new product that could prove an invaluable weapon in the fight against rural crime. It’s a movement-activated security floodlight that’s also a digital camera or
HAMPSHIRE Fire and Rescue Service is targeting businesses in a campaign to highlight the dangers of storing acetylene cylinders. Nationally, firefighters every year attend hundreds of fires and other incidents involving acetylene cylinders. Unlike
IF you believe stereotypes then they are not usually out of bed until noon. But two-dozen students defied their doubters last Saturday morning by turning out to help clear litter from several streets in Stanmore, Winchester. Undergraduates from the
WINCHESTER police have been plugging their green credentials after taking delivery of an electric-powered patrol car. Officers operating in north Winchester have begun a two-week trial of the Mitsubishi i MiEV and the constabulary has admitted it is
A FAIRTRADE success story will be revealed in Winchester on Wednesday, November 18. Grant Lang, who founded the Mozzo Coffee Company in Southampton 2005, will be talking about how his business has grown. It only serves Fairtrade and organic coffee,
FIVE artists are exploring the theme of ‘Becoming’ in the latest show at the University of Winchester’s Link Gallery. Using a variety of methods and media, they are exhibiting a broad range of works. One of the artists, Atsuko Chandler, who is organising
THE author behind the television series, Hamish Macbeth, is coming to Winchester. M C Beaton has written more than 100 historical romance novels, along with the adventures of the Highland policeman, played by Robert Carlyle. She is also the pen behind
