“Oh my days! Or should that be Daisy? I'm in charge of my baby,” exclaims 29-year-old Keogh, former manager of The Arms at Tichborne, after she checks into a flat for trainee parents with her fiancé Richard at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, South
HE is one of Hampshire’s longest serving head teachers, but David White has decided to pack up his chalk. He has spent 21 years in the top job at Owslebury Primary School and staff and pupils wished him well as he left last Thursday (April
BUDDING artists at Perins School in Alresford have reason to celebrate after creating a new mosaic for their courtyard. Visiting artist Lynne Waylen worked with the gifted and talented students to design and produce the clay work which now takes pride
IT is going to take an incredible amount of pedal power. But a Winchester man has embarked on the trip of a lifetime by cycling across Australia in memory of his mother. Mark Michel is cycling 186 miles a day (300 km) in order to cover
VILLAGERS near Winchester are enjoying some peace after a rat run was closed for roadworks. Whaddon Lane in Owslebury is used as a short cut by many drivers seeking to avoid congestion on the M3 and M27. But the route has been closed until the middle
A BRIDGE closure in a village near Winchester has isolated businesses and households – with an official detour of a whopping 20 miles. Stoke Charity Road bridge at Kings Worthy shut from April 6 until July 30 as part of Network Rail’s £71 million upgrading
A CAKE sale in Winchester for the charity Help for Heroes raised a colossal £6,000. It was held in the Brooks Centre and raked in the record-breaking sum. Now in its third year, the sale was the idea of Anne Ponsonby, a Winchester resident
A SUMMIT has been called to thrash out a long-term funding solution for a key Alresford service. Its organiser is hoping to secure enough money to keep the town's one-day-a-week Citizen's Advice Bureau office running for the next five years. The service
WALKERS and cyclists are being sought to take part in a fund-raising day in Houghton near Stockbridge. They can either tackle a 31-kilometre or 14-kilometre mountain bike trail, or a four-kilometre walk. The super-fit are also welcome to have a go at
THERE was a time when every stylish girl had a woollen bathing suit. Usually knitted several sizes too small to allow for stretching, it was the height of fashion in the 1930s and early 1940s. And it wasn’t only your swimsuit that was
Football is a results business. This analogy is none the more evident than at Winchester City Football Club. Recently, after hearing about the quick-fire sacking of managerial duo and siblings Stuart and Matt Hussey from the Denplan helm it
SOME people could be allowed into the Glade dance music festival near Winchester for free this year. The snag is they will have to dress as Elvis, and parachute out of a plane into the festival ground. They also have to strap a sound
A WINCHESTER therapist has launched a group to provide emotional support for people going through divorce or separation. The Winchester Divorce Support Group will be facilitated by Jennie Miller, an experienced therapist. Divorce Support
WINCHESTER firefighters tackled two road crashes on the M3 near the city. Two people needed oxygen therapy after the crash on the southbound carriageway at junction 10, Bar End. Firefighters also freed a person trapped in a vehicle northbound
