THE manager of Winchester street market has been jailed after admitting stealing more than £7,000 in two years. Gary Simmonds was sentenced to 12 weeks for snaffling the rent paid in cash by stall holders at the market in Middle Brook Street. The city
Naomi House celebrated Hallowe’en early this year with the help of a famous chef. French chef Raymond Blanc helped judge the Hallowe’en cooking competition at Naomi House children’s hospice in Sutton Scotney in the Winchester district, where two teams
PLANS are being scrutinised to build two new homes in Oliver’s Battery. The applicant, David Everest, wants to put them on the plot of an existing house in Lake Drive. If approved, the scheme would see one four-bedroom and one two-bedroom house being
A LEISURE centre in Winchester could lose customers after announcing it plans to close its crèche. River Park Leisure Centre, owned by D.C. Leisure, says it is closing the crèche because of a decline in attendance and staffing issues.
BRAISHFIELD folk can now keep fit while watching the village’s wildlife. A 200-yard Discovery and Fitness Trail between Braishfield Primary School and the recreation ground has been officially opened. The project was made possible by a £5,000 grant
The owners of a popular Romsey music shop will be retiring next spring. Ray and Nina Wills’s announcement comes after 20 years’ trading in their Latimer Street premises. The couple say their decision will allow Ray to begin giving private musical
SUPER-FAST broadband is to be installed in about 86,100 more homes and businesses in Hampshire. BT says the service will cost the company £2.5bn to provide and it has promised that nine telephone exchanges in the county including the Southampton area
RESIDENTS in Compton will be asked if Otterbourne Road – the main route through the village – should have its speed limit cut from 40 to 30mph. Compton and Shawford Parish Council is sending surveys to all residents nearby, which needs to be filled in
CLASHING swords, waving flags and finesse footwork were in full force as the English National Ballet came to Southampton. The company’s performance of Romeo and Juliet at the city’s Mayflower Theatre was elegant and sinister in all the right places.
RESIDENTS in Twyford were asked to view the latest plans that could deliver up to 30 affordable homes in the village. Hazeley Developments is looking to build up to 15 of them at Northfields and the rest at Bournefields. The application is being led
OTTERBOURNE Flower and Garden Club will welcome floral demonstrator Karen Cannon to their meeting at 7.30pm on Tuesday, October 26. The title of her demonstration will be ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ and the event will be held at Otterbourne Village Hall
Bloggie and his 31-year-old son Matt Dylan, photo-journalist and book production editor visiting Cressroads’ Lower House of Windsor with his front-line Nikon, made the 18-mile return hop from Alresford-on-Arle to Winchester Cathedral on the October
