WINCHESTER is among the most law-abiding places when it comes to buying a TV licence. Only 60 people were caught without the licence in 2010 compared to 130 in Eastleigh, around 1,000 in Portsmouth and some 2,100 in Southampton. Across Hampshire some
SCHOOL music teachers and bands, which provide education and enjoyment for thousands of Hampshire children, have so far been spared from swingeing budget cuts, it has emerged. Last July the county council axed £200,000 of its £750,000 core funding to
A FORMER and widely-respected mayor of Winchester has died aged 77. George Fothergill, the mayor in 1998-99, had been suffering from cancer for some time. He was the chairman of the city council amenities committee for many years and was instrumental
A NEW wine bar in Winchester has moved closer after city council planning chiefs gave their backing. David Nicholson, who already owns the successful Black Boy pub and Black Rat restaurant, is the man behind the scheme. The Black Bottle will aim to
CONCERNS were raised with health chiefs that Winchester’s hospital would become a ‘cottage hospital without A&E’. The fears were raised as bosses talked about merging Winchester’s NHS trust with its counterpart in Basingstoke. The move
