TV star Amanda Holden could be about to join the ranks of some of the greatest figures in history – when a plaque is put up on her childhood home in Hampshire. English Heritage have run a scheme for decades where blue plaques are added to the previous
FORMER Winchester MP Mark Oaten has received a large cash payment after settling his phone hacking legal case with the publishers of the News of the World. Mr Oaten was one of seven public figures to reach a financial agreement in the wake
STREET lighting is to be improved throughout Winchester as part of a county council project. Five thousands lights will be replaced with new energy efficient equipment over a 12-week period beginning in January 2012. It is part of a county-wide plan
A 20-YEAR-OLD driver who died in a crash might have saved his life had he been wearing a seatbelt, a coroner said. An inquest heard how carpet fitter Christopher Bridges was thrown from his silver Ford KA which went out of control after he
SOUTH Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust (SCAS) has been named ‘Ambulance Trust of the Year’. The service scooped the top prize at the 2011 Health Business Awards ceremony at the Emirates Stadium in London on December 8. It covers Hampshire along with
WINCHESTER soldiers have received an early Christmas present after new bedrooms were installed at the Army Technical Foundation College. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) recently completed three new accommodation blocks for staff at the
AN ‘Aladdin’s cave’ for antique hunters has opened for business in Winchester. The shop called OLD, at the Old Forge, on Wharf Hill, opened last week with three antique dealers at the helm. They believe it is the only antique furniture shop in the city
