IT’S the biggest weekend in the calendar for Winchester with a hat-trick of major events. Hat Fair, Winchester Festival and Blissfields will all be pulling in the punters to the city for a sun-soaked weekend of outdoor events. Hat Fair 2013 bursts onto
PUPILS at a school in Fair Oak recently had the opportunity to host their own Question Time. Year 10 citizenship students at Wyvern College welcomed Eastleigh MP Mike Thornton. The pupils had already met him when he hosted them at the Houses
WINCHESTER City Community Football Club is hosting a family fun day later this month. The club is teaming up with children’s charity the Joe Glover Trust to put on activities at the Denplan City Ground on Sunday, July 14. It will include two special
A 42 year-old man has died following a single-vehicle road traffic collision on the A31 at Northfield Lane, Alton. The crash, involving a blue and red Honda motorcycle, happened at about 6.40pm yesterday. The rider, from Oakhangar, near Bordon, died
HAMPSHIRE’s own regiment, the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment, will march through Winchester later this month. The parade on Monday July 22 takes place under the right of Freedom of Entry, an ancient privilege that allows some regiments to parade
THEY were to be Churchill’s top-secret last-ditch weapon. Now after more than 70 years, a Hampshire man is spearheading the project to reveal the hidden secrets behind the British resistance – and the search has revealed several operational bases in
SHE has an IQ almost as high as Stephen Hawking, and she’s a dab hand with a paint brush too. Five-year-old Heidi Hankins, from Winchester, was the subject of worldwide attention when she was accepted into Mensa in April 2012, with an IQ of around 159
A WINCHESTER charity for the homeless will open its doors to the public this weekend. Trinity Winchester is holding the open day on Saturday, July 6, from 12.30pm to 3.30pm. Organisers say everyone is welcome to visit Bradbury House and see
TOURISM in Winchester is booming, according to city council officers. City businesses gathered at a tourism conference at Winchester Guildhall last Wednesday (Jul 3) where they heard the city’s Destination Management Partnership (DMP) with East
