A NEW director has been appointed to lead the University of Winchester Writers’ Conference. Children’s author, creative writing lecturer and Chronicle columnist, Judith Heneghan, will head up the prestigious event, which in recent years has attracted
A TRACTOR tipped over and caught fire on a road near Winchester on Saturday (August 31). Shortly before 2pm a fire engine from Winchester fire station attended the scene on the A272 near Owslebury. Petrol from the tank spilled on to the grass
AN assault at a Winchester play park landed one man in hospital. Two men were seen fighting in the park at Winnall Manor Road shortly before 11pm on Wednesday, August 21. A 28-year-old man from Winchester suffered a head injury and was taken
A WINCHESTER couple are battling to raise funds for life-changing surgery for their disabled daughter. Jo and Andrew Syvret, of Norlands Drive in Otterbourne, need to raise £90,000 to send five-year-old Jemima to the USA for surgery and intense
TRIBUTES have been paid to former Michel-mersh resident and veteran broadcaster Sir David Frost who died on Saturday evening. Sir David died of a suspected heart attack aboard the Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth bound for Portugal. Kent-born Sir
A THIEF stole jewellery, money and a gun from a house at Doctors Hill, Sherfield English. The burglar is believed to have gained entry through the open fanlight of a downstairs window, and when the resident returned he realised a number of items
THE price of Hampshire farmland is surging well above the national average, experts say. Agricultural land prices in the UK have risen to £8,193 per acre for arable, and to £6,689 for pasture, but in Hampshire the figure is closer to £10,000 for
RODNEY Sabine, former leader of Winchester City Council has died suddenly, aged 66. Mr Sabine lived in Alresford from 1994 to 2003 and was a tireless campaigner for the Liberal Democrats. He was chairman of the local party for Mark Oaten’s two-vote
THE UK's biggest website for parents has turned the spotlight on life in Hampshire Mumsnet made Mumsnet Hampshire its “Local Site of the Week”, drawing up its top 10 reasons to live in the county. Praise was heaped on the district's attractions
