THE 105th Alresford Agricultural Show take places tomorrow at Tichborne Park. It will give the chance for people to enjoy all aspects of rural life in Hampshire from cattle, pigs and sheep to combine harvesters and tractors. Last year an estimated 22,000
A BASKETBALL camp in Winchester was visited by the deputy mayor recently. Cllr Eileen Berry stopped by Kings’ School on Saturday, August 24, to show her support to the youngsters from Winchester City Basketball Club. It was the first camp of
POLICE have appealed for a witness to come forward after a 40-year-old man was killed in a crash near Winchester yesterday morning. The dead man, who has not been named, was from North Hampshire and had been driving a silver Dodge 4x4 when it collided
THE creation of a new, independent organisation to run arts, museums and heritage across the county will be discussed by Hampshire County Council next week. The county and Winchester city councils are finalising plans to create a new charitable company
A BLOOMING good time was had by all at Shawford and Compton Horticultural Society’s show on Saturday (August 31). As the sun shone outside, green fingered parishioners also had their chance to shine, as a dizzying array of all-things horticultural
POLICE are telling shoppers to beware after a spate of distraction thefts throughout Hampshire. This year they have received reports of 55 such crimes from across the Northern Policing Area, which includes the Winchester district. A series
A MAN died from a lethal cocktail of drugs, an inquest heard. Kevin Campbell, 31, of Hyde Street, was found dead at home on March 30 by a friend, Craig Inwood, who lived in a neighbouring apartment. A hearing in Winchester on Wednesday (September
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a home in Winchester last night after a laptop caught fire. Two fire engines were sent to Nursery Gardens, Fulflood, at 9.30pm. The computer had been left on the floor and overheated. A spokesman at Winchester
The Mill Arms at Dunbridge is staging a music festival this weekend (September 7-8). Live bands taking part include Winchester-based trio Red Jackson with rhythm and blues music, seven-piece Soul Munky with Atlantic, stax and classic soul music
WINCHESTER planners have approved the cathedral’s plans for a Christmas market in The Close. The church wants to site 88 wooden chalets, a nativity chalet, and a live nativity scene comprised of donkeys and farm animals in the Inner Close around Cloister
Hampshire County Council has refuted claims that Romsey and North Baddesley are facing a shortage of primary school places. According to a report by the Local Government Association more than half of communities in Hampshire will have more primary
A CAMPAIGN to save Romsey’s Nightingale Lodge Care Home from closure is gathering pace. Protesters have organised a ‘grand petition signing’ in the Market Place on September 28 between 10am and 4pm in a bid to persuade Hampshire’s social services
A ROMSEY shopkeeper fought off an attacker who pointed a six-inch knife at his chest. David Peacock grabbed the knife as he feared for his life in the attack by Christopher Ellard, who also sprayed the contents of a fire extinguisher in his face
THE inquest was opened yesterday into the death of a Colden Common man who died in a car crash. Danny Apicella, 24, of Fleming Place, was killed after his old style red mini left the road and hit a tree on August 23. A 21-year-old woman freed
