IT’S BEEN forty days and forty nights of extreme flooding for the worst flood-affected village in Hampshire. Now residents in Hambledon are bracing themselves for more wet weather, with the Environment Agency sending further warnings about the
The Environment Agency advised workers a Budds Lane Industrial Estate to evacuate the area as water rose again in the wake today's heavy rain. The area around the Causeway and Sadlers Mill in Romsey is flooded again but there are no plans as yet
A CEMETERY in Bishop’s Waltham has secured a grant of £2,000. The money will help towards the running of the West Hoe Cemetery. The site is the responsibility of West Hoe Cemetery Management Committee, a body with members from Bishop's Waltham
A STATE-of-the-art facility for the elderly in Bishop’s Waltham has moved a step closer. Age Concern Hampshire plans to move to a new building on land by the parish council’s offices at Jubilee Hall. One half of the building will serve as a
IF WINCHESTER hadn’t already been the upmarket place to shop then the opening of a new paint store should do the trick. Nationally-renowned Farrow & Ball are opening a new shop in The Square next month and have invited the locals to come and
AUDITION dates have now been released for the UK’s only singing competition for teenagers. The search is now underway for the UK to find the best pre-teen or teenager for the national TeenStar competition where auditions will be held in Fareham
THIS is just the start. A Hampshire Environment Agency specialist today warned that Hampshire could be besieged by floodwater for months. Rod Murchie, water resources specialist said this morning: “It has barely started. The problem is groundwater
A WINCHESTER school is having to relocate for the second time in 14 years. St Bede Church of England Primary School is moving 300 of its pupils to another school because the drains are not working properly and so affecting the toilets and much
PARISH Councillors in three of Hampshire’s market towns have agreed to continue funding their own Mary Portas. Having previously lauded the success of their Town Team, headed by Heidi Isa, Bishop’s Waltham, Denmead and Wickham were approached by
RESIDENTS affected by the severe flooding which hit Romsey at Christmas and early January will be able to put their views to consultants called in to investigate the issue. Drains and aging sewers were overwhelmed by the volume of rainfall that
Firefighters from Romsey and Lyndhurst rescued a driver from his van after it became stuck in a flooded ford at Plaitford yesterday afternoon (Tuesday). The man became trapped after entering around two feet of fast moving flood water. Hampshire
THE military has joined the fight against the floods in Winchester. Just before 10pm last night, the Royal Navy and the army were called to help stem the tide of water flooding into the city from the River Itchen. Around 100 personnel laid
