A SIMPLE, low-tech honey treatment could dramatically cut infections after caesarean births and save the NHS millions of pounds, a Winchester study has found. Nationally, one-in-10 women who give birth by C-section develop an infection in the scar
WINCHESTER police station is close to flooding and could be evacuated. North Walls station is just yards from the worst affected parts of the city, at Park Avenue and Water Lane. Chief Constable Andy Marsh said a contingency plan is in place
PARKING problems look set to be eased after civic chiefs agreed to extend spaces across the Winchester district. Cabinet members approved to develop more parking within the city centre, Wickham and Bishop’s Waltham as part of a proposed major repair
THE unique new flood defence near Winchester will be tested in the next few days. The Environment Agency has partially blocked the two main streams of the River Itchen at Easton to divert water onto former water meadows between the M3 and Easton
WHAT if you’d worked solidly for the last 40 hours with people you didn’t know in an unfamiliar office in a town far from home for nothing? Figures were released last week that said over a third of young people out of work, training or education
CIVIC chiefs have agreed to reserve much-needed funds for flood defences in light of the ongoing problems across Winchester. In a cabinet meeting on Wednesday (February 12) officials agreed to the recommendation put forward to freeze council tax
THE ANNUAL elders coffee morning is coming to Twyford next month. On March 22, from 10am-12pm at Twyford Parish Hall, elders will gather for a coffee and a chat where there will also be a book stall, cake stall, bric-a-brac and a raffle. For
CIVIC chiefs met to discuss the future of the site of a former Winchester care home which could cost the council over £6m to develop. Cabinet members voted unanimously to demolish Victoria House on Victoria Road, to make way for a new development
FIRE crews have pulled together to try to hold back the water in Winchester by building a metal barrier. Helped by Navy ratings, firemen last night set up a 70 ft barrier across Park Avenue stretching from Winchester School of Art across to the
TWO more sponsors of this year’s Winchester Business Excellence Awards have released the criteria for a further two categories. 1-1 Recruitment, one of four new sponsors this year, is sponsoring the Small Business of the Year award which will be
