A WOMAN who spent much of the year volunteering in Vietnam to teach handicapped people to walk, will be holding a talk in Itchen Abbas next month. Beth Halford has been working as a physiotherapist at an adult rehabilitation centre in Hoi An, teaching
SCHOOL children in Winchester are to be given a lesson in the importance of a healthy heart. Following the success of previous projects rolled out at Andover, Bristol and Leeds, charity Heart Research UK is set to launch a project aimed at seven
A WINCHESTER communications agency has announced its new head of business. Rhiannon Thompson joins Remarkable Group as the new head of business for the content team following the success of the Remarkable Content division's launch. Ms Thompson
THIS year's Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust AGM will take place on Tuesday, September 9. The meeting will be heard at the Ark Conference Centre at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital from 5.30pm with an hour-long interactive exhibition
WINCHESTER Cathedral's newly refurbished learning centre will be opened by the Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire. The special ceremony on Tuesday, September 2, will see Dame Mary Fagan unveil the former education centre which will then be followed by
THERE were smiling faces and tears as Winchester students ripped open envelopes for their GCSE results last week. After five years of hard work, Year 11 pupils across the city discovered their results last Thursday (August 21) and teachers across
NOT every artist can boast their artwork has been exhibited at London's National Gallery alongside the great masters. But Winchester artists Sue Fox and Sue Kenneally, known as Sue and Sue, achieved this accolade with the help of a Hampshire primary
A NEW magazine has been launched in a bid to help visitors navigate the city more easily. The Heart of Hampshire Destination Management Partnership team and Visit Winchester at Winchester City Council have teamed up with the Winchester Business
COMPTON and Shawford Parish Council is one step closer to installing a map at the Memorial Playing Fields. Parish councillors have managed to secure a grant of £325 from Hampshire County Council’s Small Grants Scheme – a large chunk of the total
CHARITY fundraisers are set to take part in a special county-wide dinner event in a bid to help life-limited children and their families. Inspired by the success of the Great Dorset Dinner five years ago people from all over southern England will
A YOUTH club in Colden Common needs help from residents to secure grant money. Colden Common Youth Club has applied for a grant from Winchester Area Community Action (WACA) and need residents to vote for them. For further information contact
FIREFIGHTERS were called out when some pasta had been left on an oven for too long. Five firefighters from Winchester attended the scene at a house of multiple occupancy on Romsey Road, at around 8.50pm last night, when a man’s cooking caught fire
A MAN has been ordered to pay nearly £1,500 after he was caught fly-tipping in Chilworth. Ian Hitchcock, of Mandela Way, Southampton, pleaded guilty to the offence at Southampton Magistrates’ Court after he was capturedm on CCTV dumping rubbish
tured the imagination of football fans as far away as South America, but there was no FA Cup upset for the competition’s youngest manager to celebrate. Romsey Town’s 22 year-old head coach James Phillips received messages of support from as far
Enter into the spirit of this year’s Romsey Show by dressing in First World War style. That’s the invitation from show organisers who, for the first time in its 172-year history, have given the event a theme – World War One and Hampshire Life 1914
IT is a suburb that only began life in the 1980s but has proved popular with young families. But now it is official – Valley Park is the best place to live in England and Wales. The community in Chandler’s Ford has been ranked top for its low
Supermarket giant Tesco has withdrawn its controversial plans for a superstore on the Broadlands estate, on the outskirts of Romsey. When first announced in January, 2012 the proposals for a 35,000 square foot shop off the bypass were met by a
