A PUB in Kings Worthy will close for a seven-week refurbishment programme on Sunday (March 23). The Cart and Horse hostelry on London Road will undergo the renovations after a new management team took over the running of the venture. The pub will be
A FORMER Winchester woman is setting off on the challenge of a lifetime to raise money for charity. Emma Kirkby-Geddes, who now lives in West Yorkshire with her husband, Mick, will be cycling across Cuba in November to boost funds for Women for Women
VILLAGERS who have waited nearly four years for a pub to reopen will have to wait a bit longer. The pints were scheduled to flow again at The Bugle Inn, Twyford, today (March 17). Its new owners, Richard Yonwin and Lenny Carr-Roberts, had hoped to reopen
A SCHOOL in Winchester welcomed back some famous ex-pupils from the world of music. All four members of classical boy band, Blake, visited The Pilgrims' School in the Cathedral Close. Two of them - Ollie Baines and Jules Knight - are former pupils,
ALRESFORD'S residents are being urged to vote on the projects they would most like to see the town tackle. A survey was launched last Thursday (March 13) at Alresford's Annual Town Meeting, offering community members the chance to choose their five most
A CENTENARIAN celebrated her 100th birthday with a party on Saturday (March 15) in the Hampshire village where she was born. Maud Moore, who turned 100 on Wednesday, March 5, lives at Spring House, Spring Lane, Colden Common, only a couple of hundred
The Southampton & District Branch of the British Cactus & Succulent Society will be at the Spring Craft & Garden Show at Broadlands on Saturday 22 to Monday 24 March. In the Cactus tent children will be able to pick a plant, have help putting it in
A LORRY fire led to a lane closure on the M27 at Cadnam on Saturday afternoon. Firefighters from Lyndhurst and Burley fought the blaze, which severely damaged the driver's cab and had spread to the lorry trailer before crews arrived. Fire crews had
A CAR travelling along the M27 between Ower and Nursling was badly damaged when fire broke out on Saturday evening. Police say the driver of the white Peugeot involved pulled over onto the hard shoulder. Fire crews from Romsey and Redbridge fought
MARK Oaten is arguing that voters should have a greater say in the Government's day to day running. The Winchester MP is backing an early day motion in Westminster calling for a Citizens Convention. Its aim would be to suggest ways to give residents
THE boss of an Indian restaurant in Winchester is warning that the price of the nation's favourite dish - curry - could rise. Shafi Hussain, who runs the Balaka restaurant in Stoney Lane, Weeke, said that the cost of rice was up 60 per cent year-on-year
