A WINCHESTER sports teacher will take on America after being selected for the England lacrosse team. Stephanie Webb, who teaches at St Swithun's School, was moved into the elite squad and has now been selected to represent England A team in the USA and
IT WAS a chilly night in the River Test for this alpaca after he discovered a hole in his fence. Harry, one of the three resident alpacas at Houghton Lodge and Gardens, near Stockbridge, was saved by staff after getting through fencing and slipping down
PARISHIONERS turned out in force at a service last Sunday to welcome their new parish priest. The Rev Phillip Cochrane was installed as the new incumbent at St Barnabas Church in Weeke, after two years of temporary vicars and members of the clergy taking
CIVIC chiefs are still unsure how big a windfall they have received in the will of a former Winchester resident. Winchester City Council will benefit in the will of Harold Harris, who died in Hong Kong last August. One of his will’s conditions stated
RIVER Park leisure centre could be bulldozed and rebuilt under radical plans to improve leisure facilities in Winchester, it has emerged. The idea was revealed when Winchester City Council unveiled major building plans for the next three years. The
THE ‘Big Society’ sprang into action in Winchester last week as a number of agencies combined to save a 400-year-old pond. A group of Weeke residents saw their village pond restored with almost 20,000 gallons of clean water from Sparsholt College’s hatchery
Big hair is back at a Hampshire school. In preparation for next month’s production of the hit musical Hairspray, students at The Romsey School have received a masterclass in back-combing and beehives from hairdresser Paul Light and his team of stylists
SAFETY campaigners are poised to celebrate victory in their fight for a road crossing in Winchester. They have been lobbying for a crossing on St Cross Road near the busy Stanmore Lane junction for years. County and city councillor Brian Collin revealed
THE next Bishop of Winchester took a crucial step on the path to his enthronement. Canon Tim Dakin was ordained as Bishop Tim Dakin at a service in St Paul’s Cathedral in London today. In front of nearly 2,000 people he was ordained and consecrated
