THE future of one of the last free all-day car parks in Winchester is in doubt. The city council is currently considering restricting use of the car park in Hillier Way, Abbotts Barton amid safety fears. Councillors heard that the one
MORE patients than ever before are able to stay in same-sex wards in hospitals across Hampshire. Department of Health data shows that no patients stayed in mixed-sex accommodation last December in all Hampshire hospitals without clinical justification
SAFETY improvement work started on the A34 near Winchester on Monday. The Highways Agency is permanently closing the lay-by facilities on the north and southbound carriageways just north of the M3 Junction Nine interchange at Winnall, to ensure the safety
THE financial sector came out in force in Winchester last week to debate the future of the property market. Property advisors Christie & Co invited financial businesses from around Hampshire to an annual networking event examining the market for 2012
A WINCHESTER school is officially one of the best in the country in English. Westgate School’s English department came in the top five per cent of schools nationally for the 2011 GCSE class. The results are based on national data which shows how much
THERE should be tighter rules on DVD age limits, says Winchester MP Steve Brine. He wants to close a loophole where many documentaries and sporting videos are not given a classification. The rules, drawn up in the 1980s, also exclude some music videos
A WINCHESTER home has been damaged during an attempted burglary. Intruders smashed the front door window and upstairs bathroom window of a property in Brassey Road between 2.20am and 2.40am on Saturday, Janaury 21. A burglar alarm is though to have
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a burglary at a flat in Winchester. Burglars tried to force open a front door at a home in St Peter Street, but no entry was gained. The incident happened sometime between January 7 and 21 and police would like
WINCHESTER’S Theatre Royal is celebrating the Chinese New Year in style this week. The Jewry Street venue is hosting an evening of Chinese music on Thursday, February 2, organised by Winchester School of Art and the University of Southampton Confucius
AFTER more than two decades, a public right of way in a Hampshire village is pedestrian friendly again. For years villagers have struggled to clamber over fences and other hurdles along the path at Broughton. But now, after working with the landowner
PUPILS from The Romsey School, have taken up the “WeCan STEM Challenge”, to design or adapt a product to assist disabled people. The scheme aims to give children studying science, technology, engineering and maths (hence STEM) the chance to put classroom
Romsey singer-songwriter Syd Meats will perform a selection of his highly entertaining songs at the Lantern Theatre, Mountbatten School, on Thursday (February 2) to kick off the new Folklights season. As well as writing and performing parodies of popular
MEON Valley MP George Hollingbery is looking for potential Conservative candidate for Hampshire's new American-style police commissioner. Mr Hollingbery is his party's campaign co-ordinator for the election on November 15. He wants a strong candidate
