* THE June meeting of the Alresford and District Horticultural Society was filled with roses. Guest speaker, Tom Stone, led members on a floral journey through the gardens of Mottisfont Abbey. Close-up photography displayed the intricate beauty of many
A TERMINALLY ill Winchester man has been denied a £100,000 life insurance policy. Andy Young was diagnosed with bowel cancer last August and despite several operations the cancer spread to his liver. The 54-year-old prison officer, of Greenhill
AN inquest has heard how a Fair Oak man died from industrial disease years after throwing asbestos around with colleagues as a joke. David Adams, 76, died at Winchester’s Royal Hampshire County Hospital on February 25 from a cancerous tumour on
BISHOP’S Waltham will be celebrating its independent shops next month. Shops, cafes and salons shall remain open until 7pm on July 4 as part of a national campaign to boost the non-chain stores. The issue has been high profile in Bishop’s Waltham with
A WINCHESTER college has recognised its sporting stars of the future at glitzy award ceremony. Peter Symonds College held the event in the Mercers Sports Hall. Nearly three hundred students and sports staff were present to honour the college
WINCHESTER is gearing up to signal the end of National Cycle Week in spectacular fashion. A Cycle Fair will take over the city centre’s Broadway on Sunday (June 23) and families can bring their bikes along as the city centre is transformed into a hive
STAFF at a Chandler’s Ford company have received training that could save a colleague’s life. Selwood, one of the UK’s largest plant and pump rental companies, recently installed their own defibrillators after two employees were diagnosed with
ALRESFORD Town Council has delayed a vote on whether to support plans for new rugby pitches. The town rugby club wants to level off sloping grazing land at Arlebury Park into two pitches in a £167,000 scheme. It was discussed at a town council meeting
HOW can anyone stoop so low? That’s the question posed by a Romsey woman left housebound after her self-propelled wheelchair was stolen from the Olive Tree pub in Latimer Street, while she was at the bar last Friday evening. Elaine Tregenza
TEN gardens great and small will be throwing open their gates in a Test Valley village this weekend. Broughton Open Gardens which runs from 2pm to 6pm on Sunday (June 23) will be raising money for the village church, St Mary’s. The church itself
ARMED Forces Week will be marked in Romsey with a flag-raising ceremony and a concert. Test Valley’s deputy mayor, Jan Lovell, will hoist the armed forces flag at the Crosfield Hall on Monday at 11am. At the same time borough mayor Janet Whiteley
WHILE debt problems and changes to the benefit system have created a heavier workload for Romsey and District Citizens Advice Bureau, the service is also experiencing its own money worries. Grants to the free service from Test Valley Borough Council
ANGRY residents in Alresford fear a child cyclist could be killed by a large pothole on a local road. People living in the Grange Road area have complained several times to the county council but so far nothing has been done to fix the hole close
CREATIVE Winchester students have combined art and technology to create a stunning showcase. Winchester School of Art students revealed weird and wonderful designs in graphics, sculpture, photography, textiles and more at the launch of its degree
MEDIEVAL skeletons unearthed in Winchester, at the site of one of Britain’s oldest hospitals, have given new clues to the roots of leprosy in Europe. Archaeologists at the University of Winchester, who are carrying out a dig at the former leper
