WINCHESTER pubs and bars have been entered for the national award scheme Best Bar None. Alfie’s, The Pitcher and Piano, The William Walker, The Exchange, The Royal Oak, O’Neill’s, The County Arms, The Old Gaol House and The Slug and Lettuce will
WOMEN in Winchester are urged to grab something pink and get themselves in for this year’s Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life. On Sunday (June 8) thousands are expected to turn out for the 5k at 11am at the Garrison Ground and University Sports
THE Hampshire Farmers’ Market played host to a top TV chef when he visited Winchester on the weekend. Luke Nguyen, known for his TV appearances on programmes including Food Safari and Heat in the Kitchen, was busy filming an episode for his latest
THE finalists for the Best Winchester Food Experience Award in line with the Winchester Business Excellence Awards have been revealed. The Chesil Rectory, Hampshire Farmers’ Market, Montagu’s Bistro, Earl of Sandwich and Josie’s were selected from
WINCHESTER Scouts have been petitioning local families to help support them in their quest to find a new home. Children and parent helpers of the 6th Winchester Scout group gathered at River Park Leisure Centre on Friday (May 23) to put flyers
BULLYING of staff working for a major Hampshire health provider has been highlighted in a trade union survey. Unite polled scores of members who work for Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust. Local issues raised by members included bullying
NEW affordable homes in the Meon Valley have been named as among the best of their kind in Britain. The 10-home project in West Meon, completed in November 2012, featured in Inside Housing magazine last month as one of the top 50 affordable developments
THE rain fell and people could see their breath but still they turned out in their hundreds to the village fete near Winchester. St Mary’s Church in King’s Worthy held the event on Bank Holiday Monday on the village green off London Road. It
WINCHESTER City Council is set to host another course of cookery lessons aimed at older men. The six-week Community Cookery Skills classes, aimed at men aged 55 and above, have been funded by the Public Health Funding grant from Hampshire County
AWARD-winning flower exhibitors will be displaying at a Test Valley plant fair. Longstock Nursery will hold their annual two-day fair this weekend (May 31 - June1). Exhibitors will include Chelsea Flower Show medal winners Pococks Roses from
Scarecrows are cropping up all over a Wiltshire village as it prepares for its annual fete. West Dean’s men and women of straw – including a traffic cop with a speed gun, a cheerleader, Morris Dancer, an angler, a ski-jumper and a happy-looking
A ROMSEY business is celebrating after moving to a bigger factory. Wessex Labels has moved to a new 20,000 sq foot facility in Romsey Industrial Estate next to Greatbridge Road. The business has been running for more than 20 years and produces
THOUSANDS of visitors are set to smell the scent of roses at a Test Valley attraction. The internationally-renowned National Collection of old-fashioned roses at Mottisfont Abbey is set to come into bloom next week. The collection appears to
IT LOOKS almost certain that the BT superfast broadband cabinet controversially installed outside a Romsey pub is here to stay. There had been numerous calls to remove the green box on the pavement in front of The Tavern pub and install it in a
A YOUNG Hampshire sailor’s family say they are struggling to coming to terms with the news he is still missing after his vessel was found with its liferaft still on board. They said they were “deeply saddened” by the discovery of the upturned Cheeki
A ROMSEY School where a pupil’s heart was restarted by quick-thinking staff is to stage an event to teach those life savings skills to hundreds of other pupils. The Mountbatten School will be joining St John Ambulance’s “Big First Aid Lesson” on
KILMESTON is staging its annual fete on Saturday June 7, from 2-4.30pm. Admission is £2 adults; children free. It will be held in the grounds of Dean House, by kind permission of Philip and Martha Gwyn. Visitors can delight in garden teas and
A FAMILY who uprooted their life just eight months ago have been forced to leave the pub they run in Winchester, and it could soon be changed to a children’s nursery. The Ship Inn, in Wales Street, has been sold by Marston’s to Hampshire-based
