A RECORD intake of students at the University of Winchester this term has left more than 100 freshers unable to be housed in the city, the Hampshire Chronicle can reveal. Fifty students have been told they will have to commute from halls in Southampton
A WINCHESTER roofing contractor has announced a dramatic rise in profits. Lakesmere Group Limited has declared profits before tax have increased by 78.5 per cent, from £1,115,874 to £1,991,620, for the period ending January 31 2014. The group
A WINCHESTER leisure centre is hosting its biggest ever charity event next week to raise money for Help for Heroes. River Park Leisure Centre opens its doors on Thursday, September 25, offering free workout classes to the public including zumba
IT has been a long road, but now Winchester Scouts are celebrating after a kind donation for their new hut. The refurbishment of the 1st Winchester Scout hut, in Fleming Road, Weeke, has been five years in the making, and is due to finish on October
LAST minute helpers for this year’s Hursley 10k are urged to contact the organisers. Volunteers are still needed for the 8th annual event which starts at 10.30am. The 10k course multi-terrain course takes place around the village’s private
A NEW school for children living on a housing development in Hampshire will open in two years time, it was announced today The University of Winchester has won permission to establish a new primary academy at Barton Farm. Ministerial approval
VOLUNTEERS are needed in Twyford this weekend. The Ballard Close Working Party needs helpers with ground maintenance on Saturday, September 20, from 2-5pm, weather permitting. People are asked to wear work clothes and bring shears, hedge cutters
SAFETY improvements to an accident hotspot at a busy Kings Worthy junction have been rubberstamped. The £103,000 scheme for the A33/B3047 Cart and Horses junction got county council approval earlier this month at Cllr Seán Woodward’s decision day
THREE years ago Richard Wheeler’s life changed forever. Over just a few months his eyesight started to deteriorate until he was eventually diagnosed with a genetic disorder that confirmed his worst fear – he would be left blind. Now, after
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build extra housing for the elderly on a Winchester city centre car park have been revealed. Civic chiefs held an exhibition on Monday (Sep 15) of plans to create an extra care facility on the Chesil Street open air car park
RESIDENTS in Colden Common are being asked to help reduce the number of HGVs in the village. The Parish Council has asked residents to help chronicle incidents of excessive speed and high volumes of HGVs after villagers raised concerns. Parish
A ROOFTOP prison protest at Winchester Prison was "resolved" last night. Emergency services, including police, fire and ambulance were called to the category B prison in Romsey Road yesterday afternoon. A prison service spokesman later confirmed
THESE are the businesses who are unhappy about the support for Silver Hill from the Business Improvement District. More than 40 signed the open letter to city council leader Rob Humby that voices concerns about the impact of the £150m scheme on
THE HEAD of the Winchester Business Improvement District has restated his organisation’s support for Silver Hill after dozens of his 800-strong membership wrote an open letter to the city council criticising the development. Over 40 retail businesses
