WINCHESTER features in another high-profile British film, The Riot Club, which opens in cinemas today. Scenes were shot in the Great Hall and Winchester College. The cast and crew spent two days filming fencing scenes in the Great Hall and
THE scheme to alter the Jacklyns Lane/West Street crossroads in Alresford has got the go ahead from the county council. Work is due to start soon. The £297,000 improvements were formally approved by Cllr Sean Woodward at his at his recent decision
A WINCHESTER group is preparing for a 25-mile walk to raise money for a refugee support charity. The nine walkers will start in Salisbury taking in the Clarendon Way before arriving in Winchester. They hope to raise £4,000 for Southampton and
Test Valley Borough Council leader Ian Carr will be visiting over-55s forum STOIC in Romsey next Friday (September 26). Mr Carr will be updating members on TVBC’s corporate strategy. The meeting will also will be also be given a briefing on
More than 4,000 people flocked to Wickham on Sunday (Sep 14) to enjoy local produce, cookery demonstrations and live music. Attendance at the inaugural Taste of Wickham festival was more than double what organisers expected, with one saying the
1. Ringwood Carnival – Saturday Afternoon procession at 2pm, evening procession at 7.15pm with street entertainers, circus skills workshops, trade stands, local live bands, Wessex Military Band and a funfair from 1pm. Fireworks kick off at
SCOUTS and their families are getting ready for the final nail in their newly extended hut. The 1st Winchester Scouts are pulling together for two ‘DIY SOS’ style weekends to finish refurbishments that have been five years in the making at their
A DEVELOPER has dropped interest in trying to build on an industrial site between Bishop’s Sutton and Bramdean. Cala Homes had been interested in developing Old Park Wood site on Old Park Road. But it has told the landowner Paul Docherty that the
MYSTERY surrounds the death of a cyclist found dead on a country lane on a stormy winter afternoon. Jim Tiles, 69, was discovered by a passing motorist lying tangled in his bicycle at the junction with a side road near Micheldever on January 13
ALRESFORD villagers are fearfully looking out for heavy rain this autumn that could bring back their flooding nightmare. Scores of homes in the Upper Itchen Valley were affected by floods last winter. Groundwater levels are still high and more
BURGLARS have struck in Bishop's Waltham in the second break-in this fortnight. The thieves took china and other antiques from a home in Ashton Lane in the early hours of Wednesday, September 3. The report comes after a garage door in Winchester
FOLLOWING the release of their new album British pop-rock duo Chas and Dave are set to take a Basingstoke theatre by storm. The pair began writing and performing together in 1972, reaching the top 20 in 1979 with Gertcha which became a nationwide
Emily Green from Romsey won a bronze medal at the South Coast Rowing Championships held at Swanage last Saturday. She was part of a coxed four crew who won their heat and finished on the podium in third place in the final. The final turned
TOWN councillors want to see a grade two listed building in Alresford properly maintained. At the recent council meeting Cllr Annie Saunders said the Alresford Pharmacy, in East Street on the corner of Broad Street, is in need of repair. She
Romsey Town 0 Fleet Spurs 3 Once again it was a case for Romsey’s first team of playing well but not picking up the result as they hosted Fleet Spurs at the weekend. Romsey started off brightly dominating possession but without really creating
Romsey 1st XV vs Alton 1st XV Last Saturday saw Romsey Rugby Club take on a strong Alton team at their Romsey Sports Centre ground. It was a hot sunny day more in keeping with the cricket, however, pre-season training is now over and the real
ABBA fans will certainly be thanking one super-troupe for the music when a reunion act comes to Southampton next month. On Saturday, October 11, the ABBA tribute show ABBA Reunion comes to The Brook to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the timeless
A RARE glimpse into the way Jane Austen worked is now on display at her Hampshire home. A booklet from The Watsons manuscript, an unfinished novel by Jane Austen, is on display at Jane Austen’s House Museum in Chawton until December 16. Apart
AHOY there shipmates! Pirates have been spotted ahead. A family of buccaneers have moved into The Rapids at Romsey. Captain Rapid and his family, Peggy, Jake and Banjo are the latest attraction of the Southampton Road site and they are there
COUNTY council bosses are considering banning sky lanterns from all of the authority’s property. It follows a call by the RSPCA and many other organisations concerned about lanterns falling to earth and harming animals and the environment.
Romsey Railway Station Volunteers raised £340 at the Romsey Show in aid of Combat Stress, the veterans’ mental health charity set up after the Great War. The money came from a raffle and sale of teddy bears dressed in soldier and nurse uniforms plus
A CAMPAIGN group that wants new sports facilities to promote an Olympic legacy in Winchester has announced four fundraisers. Fit for the Future has spent more than two years developing a proposal for a new sports centre at Bar End, next to the
TOWN councillors in Alresford are requesting action to help reduce problems for residents of The Soke. They reported damage to property arising from traffic from Alresford Salads and are requesting Hampshire County Council install bollards and
A ROMSEY man is calling for urgent action after another large lorry struck a railway bridge outside his home. Jeffery Williams quickly photographed the latest HGV to hit the bridge at the junction of Winchester Road and Botley Road just after 8am
DETECTIVES are sifting through CCTV images after a break-in at Romsey School. Executive headteacher Jonathan de Sausmarez said it is believed more than one person was involved in the burglary which happened late Sunday night or the early hours
A PENSIONER has told how he almost lost £10,000 to a bogus police scam. The 88-year-old from Sherfield English, who does not want to be named, withdrew the sum from his bank account after being contacted by a man who called himself Andy Hamilton
HE commanded the Desert Rats during the 1991 Gulf War. Now Major General Patrick Cordingley is heading to Romsey to give an illustrated talk in aid of the town’s War Horse memorial project. Maj Gen Cordingley, who is patron of Romsey War Horse
A TEST Valley author will be signing her latest books at a Romsey Christian centre tomorrow. Anna Thayer is putting in an appearance at Oasis in Church Street as part of celebrations to mark the 30th anniversary of the shop’s opening. She will
A GOVERNMENT-appointed planning inspector will hold a pre-hearing on Test Valley’s controversial local plan next month. Phillip Ware is to carry out an independent examination of the Revised Local Plan which includes contentious proposals to build
HAMPSHIRE health chiefs are planning a shake up at a county mental health unit to tackle bed blocking. Under new proposals the 15-bed Stefano Olivieri Unit at Melbury Lodge in Winchester would no longer care for older people suffering from conditions
TWO serial thieves who embarked on a “professional piece of criminality” to steal thousands of pounds worth of fuel from businesses across the country have been jailed. Duo Darren Wain and Mark McWilliams travelled across the south, using their
WINCHESTER University has told students who have been housed more than 10 miles from the city that they will not cover their four-figure travel costs, despite promising to reimburse all freshers placed off campus. The university told fifty students
