RESIDENTS in Sparsholt will be on ‘safari’ next week in aid of a community defibrillator. On Saturday, September 27, it is the Safari Supper, which sees dinner guests travel to different houses in the village for each course of a three-course meal
PLANS to refurbish part of a Winchester pub have been approved by civic chiefs despite objections from nearby residents. Greene King had submitted plans to demolish and rebuild a new boiler house at the Mucky Duck in Hyde Street with the addition
MOTORING company Hendy Group have announced plans to relocate two of their divisions. Hendy Power, the marine engine division of Hendy Group, has confirmed the sales team will move to new facilities at Swanwick Marina while its repairs and service
PREPARATIONS are underway for a Hampshire festival set to welcome autumn with a jam-packed weekend. Now a regular annual event, The Hampshire Harvest Festival at Winchester Cathedral spans two days over the weekend of October 4-5, with everything
TV celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has announced his Winchester restaurant is set to open next week. The recently refurbished Abbey Mill will open its doors to the public on Wednesday, September 24, as the newest River Cottage canteen
WINCHESTER firefighters were this morning called to a car fire in a supermarket car park. It happened at around 8.20am at Tesco in Easton Lane. The make and model of the car is unknown, as is the cause. Nobody was hurt.
RESIDENTS in Twyford are calling for a new pedestrian crossing amid claims the main road is too dangerous. Dozens of people turned out at an exhibition held last week (Wednesday) at the village parish hall to see the options drawn up by Hampshire
FURTHER inquiries are being conducted into the cause of death of a five-year-old who died in a burning car. The inquest opened yesterday into the death of Tommy Sheldon who was pulled from the blazing car at Hursley near Winchester last month.
The public can find out more about Romsey War Memorial Park’s splendid collection of trees at a free event next Tuesday (September 23). Dermot Cox, one of Test Valley’s tree experts, is going to lead a walk, which starts at 6.30pm. When the
A POLICE appeal has been launched following the theft of antiques and china from a home in Bishop’s Waltham. Burglars forced entry into the house in Ashton Lane on Wednesday, September 3, at around 3.45am. PC Jasmine Connolly, of Winchester
A DEVELOPER for one of Winchester’s largest housing projects has joined forces with a nearby cricket club to donate equipment to a needy African team. Cala Homes, responsible for the Barton Farm development, has collaborated with Sparsholt Cricket
PLANNING officials are scrutinising a detailed scheme to build a shopping precinct and pub at Abbotswood. Perbury Developments plans for the south-eastern corner of the 800-home urban village currently being built north-west of Woodley include
HIGHWAYS Agency officials are warning motorists that a busy section of motorway near Southampton will be closed for repairs. Staff will be laying a new high friction surface on the M271 between Nursling and Redbridge on Monday night (September
KILMESTON’s annual Harvest Supper will be held in the village hall on Saturday September 27 at 7pm for 7.30pm. Tickets are £8 for adults, £4 for children under 16, free to the under-12s. Meanwhile the hall’s AGM will be on Monday September
PEOPLE across the Test Valley are being urged to take part in a scheme to provide children in need with a box of Christmas goodies. Andover Foodbank – a charity which provides essential food for people who are struggling and have little or no money
