Families looking for homes in Winchester need to be like many of the visitors to the city’s Christmas market – and get their skates on. While the market visitors will be having fun, finding a home within the catchment area of particular schools
WINCHESTER City Council has made a mistake in information that was published about plans to build elderly housing on a city centre car park. Proposals originally stated the Extra Care Scheme, which is planned for the Chesil Street open air car
TWO brothers who allegedly murdered a newsagent in the street on his way to work had been stopped by police only 15 minutes earlier, a trial heard today. Sam McKinley and Jon McKinley were seen acting aggressively in Eastleigh town centre in the
Those fascinated by history will be avid readers of the well documented past of Landford Manor. Listed Grade II* the major portion of the original manor house has come to the market for sale and potential purchasers will no doubt be drawn by the history
JUDGES at a national hairdressers competition were tickled pink, blue and any other colour when three Winchester trainees took gold in their respective fields. Megan Holford, Jasmine Hurst and Helen Anderson took home a handful of prizes at the
A BUSY road near Winchester will be closed overnight to clear drains. The A34 southbound entry slip road from the A33 will be closed between 10pm and 6am on December 1-3. It is for planned drainage works ahead of winter, a Highways Agency spokesman
INSPECTORS have rated Hampshire Constabulary as “good” when it comes to cutting crime and providing value for money. This year HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) has for the first time introduced a new way of inspecting the police which has
ORGANISERS of a Winchester protest march this Saturday are hoping thousands of people will take part. The Winchester March aims to highlight alleged dangers to the future of the city posed by the Silver Hill redevelopment and proposals for Chesil
A HOTEL chain that started in Winchester has refused to comment following reports that it could be put up for sale. In the same week that Hotel du Vin celebrated its 20th anniversary it was announced that its owner, KSL Capital Partners, is close
This former farmhouse in Broughton near Stockbridge has been extended and totally renovated with an exacting eye for detail. Providing very spacious family accommodation fit for the 21st century, the property extends to more than three thousand square
A HOUSING association assistant from Chandler’s Ford has been named the ‘One to Watch’ by governance professionals. Scott Brooker, a company secretariat assistant with Sovereign Housing Association, was formally recognised at the Institute of Chartered
COLLEGE lecturers are gearing up for 125-mile canoe race in memory of a former student who was lost at sea. Sparsholt College’s Sport and Outdoor Education lecturers are training for the Devizes to Westminster race, which takes place over Easter
A MICHELDEVER holiday park has been presented with a top regional tourism award by domestic holiday giant Hoseasons. Blackwood Forest Lodges was crowned Best Lodge Escape destination in the south of England at Hoseasons’ ninth annual Gala Awards
POLICE are appealing for information after three youths broke into garages behind shops in Winnall. They kicked open doors and helped themselves to cans of drinks from two storage sheds behind shops in Garbett Road. A police spokesman said:
Built about eight years ago as part of an exclusive development, this very smart detached house has all the elements local purchasers have come to expect from highly regarded company Drew Smith. Thistledown Close, off Stockbridge Road, is superbly
