POLICE have this evening charged a man over a serious assault in Winchester. Officers were called at 7.12am yesterday to a serious attack at an address on Andover Road close to the Carfax junction. They found a 37-year-old man with stab wounds
WILDER Romsey photograph competition has been launched. Residents of Romsey are invited to take part in the Wilder Romsey Photograph Competition with the chance to win gardening vouchers, a bird box and a Wilder Romsey T-shirt. The subject
The early autumn months are not exactly a great time for those scared of spiders, as mating season for the critters commences. September and October will see thousands of spiders seek refuge and venture inside our homes to find a mate. As a
WINCHESTER football-mad teenager Ellie Wheatley has been made the face of the current Saints Foundation campaign. The charity, whose soccer school she attends, is holding a 5km We March Together walk around Southampton on October 9 to mark its
LAST month I travelled to The Rose Theatre at Barton Peveril Sixth Form College and took my seat to enjoy two hours of musical theatre. The lights dimmed and the music started - this was the first time I’d seen anything live since lockdown and
WINCHESTER Cathedral has announced the appointment of a Canon Missioner, an important new role. Rev Dr Tess Kuin Lawton joins Winchester Cathedral after five years as Chaplain at Worcester College, Oxford, where she was a fellow and trustee of
Josephine (Jo) Mary Cromwell Hewlett 1929 – 2021 A PIONEER of helping children with dyslexia has died aged 92. Jo Hewlett was among the first to see that dyslexic children were not stupid but saw the world in a different way. She was born
FAMILY of a man from Romsey have paid tribute. Edgar Barrett Graham, 85 of Bridge Road, died on January 26, 2021, after being diagnosed with cancer. Mr Graham was described as being healthy and generally fit before being diagnosed in 2017 when
THE AWARD winning Gentlemen of St John’s College Choir, Cambridge is making its return for a fundraising concert at Romsey Abbey next week. Often heard on Radio 3 the 18 - 24-year-old vocalists are mostly studying Music as a degree and one of the
JUST last week it seemed that Romsey was recovering from the pandemic. But the latest Government statistics show a very mixed picture in the area. Abbotswood and West Wellow has seen its cases double in the seven days to September 3, with a
Residents are angry after being `fobbed off` by internet provider after a major incident left them off-line for more than two weeks in a rural village. Hampshire police confirmed on August 26 at 6.23pm, they received reports of a single vehicle
SIR: Some 15 or so years ago the flower seller in St Maurice’s Covert, Bertie (aka Chris Hills) used to regularly harangue me over the state of the Covert and more so over the lack of signage pointing out the route to the Cathedral and public lavatories
WINCHESTER Heritage Open Days is set to deliver yet another bumper packed festival. This year sees the return to the traditional open doors and behind-the-scenes tours, alongside a selection of online events. The festival, in its sixth year
A CHARITY working with businesses and communities to change the mentality around plastic is doubling its efforts. The Final Straw Foundation, set up as Final Straw Solent in 2018, has received £150,000 in funding via the National Lottery. Spread
COUNCILLORS have rejected a proposal for a new house in the countryside near Alresford following concerns that it would be an overdevelopment of the site. Local resident Mr Watts had applied to Winchester City Council to build a four-bedroom chalet
