WINCHESTER has seen the biggest week on week increase in Covid infections in the UK. Figures released this afternoon reveal the district today has now recorded the steepest rise of all 377 local authority areas. There are now only 22 areas with
As we say goodbye to the warm summer sunshine, lighter evenings, shorts, flip flops and BBQ's, it's time to say hello to wellies, warm jumpers and fireworks. 2020 saw many venues call off firework displays due to Covid-19 restrictions, however
A WALTHAM Chase man has been found not guilty at a trial of raping a woman. Duncan Stephens, of Winchester Road, had this week been on trial at Winchester Crown Court accused of raping a woman between November 2 and 4, 2019. He denied the charge
MP David Amess has died after being stabbed multiple times in his constituency. The Conservative MP for Southend West was attacked at his constituency surgery in Leigh on Friday October 15. The surgery was being held at the Belfairs Methodist
A FIRE was deliberately started at a Winchester secondary school. A teacher is understood to have put out the flames from a fire ignited from paper and books in toilets yesterday afternoon at The Westgate School in Fulflood. A fire service
POLICE chiefs are considering hiring military personnel in a bid to tackle a national shortage of serious organised crime (SOC) investigators. The College of Policing is looking at creating a direct entry route which could be open to those who
Seven new laws and rule changes have been introduced in the UK this month which will impact many different aspects of British life. Most notably, changes will involve the amount paid for energy and the end of the government’s furlough scheme.
He’s a legendary figure of television in the south and has been a presenter of the local six o’clock news show for almost 38 years. Fred Dinenage’s on-screen career began in 1964 when he was hired on a seven-week contract by Southern Television
A UNIQUE website is set to be launched, by two Winchester entrepreneurs, to showcase some of the area’s best experiences. Experience Hampshire has been developed by Roger Walker and David Collinson and will launch later this year. The concept
It was good news for the Watercress Line when plans to rebuild the line another seven miles to Alton were announced. The exciting revelation was delivered to Steam enthusiasts as they celebrated the 115th anniversary of the opening of the line
There are enough gritter drivers across Hampshire this winter, despite shortage warnings from other councils. Hampshire County Council have reassured residents after warnings that the lack of lorry drivers could also mean a shortage of gritter
CANCER services have returned to Winchester hospital more than a year and half after they were moved because of the Covid-19 pandemic. This week Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT), the trust which runs the Royal Hampshire County Hospital
CITY councillors are to decide a controversial proposal for a new multi-storey car park at Bar End. The structure is currently being built by the city council on the Vaultex site off Barfield Close using a previous planning permission but its planning
SIR: Last year the Queen awarded a George Cross to the NHS in honour of ‘courageous and compassionate’ staff. A year later it saddens me to see blame deflected to GPs and others working in our health service. I urge all readers to look behind some
DOG wardens are still in the dark over where seven abandoned Labrador puppies came from. If unclaimed, they will be treated as strays and handed to a dog rescue charity for rehoming. The puppies were found by cyclist Rob Carter on the South
AN event is being organised in memory of a well-known jazz musician from Romsey. Peter Husband, 83, from Whitenap, Romsey, had spent long spells being treated in Southampton Hospital for pneumonia before he died on September 9 this year. Whilst
A SOUTHAMPTON man has been made to pay more than £500 after dumping a number of cardboard boxes in a layby in Nursling. Reece Marshall, of Lower Brownhill Road in Southampton, admitted leaving the waste in a layby along Station Road, opposite an
A PRIMARY school near Winchester has taken part in an initiative to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee by planting a tree. Stanmore Primary School planted the tree on October 5 as part of the The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC). The QGC is a unique
