LITTLETON Parish Council’s thermal imaging camera is available to borrow again this winter. By borrowing the camera, and using it alongside a smartphone, residents can check their homes to see where heat is escaping and cold air is entering. This can help highlight how energy efficiency can be improved to reduce energy bills.

Anyone wanting to borrow the camera should use the booking form on the council website and email it to clerk@lhpc.org.uk or drop a paper copy into the parish office. The project is part of Littleton and Harestock Parish Action on the Climate Emergency (PACE).

PARISH Communion services will resume at St Mary’s Church in Avington on New Year’s Eve, St Mary’s Church in Easton on Sunday, January 7 and at St Swithun’s Church in Martyr Worthy on Sunday, January 21.

PARISH council meetings will convene on Monday, January 8 at 7pm in the Henry Beaufort School Media Suite (Littleton and Harestock), Thursday, January 18 at 7.30pm in Sparsholt Memorial Hall (Sparsholt) and Monday, January 29 at 7.30pm in Tubbs Hall (Kings Worthy).

WORK on a new cooking area at Sparsholt School should start in the new term. Transformation of the pond area will be moving into the second phase with the replacement of the decking starting in January. Both projects have been funded by the Friends of Sparsholt School (FoSS).

THE Worthies Sports and Social Club is no longer serving food. Due to “unforeseen circumstances” the kitchen has temporarily closed.

The club, in Loader Close, Lovedon Lane, is continuing with its festivities. On Saturday, December 30 the band Mafia will be back for ‘New Year’s Eve Eve’. Members and non-members are welcome. The on New Year’s Eve, visitors can disco the night away at the James Bond fancy dress theme night (entry costs £5 for non-members).

Bingo will be back on Sunday, January 7. The event starts at 6.30pm.

JULIA Archer has resigned from Kings Worthy Parish Council, opening up a casual vacancy. A by-election will be held if 10 electors for the parish notify the returning officer, otherwise the vacancy will be filled by co-option.

THE refurbishment of the Chestnut Horse, in Easton, has nearly finished ready for the pub’s January opening. The team is busy preparing menus including small plates, pub classics, sharing boards and seasonal dishes. Table bookings will be available from Friday, January 5.

A REMINDER the Martyr Worthy Lecture Series continues on Friday, January 12 with David Leakey providing an insider’s view of what goes on in political and parliamentary corridors.

Events start at 6.30pm at Itchen Abbas and Avington Hall with drinks and canapés before lectures commence at 7.15pm. Tickets cost £25. For more information or to book go to tickettailor.com/events/martyrworthylectures.

The King Charles Pub, in Lovedon Lane, Springvale, collected 50 woolly hats for The Smile Education Hub to help the homeless this winter. The charity received more than 200 hats in total.

The Cart and Horses, in London Road, Kings Worthy, is celebrating Burns Night on Thursday, January 25 with a four-course set menu, poetry readings and live music.

To book a table go to hecartandhorses-kingsworthy.co.uk/events. The pub is also teaming up with Le Col and Lucky Saint for a 70km bike ride, starting at 9am on Saturday, January 27.