WINCHESTER civic chiefs are poised to cut evening bus services for park and ride. But more buses are set to run in the early morning to better serve commuters at the railway station. The city council says the current timetable sees too many near-empty
ANOTHER power cut left 3,000 Winchester homes without power on Monday. A cable in Easton Lane, Winnall, was damaged by contractors working in the area at around noon on Monday (Feb 20). Power was restored to the majority of properties
CIVIC chiefs have pledged to crack down on domestic violence in Winchester after a surge in cases at the end of last year. Of the 77 incidents in the final three months of 2011, 19, or 24 per cent, were repeat cases. This was double
A PLAN to use a home in Alresford as a venue for wedding receptions has been rejected by the city council. Mike Hall proposed to host wedding receptions at his property in Colden Lane, Old Alresford up to six times a year. But a condition of the proposal
IT was not a sight for the faint-hearted... Students at Barton Peveril College, in Eastleigh, got to grips with a special- effects and make-up workshop to learn how the blood and gore we see on screen is made to look so real. Don Hendy, head of media
POLICE are warning Winchester residents to tighten home security after recent laptop thefts. Burglars struck a house in Princes Place, Stanmore between 9.45pm on Thursday, February 9, and 11am the following day. The Silver Apple Mac Pro Book laptop
THIEVES have stolen a bronze eagle statue commemorating fliers who served their country. The statue, valued at £9,000, was taken from outside the Museum of Army Flying in Middle Wallop. Installed three years ago, it was the centrepiece
A TEENAGE thug whose savage attack left a man in a coma is facing jail following another assault in which he broke a woman’s ankle and punched and kicked her boyfriend. Lewis Packham has already admitted the assault on Andrew Tuckwell in Romsey in July
AN event in the Meon Valley this Wednesday (FEB22) will celebrate the way food and drink used to be. A pub in Droxford will pull a pint of real ale made with malt from barley grown on a farm a stone’s throw away. The Bakers Arms will
A NEW rector will be inducted this week in Sherfield English. The induction service for the Rev Chris Pettet as rector of Wellow and Sherfield English will take place at St Leonard’s Church, on Tuesday (February 21) at 7pm. The Bishop of Southampton
WINCHESTER police are appealing for witnesses after thieves broke into six parking meters at the city’s leisure centre. The theft occurred between the evening of Thursday February 2 and 5.30am on Friday February 3, at the River Park Leisure Centre car
