WHEN traffic is heavy, it can take them around half an hour just to leave their own street. Residents in Oliver’s Battery Road North are fed up with waiting for road improvements. The problem started a decade ago when the junction with Stanmore Lane
HOLLYWOOD stars will again be filming Les Miserables in Winchester tonight. The shooting goes behind the closed gates of Winchester College after Thursday’s scenes in College Street. Russell Crowe, who was on set this morning until 5am
PLANS for the future development of Alresford are being drawn up by the town council. A council meeting heard a town plan would ensure Alresford could meet the future housing need required by Winchester City Council. Cllr Paul Waterworth, who leads
A WINCHESTER-based charity has received a massive financial boost for the next three years. The Big Lottery Fund has awarded £7.2m to Fixers, a project which works with young people aged 16-25 to create social action campaigns. Fixers is part of the
HOLLYWOOD glamour hit Hampshire last night when Gladiator star Russell Crowe came to film Les Misérables. Hundreds of residents turned out in Winchester to catch a glimpse of the Oscar-winner as scenes were being set up during the evening
THE first of several new applications by Vodafone to build masts in Winchester has been made. It wants to install a 13.8-metre high base station at the corner of Stoney Lane and Stockbridge Road in Weeke. It is the third time that the firm has sought
