THIEVES snatched dozens of mobile phones from a delivery van in Winchester in a haul valued at £20,000, police said this evening. They are appealing for information following the theft at the junction of the High Street and Trafalgar Street at
NO action will be taken against a man arrested after an alleged attack in Winchester city centre last month. A 28-year-old from Winchester was arrested in the High Street near Bakers Arms Passage on November 14 following an incident between two
WINCHESTER detectives are investigating a suspicious car fire in Alresford. A silver Landrover Discovery was damaged by fire on a driveway of a house on Spring Gardens between 11.05pm and 11.45pm on Monday, December 9. Det Con Richard Jones
MEMBERS of Alresford Rotary Club have been helping to spruce up the area around a new nursery school in Cheriton. Cherry Tree Pre-School relocated from the village hall to the former Scout hut on the recreation ground earlier this year. Rotary
A WASTE management firm is free to expand its building in Otterbourne despite strong opposition. Otterbourne Parish Council and Otterbourne Conservation Group both opposed the plans by Hazardous Waste Management, based on Kiln Lane. The city council
MARKS and Spencer’s hopes for a new store in Winchester suffered a major setback yesterday. Civic chiefs voted against allowing the conversion of the former Hendy Ford base in Easton Lane, Winnall, into a ‘Simply Food’ store. M&S has already
THE HAMPSHIRE and Isle of Wight Wildlife trust is inviting people to a workshop on water voles tomorrow. On December 14, between 1pm-4pm, a workshop will be held for people to help design a series of painted bollards on the water vole trail which
WINCHESTER hairdresser Guy Kremer has announced he is to hold the most fabulous party next year celebrating a very special anniversary. The Parchment Street salon owner will have been cutting hair for 40 years in England next March which he aims
HAMPSHIRE and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance was back on duty today after being temporarily grounded yesterday over safety fears. The helicopter was one of 22 of a particular model taken out of service across the UK after a defect was discovered on
TWO schoolboys, who risked their lives to save a suicidal woman at Romsey Station, have been honoured by the police. Mackenzie Melling and Maciej Andrzejewski went onto the tracks and talked the unnamed woman out of taking her own life. Both
AN INTERNATIONAL clothing chain has dropped its plans to open a shop in Romsey’s Hundred. Fat Face, that has more than 190 stores in the UK and others worldwide, confirmed this week that it has abandoned its plans to open a branch at Stead and
RAIDERS got away with jewellery worth around £17,000 after breaking into a house at Rownhams. Police say burglars targeted an isolated property in the Toot Hill area on Wednesday afternoon of last week (December 4) and used pillow cases to carry
IF 1,300 homes must be built on the outskirts of Romsey attempts to integrate them with the town should be scrapped and the development should go ahead as a separate village. That’s the view of Mark Cooper, who represents the town at county, borough
