WINCHESTER charity, Friends of the Family, has been celebrating its 20th anniversary with a party. The celebrations were rounded off on Sunday December 8 when past and present families and volunteers came together for a tea party at the Friends
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze that wrecked a garden shed in a village near Winchester last night. Eleven firefighters tackled the fire in two garden sheds in Hunter Close, Kings Somborne, at 8.50pm. Flames quickly spread to a garden gate and
CONFUSION surrounds the future of celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s restaurant in Winchester. It has been reported in a national newspaper website that Union Jacks, in the High Street, was set to close only 18 months after opening. Mr Oliver’s
A KINGS Worthy woman is desperately searching for her beloved missing dog. Glenys Hutton is distraught at the loss of Amy, a black flatcoat retriever bitch. They were on Top Field at about 7.30am on Friday, November 29, when she was attacked by
A BRAISHIELD pub is likely to remain closed for the foreseeable future. Fuller’s, which owns the Newport Inn, say it is looking at “various options”, but hopes to confirm early next year what will happen to the pub. The brewery says the popular
Age Concern Hampshire’s Romsey Food & Friendship service has now been extended to offer company from volunteers at tea-time. The Food & Friendship scheme is available free of charge to Romsey Meals on Wheels customers who would like a regular
WINCHESTER planners have given the go ahead for a large solar farm. The development, on the Southwick Estate, to the south of the Forest of Bere, could power around 5,000 homes and will cover 200 acres - the equivalent of around 150 football pitches
