DOZENS of flood-hit Hampshire households have claimed grants from Winchester City Council. So far 39 grants, totalling £98,000, have been awarded to ease hardship for people affected by the deluge last January. The flooding badly affected villages
IT is the time of year for all things gory - so it is rather fitting that the Littleton Players are bringing a comedy murder mystery to the village. In support of the St Catherine’s Church Room Appeal they will present Agatha Crusty and the Village
THE first Italian market is coming to Alresford this Sunday. There will be a taste of Tuscany on Broad Street with around 25 stalls in Broad Street. It will be selling food, jewellery, arts and crafts, flowers and pot plants. A roundabout offering
BONES exhumed from a Hampshire churchyard are to be reburied tomorrow. At one stage it was hoped the bones taken up from a grave at St Bartholomew’s church in Winchester were those of King Alfred the Great. The bones were exhumed from the grave
THE Southern Co-operative has renewed its corporate partnership with county food group Hampshire Fare. Hampshire Fare has been working with its partner since 2008 making it the longest serving corporate partner. Kate Hibbert, local sourcing
A NEW facility at Chandler's Ford has been refurbished indicating a growth in Hampshire manufacturing. Contact lens makers, CooperVision, completed the 31,000 square foot development in Speedwell Close, following months of extensive works.
1. Soldiers' Journey: From home to war 1914-1918 – Friday Between 1914 and 1918 over 8 million troops from all over the British Empire entered Hampshire to train, prepare and wait for their departure from the Southampton ports towards the
Romsey Hockey Club’s men’s first team have some Hampshire/Surrey Regional Division 2 points on the board – at the third attempt. They burgled the Bank of England 3-0 in the plush Roehampton surroundings, though the rich pickings weren’t as straight-forward
Romsey Town FC had one of its best weeks since the beginning of the season with the club’s two sides both collecting victories. Last weekend Town’s first team enjoyed their first taste of Cup success when they clinically disposed of Nursling in
Families can enjoy the sometimes hair-raising – but most definitely rib-tickling – Exbury Ghost Train, as it takes to the rails again this half term. And if the Ghost Train experience leaves some ashen-faced, don’t worry, as some colour can be
Pop along to Longdown Activity Farm for some frightfully fun activities on Friday, October 31 – Hallowe’en! What could conjure up an atmosphere of spells and magic better than meeting and holding a real life barn owl? You can take part in this
PREVIEW The Bands of the Royal Air Force, The Anvil, Basingstoke IT has been 50 years since the first display season of the aerobatic display team we all know and love. Now to mark the Red Arrows’ milestone, cadets in Basingstoke will represent
WINCHESTER-based artist, Peter Lloyd, has teamed up with Southampton illustrator, Jonny Hannah, to create Strange Folk – a new art exhibition at Solent Showcase. It incorporates the eccentric and the exotic and will showcase a series of artwork
A DYNAMIC quartet with some added ‘ooh-la-la’ will step on stage in Andover next week. Directed by grunge-folk godfather Wild Willy Barrett, Marie-Laure Hucher will take centre stage. Already making waves in France, her vocals tackle everything
A NEW residents group that wants to give people a voice will hold its first public meeting next month. The North Winchester Community Forum wants to create a platform for residents, groups, individuals and businesses to ask questions and receive
ALL of Hampshire’s recycling centres are set to be saved from the scrapheap thanks to an overwhelming show of public support. The county council had proposed shutting household waste recycling centres as part of a £1million package of cuts.
ROMSEY’S mayor has officially opened Stroud School’s new £2.5million state-of-the-art facilities. Mayor Peter Hurst was given a tour of a the new classroom pod which includes a design and technology room, art room and modern foreign languages room
A headteacher has said her school’s GCSE grades are back where they should be after extensive re-marks. Mountbatten School’s executive headteacher Heather McIlroy criticised the standard of exam marking after a record number of appeals over grades
NEW Forest Rangers are on high alert amid claims that commercial mushroom picking is taking place on an industrial scale. Speakers at the monthly Court of Verderers revealed that gangs are once again raiding the Forest and stripping the area of
Downton Abbey will come to Romsey Abbey when one of its stars and its creator take part in a Christmas concert. Actor and singer Julian Ovenden, who played Charles Blake in the fourth series of Downton, will be singing at the event in aid of the
ABBOTSWOOD urban village is set to grow even more. Bargate Homes Ltd has put forward a scheme to build 39 homes on land between Cupernham Lane and the 800-home development north of Romsey. The company says its scheme of mixed development southeast
A POPULAR Test Valley tourist attraction’s cafe has a new look. Bosses at the National Trust’s Mottisfont Abbey have given Kitchen Cafe a complete makeover. Catering manager Richard Thompson said the changes have made it much more efficient
QUIET community has been rocked by the sudden resignations of three parish councillors in a row over where affordable homes should be built in the village. The dispute over the choice of preferred sites for affordable homes in Broughton has also
A NEW private junior school in Winchester will see a rise in its intake of pupils by as much as 70 per cent. St Swithun’s new £10 million project is due to open in September 2015 and will see its current intake of 190 students grow to as many as
