A NEW music festival in Alresford hangs in the balance after organisers were told that they might not get their chosen site. They want to use Arlebury Park, but town council bosses have raised con cerns along with Alresford Town FC. The Wessex
THE key decision to support a major new piece of public art in Winchester has been taken by the city council. The grant of £15,000 to artist Marzia Colonna will trigger the creation of the kite flyer sculptural arch for the entrance to Parchment
POLICE are hunting a thief who stole a member of staff’s wallet at Romsey Hospital. Officers say a man was acting suspiciously in the outpatient’s department shortly before the theft was discovered on Tuesday afternoon. The police say that, when challenged
A QUANTITY of powerful prescription drugs was stolen from a car parked at a Bramshaw beauty spot. The 50 dihydrocodeine painkiller tablets were taken, along with a Sony digital camera, an iPod and other property, from a BMW left at the Half Moon Common
BEYOND the Barricade returns to The Anvil on Thursday, February 5, at 7.45pm. Now in its eighth year, Beyond the Barricade is a show for all lovers of musical theatre, featuring songs from the world’s great musicals, performed by a cast of principal
IF you love comedy and you love film, then Totally Looped, at The Haymarket, Basingstoke, on Thursday, February 5, is the show for you. Direct from Hollywood, Totally Looped is Mock the Week meets YouTube, an hilarious all-improvised show in which top
A NEW coroner’s officer has begun work in Winchester. Debbie Tapner, formerly a social worker for Hampshire Probation Service, has filled the part-time position vacated by Roger Matcham, who left on Christmas Eve after around a decade in
CAMPAIGNERS are re-igniting their struggle to save farmland on the edge of Winchester as civic chiefs edge closer to earmarking it for some 2,000 homes. The Save Barton Farm Group fears that the city council is poised to say the farmland is
SIR — It is pleasing to read Mr Geddes’ letter last week and know that Winchester University is performing so well academically. However, he does not address the negative impact that a university can and does have on the existing local communities.
SIR — While appreciating the University of Winchester’s financial contribution to the economy of the city, I am concerned about its attitude to its neighbours as stated by Tommy Geddes, deputy vice-chancellor. On November 21, 2007, Mr Geddes stated:
SIR — What a wonderful place Winchester was at Christmas, with the lights, ice rink and crowds of people enjoying the High Street. For me it provided a most memorable Christmas. I then read the letters page in the Hampshire Chronicle; what a load
SIR — I have lived on the Main Road, Otterbourne, for 50 years. In that time, in an effort to cope with ever-increasing volumes of traffic, Otterbourne Hill has been lowered, the road straightened, a by-pass built; this was upgraded to a motorway, which
SIR — Earlier in 2008, I was unfortunate enough to irreparably damage a tyre when I unavoidable hit a pothole in the road. No problem, perhaps the council would help me out with the £115 cost. Not a chance! Apparently, if they are unaware of any pothole
SIR — I am writing to express our deepest gratitude to the Alexandra Rose Day Charity for awarding Friends of the Family’s ‘5s to 13s Project’ a Special Appeal Fund grant of £1,000. The new 5s to 13s Project is a valuable befriending service which provides
SIR — Can I comment on the proposal (Chronicle, December 18) that Bishop’s Waltham Parish Council should pay half of the running costs of the public toilets in the town? The toilets primarily serve those using the adjacent car park operated by Winchester
SIR — I was unfortunate enough to be in the McGill Ward at the county hospital over Christmas. However, it was made a wonderfully happy experience by the kindness of the hardworking, caring nurses. The lunch was outstanding; turkey and chipolatas
It seems appropriate to be launching my blog in January 2009, if only because one of my resolutions is to be more IT astute (my other resolutions are what they always are - to lose half a stone and be nice to the kids). Blogs puzzle me though. What exactly
I was already late for lesson, but it was ok because I had been to the Chinese and I had a chip with a bit of curry sauce lodged in my pocket to sacrifice to the teacher to recompense my tardiness (my teacher is northern so it’d count towards her
