A BEACH day has been held at a Hampshire nursery school to launch its giant sandpit and raise cash for a good cause. More than 30 children from Fairlands Nursery School, Shedfield, near Bishop's Waltham, played in the sand and raised over £160 for Naomi
WINCHESTER PubWatch is seeking to help those banned from its member premises. It has teamed up with Phoenix Futures alcohol service to offer counselling to offenders. Under the Pubwatch scheme people who behave badly in any member pub can be barred
NINE Hampshire County Council chiefs on six-figure salaries have been identified. A list of the top paid executives at the county council was released on Monday as part of a new Government drive on transparency. In total, they cost taxpayers £1.52m
SUPPORT the carnival or lose it. That’s the warning from organisers or Lockerley and East Dean Carnival after only one float took part in Saturday’s annual parade. Terry Cole, who heads the carnival-fete organising committee, said the future of the
A HOUSE in King’s Somborne was left badly damaged by fire after a blaze broke out in the early hours of Saturday (June 26). Fire crews were called at around 3.30am to the semi-detached two-storey property in Hunter Close, off Eldon Road. Using hose
WARRENS Office has become the latest local organisation to sign up to the Winchester Declaration on Climate Change. The declaration is a pledge to cut carbon emissions and so reduce the local impact on global warming. The declaration follows work conducted
A HAMPSHIRE charity has launched a dual appeal for more funds and volunteers. St John Ambulance will be calling at homes in the Winchester, Test Valley and New Forest areas to ask residents to become long-term supporters of the charity. The first aid
THE Venerable Peter Hancock will become the next Bishop of Basingstoke, it's been confirmed. The 54-year-old, currently based in the Portsmouth diocese, will be officially installed on September 21 at St Paul's Cathedral. He will assist the Bishop of
EASTLEIGH MP, Chris Huhne, has vowed to continue serving his constituents despite being exposed as a love cheat. His 26-year marriage publicly collapsed at the weekend after it was revealed that he had been having an affair with the woman who
