CLUB members were bowled over by the turnout of Winchester mayors past and present for their 200th anniversary. Hyde Abbey Bowls Club was founded in 1812 and held its first meeting of the new season last Sunday (April 15). It has become
JAMIE Oliver’s new restaurant, Union Jacks, in Winchester is now recruiting for 35 jobs. The High Street branch, the first outside London, is due to open at the end of May. Mr Oliver said: “It’s fantastic that our first Union Jacks outside of London
HOLLYWOOD A-listers are heading to Winchester tomorrow to film blockbuster Les Misérables. Oscar-winner Russell Crowe will be in the city to shoot a night scene near Winchester College. He is likely to be joined by some or all of the film's other stars
CRIME has fallen across the Winchester district and the police are catching more criminals, according to the latest figures. In the Winchester and east Hampshire district between April 2011-March 2012 crime dropped 3.7 per cent from 11,094 in 2010/11
NEW Alresford Town Council has generated a small surplus after the latest financial year. Council finance chairman Roy Gentry said annual expenses came in at £238,000 last year, £9,000 under its operating budget. But he added: “There are still quite
FREE parking could be extended in Alresford after the town council backed a new plan. New Alresford Town Council confirmed it would ask the city council to allow one-hour free parking at the station car park at a meeting last Thursday.
REHEARSALS for a play at Winchester prison had a special audience last week. Minister for Prisons and Youth Justice Crispin Blunt watched prisoners at HMP Winchester perform The Accidental Imposter before the show opens to the public in May. Prisoners
HE has been in the business of plant growing for a Hampshire firm for the last 50 years. So it was only fitting that long-term Hillier Nurseries plantsman Alan Postill should celebrate the milestone by breeding another new plant. Mr Postill has come
MORE than £5,000 was raised at a charity evening featuring Ann Widdecombe and Alastair Stewart. The newsreader interviewed the former politician about her career in Westminster and also in television. The event took place at the Theatre
FOR most parents a surprise visit from their grown-up children means dirty washing or a cash loan. But Hannah Timms decided to surprise her parents in Winchester by returning home two months early from a year-long trip to Asia. Hannah, of Roman Road
