A WOMAN was the victim of a serious sexual assault in Winchester in the early hours of Saturday. Police are investigating the incident, which took place at around 5am on October 12 in the vicinity of St George's Street. The victim was a woman
TRAVELLERS have set up camp in a Winchester car park. The group are currently in St Catherine's Park and Ride (East Side Car Park), off Garnier Road. A spokesman for Winchester City Council said: "We are aware of the Travellers currently occupying
CRICKET’S World Cup helped Southampton’s hotel industry buck a national trend and record a big rise in business. Professional services firm PwC found the UK hotel industry had done disappointing business over the first half of 2019. But in Southampton
THE NATIONAL Trust's Hinton Ampner House near Alresford and Mottisfont Abbey near Romsey are just two of 500 historic properties which will undergo a programme to make them Dementia Friendly. The properties are to become part of an ambitious three-year
A NEW way to engage with the public has been launched by civic chiefs. Anyone can now attend the full Council meetings and ask questions of the Cabinet. It was introduced at the meeting in the Guildhall on Wednesday. The first question was
HE's a walking encyclopaedia of travel facts, Hampshire's very own Lonely Planet Guide. Sam Hawthorne, 23 from Winchester, is attempting to set the Guinness World Record to become the Youngest Person to Visit Every Country in the World. That’
THE impact of previous investment in Winchester hospital has been praised by a health minister during a visit to the site this week as hospital chiefs begin to build their case for a major cash windfall. Minister of State for Care Caroline Dinenage
MYSTERY surrounds the future of a luxury Romsey hotel that was meant to reopen this week, following an eight-year investigation into money laundering. The award-winning White Horse Hotel and Brasserie in the Market Place was taken off alleged members
A WINCHESTER driver has failed in a bid to have a disqualification lifted. Basil Joy Kavumgumpilliyil, 34, of Romsey Road, had been banned for three years for a driving offence on September 26 2017. Kavumgumpilliyil applied for the ban to be
AN Alresford man has been banned from the road for drug driving. Richard Alan Griffin, 41, was stopped by police officers on May 1 on the M3 at Winchester whilst he was driving an 18-reg Volkswagen Tiguan. When tested he had an illegal amount
DRIVERS who deliberately splash pedestrians amid the wet weather could be fined up to £5,000. This week the country is expected to face freezing temperatures, blustering winds and heavy downpours of rain. Drivers will need to be on high alert
A CAMERA club in Romsey held a photography competition. Viewfinders of Romsey Camera Club held its annual Nature Trophies competition in which the judge found it difficult to pick the winners. In the print category, judge Andrew Mills chose Margaret
TWO Romsey landmarks are set to be lit in purple to mark World Polio Day. Romsey Abbey and the Plaza Theatre will be floodlit in the colour from October 21 and October 27 to celebrate the man who produced the first vaccine against polio. World
A WINCHESTER man changed his plea to admit attacking a man in the city centre. Joshua Anthony Todd, 21, of Lynch Close, Weeke, had initially denied assaulting Dennis Ofusu on Upper Brook Street on April 6, magistrates were told. But Todd later
WINCHESTER teenager Tia Ivy Bass has been convicted of possessing a knife and imitation firearm in public. Bass, 18, of Jewry Street, was found with the weapons on the High Street on July 30, Basingstoke Magistrates Court heard. The magistrates
