Looking at ‘climate breakdown’ SIR: Last Wednesday Jeremy Corbyn and Rebecca Long Bailey of the Labour Party visited Southampton and gave speeches in a packed 18/65 Club. Many supporters of Southampton and Romsey Extinction Rebellion were present
THE Abbey celebrated Harvest last Sunday and I was reminded by a quiz question (while eating plumb crumble and custard!) that Harvest began as a bright idea by local vicar Revd Robert Hawker of Morwenstow Cornwall in 1843. The idea connected with
19/02400/TREES T1 Oak - Reduce canopy back into suitable live growth points. T2 Elm - Remove (dead) - Ampfield Recreation Ground , Winchester Road, Ampfield, AMPFIELD 19/02420/TPOS (904) Reduce beech tree lowering by around 4-6m and reducing remaining
THE Watercress Line is set to welcome dozens of witches and wizards to its Wizard Weekend this Halloween. Inviting visitors to make magic and mischief and dress up as a Halloween spook, the event returns with an exciting array of activities on October
A WINCHESTER nursing home marked the start of a partnership with the city’s Baptist Church during a special service. Westacre, based in Sleepers Hill, has a number of Christian residents with dementia who do not often get to practise their religion
A BRIEFLY-empty shop has reopened as a new crafts centre has opened in the heart of the Central Winchester Regeneration area. BellaCrafts which is based in Fair Oak has expanded to open on Kings Walk. The centre features more activities, tea
CIVIC chiefs says work is continuing on finding 'meanwhile' uses for parts of the 'Saxon Gate' area in Winchester city centre. They are looking at ways to make better use of the unused spaces in the area formerly known as Silver Hill including parts
DEMOLITION has begun on a former Winchester money store to enable an expansion of park and ride. Contractors for the city council have started knocking down Coventry House, the Vaultex site off Barfield Close at Bar End. The council invested
SMALL businesses in Hampshire have issued an “urgent wake-up call” to the government with figures suggesting almost half think their performance will worsen in the coming three months. The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) found 72 per cent of
THE opportunity to reflect on being told you have just two months to live three years down the road is not something many people can say. A diagnosis of acute myeloid leukaemia – a cancer of the white blood cells – can so often lead to the worst
