Council chiefs are to decide whether to sell a site behind Willis Waye in Kings Worthy for housing development. At present, the land is occupied 35 garages, but the authority has found that several are empty, while others are being used for general storage
SIR Bob Geldof proved an inspiration to pupils at Kings' School in Winchester, who raised £800 by taking part in a challenge to raise money for projects in developing countries. As part of their Religious Studies class and enterprise project, the youngsters
BAKERS selling sugary treats are helping to raise money for Naomi House Children's Hospice in Sutton Scotney. Reeve the Baker has been holding doughnut week' this week and is donating 10p to Naomi House for every jam doughnut they sell between February
FIRE crews from across Hampshire and south Wiltshire tackled a major blaze at a Nether Wallop farm on Wednesday. And the fire involving a large quantity of diesel at Jack's Bush Farm led to the closure of the A343 between Lopcombe Corner and Middle Wallop
SIR - The proposal to have a £5 million development which would effectively destroy the Dean Garnier garden seems to suggest that the cathedral authorities are awash with money. This is a possibility after the two large filming projects, the many Christmas
SIR - I read with interest Cllr George Beckett's letter in the Chronicle (January 24) regarding housing development around Winchester to meet Government dictates, and would like to mention that the Winchester City Council organised a Forum on this subject
YOUNG band Casablancas beat stiff competition to win the first set of heats to make it to the Winchester Battle of the Bands final. The 12-14 year olds won the judges over with their complete and mature sound, melodic original songs and confident, Kooks-style
TWO minutes of Saturday night stupidity from two hooligans gave the pupils of North Baddesley Infant School a devastating start to this week. When children and staff arrived at the school on Monday they found their new outside drama area and some of
HEALTH conscious pensioners are hoping to roll back the years by getting Hampshire's first adult playground built near Winchester. A group of more than 40 elderly people from a Kings Worthy coffee morning approached the parish council on Friday (February
WINCHESTER'S temporary ice rink at Christmas attracted even more people in its second year, figures released today (February 6) show. It was hosted in the Cathedral grounds for around six weeks, surrounded by a traditional Christmas market. Cathedral
THE number of people going to church in Winchester Diocese is on the rise, according to statistics from the Church of England, but less are attending on Sundays. It released its latest statistics this week - for 2006 - and they show an increase in attendance
MORE than a hundred residents have launched a second fight to save a Victorian house in Winchester from demolition. They have flooded Winchester City Council's planners with letters of objection, with more than 120 lodged by the consultation deadline
ALADDIN, was the most successful pantomime in the history of Winchester's Theatre Royal, its annual report has revealed. The in-house production smashed all box office records, pulling in a whopping 14,000 people and helped the theatre stay in the black
HEREFORD based band The Anomalies are set to play Southampton's Unit 22 club next week. The group of DJs and MCs have developed an eclectic style, blending a variety of influences from swing through to indie via reggae with a big spoonful of old school
There are delays on the M3 after the brakes of a lorry caught fire. Traffic is slow moving on the M3 north bound between J12, Eastleigh, and J11,Wincester South, to J13, Southampton Airport. The brakes on a lorry, which is now on the hard shoulder,
CARERS across Hampshire are to get emergency respite support, thanks to a new county-wide scheme. The aim of the free service is to provide back up for unpaid carers caring for sick or disabled relatives, for example when they become ill or have to go
RESIDENTS in Bishop's Waltham crammed into a meeting this evening to discuss plans for the Winchester district. More than 170 people squashed in to St Peter's Church Hall, in Free Street, for the meeting to give their views about the 20 year strategy
