Warsash Sea Cadets have celebrated a fantastic year with their annual awards presentation day today at their headquarters at the Maritime College. Fareham Mayor Councillor Brian Bayford and his wife, the mayoress, Cllr Susan Bayford, were the guests of honour for the day, being piped aboard after arriving by boat at the Warsash pontoon. Cllr Bayford [...]
Elderly clients at Lockswood Day Care Centre had the chance to watch the Royal Wedding in style when a new flat-screen television was donated and installed in time for the big day. And to mark the occasion staff at the centre volunteered to come in on their day off and stage an indoor street party [...]
The Western Wards went Royal Wedding mad with street parties across the area to mark the special day for Prince William an the new Duchess of Cambridge. Flags were out on pubs and houses across Locks Heath, Sarisbury, Warsash, Park Gate and Titchfield Common – and as the service got underway in London the normally [...]
As a Radio One DJ and the man behind one of the biggest music festivals in the calendar Rob Da Bank has come a long way from his boyhood days growing up in Warsash. From his Radio One show for the post-club scene in the small hours to the year-long planning and preparation for Bestival [...]
Don’t forget to have your say on Thursday May 5 with the UK-wide referendum on voting reform. Fareham Council has issued the following information about the vote. Polling stations across Fareham borough will be open from 7am – 10pm. If you have not received a card with details of your local polling station you should [...]
The Rotary Club of Locks Heath held its annual Inter Schools Music Festival at Brookfield Community School. The early part of the evening was for choirs, and the second half comprised ensembles and soloists. The winners received a shield, and a cash prize for their school. As always the standard of the young musicians was [...]
POLICE in Park Gate say it is too early to say what impact widespread cuts across Hampshire Constabulary will have on patrols in the area. But Chief Constable Alex Marshall has pledged to safeguard local resources such as Safer Neighbourhood Teams as much as he can. The Chief Constable said they, along with targeted patrols [...]
Warsash councillor Trevor Cartwright is limbering up to cycle round the Isle of Wight to raise £3,000 for three charities. Cllr Cartwright is riding the 63-mile round trip to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, Toe in the Water for Disabled Men and the Warsash Wasps Football Club. He is hoping that council Executive [...]
Fareham is another step closer to the opening of the brand new Debenhams store in the shopping centre. Executive Leader of Fareham Borough Council, Councillor Seán Woodward, and Fareham Shopping Centre Director, Pam Marsden met the new Debenhams Store Manager, Andrew Birt and had a tour of the new 28,000 square foot premises. Councillor Woodward [...]
Fans of Irish dancing and music can enjoy the spirit of the Emerald Isle at the Essence of Ireland show at Ferneham Hall in Fareham on May 18. Described by the Irish World as “Entirely unique” and “Highly Recommended”, the critically acclaimed Essence of Ireland is taking theatres by storm. The show carries the age-old [...]
