A Locks Heath teenager was among eight youngsters to complete an Apprenticeship in Spectator Safety after working match days at football clubs in the south. The Fareham College students were awarded their certificates at a presentation evening at Southampton Football Club’s St Mary’s Stadium in front of proud parents, students and staff. As part of the [...]
The British Red Cross is urging smartphone users across the south to try out its debut first aid app. The brand new free app gives easy-to-understand advice on how to act in 18 different everyday emergency scenarios. It gives tips on how to prepare for emergencies, including incidents from severe winter weather to road traffic [...]
A new 3D scanner to reduce the amount of time that roads are closed after serious crashes is to be introduced in Hampshire, the government has announced. But there are question marks over whether the £2.7m investment in new technology across 27 forces will make any recognisable difference at all in the south. The Hampshire [...]
Part of the M27 was closed for more than an hour this morning (Thursday December 29) after the contents of a wheelie bin was tipped from the Swanwick Lane bridge crossing the motorway. The bin was emptied over the railings of the bridge at around 1am today and forced police to close two lanes of [...]
The train company that runs services through the Western Wards has announced it is to spend £188.8m on 130 new Electrostar carriages to provide more capacity on its busy network. Southern, which operates routes through Swanwick and Burseldon, said it had ordered the carriages from Canadian firm Bombardier and they would be built at the firm’s factory in [...]
If you saw an elderly person with a walking stick, you would not expect to see them use it in a baton-twirling motion to defend themselves. But for martial art experts at Cane-Fu, teaching pensioners to use the aid as a weapon of self-defence helps to ensure safety on the street. Cane-Fu is an American [...]
Plans to build a housing estate on land near Peters Road in Locks Heath will be heard by councillors in the new year. A proposal to build 50 houses with parking, open space and new access from Peters Road will be discussed by a planning committee in the next few months. The planning application, for [...]
When popular Locks Heath Shopping Centre cleaner Ron Gray was told that his company’s contract was coming to an end and he might have to take his sweeping trolley to a new location the people of the Western Wards rallied round and started a campaign to keep him. A petition was started and more than 1,400 [...]
No good deed should go unnoticed. And that is why Hampshire County Council is calling for nominations for its eighth Good Neighbour Awards. The awards are held to recognise Hampshire residents who volunteer or help their neighbours to stay independent at home. It also gives people the opportunity to thank volunteers for their help by [...]
Whooping and cheering, booing and hissing, it was clear the audience thoroughly enjoyed Cinderella at The Kings Theatre. With a soap star filled cast taking to the Southsea stage, some fairy sparkles and a romantic tale the pantomime was a great way to kick-start the festive season. Stuart Wade’s bumbling character Buttons, for me, stole [...]
