Construction of the new Costa Coffee kiosk in Locks Heath is to begin next Monday (February 6). Work is set to start on demolishing the seating area at the Locks Heath Shopping Centre, on the lower part of the square by the clock tower, where the new outlet is to be built. Shoppers will still [...]
Health bosses will today (January 31) discuss the plan for a GP service at Fareham Community Hospital in Sarisbury to replace the Locks Road surgery. Board members of the Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth (SHIP) PCT Cluster will decide if a GP service at the hospital will provide a suitable alternative surgery facility for the [...]
A 500-seat auditorium and a range of community facilities is at the heart of a £4.2m extension being planned for Locks Heath Free Church. The acoustically tuned auditorium will be one of the biggest performance spaces in Fareham borough – behind the 730-seat Ferneham Hall – if approved. And with a range of other rooms [...]
Youngsters at a pre-school in Locks Heath have been learning aspects of Chinese culture to celebrate the turning of the New Year. Children at Jigsaw Pre-school made masks, hats and tasted different Chinese foods to celebrate the year of the dragon. The children at the nursery in Locksheath Park Road enthusiastically participated in activities for [...]
Brookfield Community School is one of the top performing state secondary schools in the area, according to official figures from the Department for Education. The Sarisbury Green school celebrated a seven per cent leap from the previous year’s GCSE results taking it to 67 per cent of pupils achieving five A* to C grades including [...]
Two swimmers from Locks Heath Swim Squad took 11 medals between them at a recent competition in Bournemouth. Alex Barker and Ellie Fletcher won the medals – which included four golds – at the Level 2 meet. Twelve-year-old Alex took home an impressive six medals – with three of them golds. In the 200m breaststroke [...]
Pet lover Kirsten Harder is warning dog owners to beware after her Springer Spaniel was severely injured in an unprovoked attack by another dog in Titchfield Common. The 40-year-old mother was left distraught and fearing her dog Lily would be killed after the other animal bit its stomach while they walked. Lily has been treated [...]
HRH The Princess Royal will be present at a special Freedom March by sailors and Royal Marines from HMS Collingwood in Fareham town centre to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Mayor of Fareham and Warsash Councillor Trevor Cartwright, will greet Princess Anne and while visiting the town she will also officially open the newly upgraded [...]
Girl group MELO are still coming to terms with having the chance to sing at the O2 arena like so many globally famous artists. Singers Molly Scott, Emily Stewart, Olivia Tambini and Kelly Childs performed to thousands of music enthusiasts – and industry judges – at the London stage in the Open Mic UK National [...]
A decision to close down a mental health unit in Sarisbury has been branded “a disaster” for vulnerable people by the councillor for the area. Councillor David Swanbrow criticised the decision by Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust to phase out the number of beds at The Meadows, in Coldeast, and eventually close the unit making [...]
