A large sum of cash and jewellery has been stolen in a house burglary in Locks Heath. The male homeowner returned to his home in The Glades to find the rear patio doors had been opened and the alarm system had been ripped off the wall. Police said a large amount of cash and jewellery [...]
A Locks Heath student celebrated being one of the few females to gain an engineering apprenticeship with a top aircraft business. Hannah Forder, 19, was one of handful of women to learn the trade with GE Aviation after studying Engineering at Fareham College. The former Brookfield Community School student said that engineering had been an [...]
A new banking facility is being planned for The Co-Operative store in Locks Heath – and will create four jobs if it gets approval. The food store has applied for planning permission to Fareham Borough Council for a new bank to replace a section of shelves at the supermarket in Centre Way. Plans for the [...]
Patients attending Locks Road Surgery will use a new GP service at Fareham Community Hospital. The Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth (SHIP) PCT Cluster Board decided the Sarisbury hospital was the most suitable choice for medical services for residents. The new service will provide medical care for patients currently using the Locks Road [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A woman suffered smoke inhalation and had to be taken to hospital after a house fire in Titchfield Common during the weekend. Crews from Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service attended a small fire which broke out in the living room of a house in Hunts Pond Road. The incident happened at 12.40pm last Saturday (January [...]
Two people were seriously injured in a four-vehicle collision in Locks Heath on Wednesday morning (January 4). A Peugeot Partner van collided with a Land Rover Discovery in Church Road. A Kia Picanto and a Renault Master van were also involved in the incident at around 10.15am. An 89-year-old man who was the driver of [...]
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 [...]
