When one-week-old William would not feed and had trouble breathing, parents Amy Bevis and Richard Fraser instinctively knew something was wrong. The engaged couple from Sarisbury Green were distraught after William Fraser died at 19 days old from pneumococcal meningitis – an aggressive form of the brain bug. Now Amy, 28, and Richard, 25, are [...]
The husband of a woman who died in a Sarisbury Green care home after a male resident wandered into her room has questioned how it could have happened. Hazel Henderson died at the Rose Villa Rest Home in Brook Lane after being pulled off her bed and being starved of oxygen when her neck came [...]
A pupil at Brookfield School has seen her writing skills earn her tickets to watch singers of the 2011 X Factor show’s live tour. Music enthusiast Harriet Clemo impressed judges in national competition The Write Stuff with her story of a depressed hot dog whose only aim in life was to be eaten. The 14-year-old [...]
Christmas shoebox gifts came in their thousands once again in Sarisbury Green. Pencil cases, mittens, toys and more were packed into around 8,600 boxes – more than last year’s record of 8,300. Operation Christmas Child organiser Iris Meatcher was delighted that so many people donated an assortment of goodies to send to less fortunate children [...]
Toddlers put their own comic spin on the Christmas nativity story bringing the festive season to life. Youngsters of Toybox Pre-school sang and performed Our First Nativity at the Sarisbury Green United Reformed Church in Bridge Road. In colourful costumes and shouting with all their hearts, the two to four-year-olds performed in front of a [...]
A secure children’s home in Swanwick has received a £1.5 million cash injection for heating and fire safety improvement works. Swanwick Lodge, Hampshire County Council’s Secure Children’s Home, in Glen Road has received funding for improvements including the replacement of older inefficient heating and ventilation systems, a new boiler plant and new fire and staff [...]
A refurbished memorial bench in Holly Hill Woodland Park was unveiled by councillors in memory of Katherine Winn. The specially-designed seat was placed in the Sunken Garden in 2001 in memory of Miss Winn, who lived at Holly Hill Mansion as a child and who played an important part in research carried out by Fareham [...]
Citizen of Honour Iris Meatcher is packing and collecting hundreds of Christmas goodie boxes ready to send to disadvantaged children overseas. The 68-year-old flower arranger at Sarisbury United Reformed Church is working with worshippers to launch the annual shoe box appeal Operation Christmas Child this Sunday (November 6). And she hopes this year the church [...]
Pupils at Sarisbury Infant School donated heaps of food parcels to help less fortunate people. As part of Harvest Festival children and their families at the school in Barnes Lane donated gifts of food and toiletries to The Basics Bank in Fareham which distributed it to families in our community in need of support, including [...]
Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenager suffered fractures to her arms and legs in a collision between a car and a moped at Bridge Road, Lower Swanwick. The 19-year-old moped rider, from Gosport, was in collision with a Ford Focus car on the A27 close to the Spinnaker Hotel at 11.10am last Wednesday [...]
