After a long standing battle chalet owners in Warsash have gained the right to live in their holiday homes all year round. It was the final hurdle of the legal bid for people living at Solent Breezes holiday park, and has now been approved by Fareham councillors. Last year a Government planning inspector backed the chalet-owners’ [...]
A Warsash choir raised £650 in a series of concerts for pre-school children with hearing disabilities. The Solent Singers Choir was delighted to present a cheque to the Elizabeth Foundation, which is a national charity supporting young children with hearing loss and their families. The 40-strong choir raised the money at carol concerts held at [...]
A survey to test the suitability for a pedestrian crossing in Warsash is to begin in the spring. Residents have been campaigning for measures to help people safely cross the busy Warsash Road, but after a failed attempt to get a zebra crossing there a few years ago Hampshire County Council is set to have [...]
A church in Warsash is hoping to be the first in the Western Wards to have solar panels installed to its roof to cut its carbon footprint by 50 per cent. Rev Andrew Norris at St Mary’s Church is hoping to save electricity costs and be more environmentally friendly by having solar panels installed on [...]
It’s still a month until Christmas – Bah Humbug! But that’s ok because these Hook-with-Warsash children are bringing the festive spirit to Ferneham Hall with their annual production A Christmas Carol. Pupils will take to the Fareham stage telling the famous Charles Dickens’ tale of Ebeneezer Scrooge who is taken on a magical journey to [...]
A Warsash deli is calling for all Portsmouth Football Club fans to help raise cash for children with cancer by buying a Christmas raffle ticket. Pompey midfielder Liam Lawrence has donated a signed football shirt as the top prize in the Valentino’s of Warsash fundraising raffle which is raising cash for children suffering with leukaemia [...]
For a sailor it would be great to have the sea on your doorstep ready to head out across the shores at the drop of a hat. That’s what life is like for two-time Laser SB3 World Champion Geoff Carveth. The Warsash Sailing Club and Hayling Island Sailing Club member moved from Ascot to the [...]
Residents are being urged to have their say on a consultation about plans for protecting conservation areas in Warsash and Hook. Fareham Borough Council is undertaking a review of two of its conservation areas in line with national guidance. Draft documents have been released for a public consultation, which will be running for four weeks. [...]
Concerned residents are petitioning to stop speeding in a Warsash road. Pub landlord Martin O’Grady is worried that young motorists are using Fleet End Road as a “speed track” and not abiding to the 30 mile per hour limit. So the owner of the Jolly Farmer pub is leading the campaign in the hope to [...]
Trevor Harvey carved his last piece of meat for customers as he closed his Warsash butcher’s shop doors at the weekend – another victim of the recession. The owner of Harveys Family Butchers in Warsash Road has had to shut the store after sales fell during the recession and he was unable to sell the business on. The closure [...]
