Bubbling with enthusiasm, Jason King and Lucy Horobin are excited to be the new voices of Heart Radio’s breakfast show from today (January 23). New Heart Breakfast presenters JK and Lucy Known as JK and Lucy, their debut show was this morning at the Segensworth studio. The Gazette caught up with the pair before they went [...]
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 [...]
A girl band from the Western Wards are warming up their vocal chords for a major singing competition hoping to win a recording contract. Molly Scott, Emily Stewart, Olivia Tambini and Kelly Childs, known as MELO, are gearing up to perform at the O2 arena in the Open Mic UK National Grand Final competition on [...]
Work hard, play hard and accomplish more. These are the words inspiring Sarisbury speed queen Shelley Jory-Leigh as she attempts to break the record for being the fastest woman to circumnavigate the world. The 42-year-old former British powerboat champion is determined to break the record as the fastest woman to powerboat around the globe as the [...]
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 [...]
When football pitch rivalries between Pompey and Saints are resumed this weekend, here in the Western Wards neighbour will be turning their back on neighbour – and relationships could turn temporarily sour. It may be the season of goodwill to all – but when it comes to Pompey and Saints decades old rivalries are more [...]
The Western Wards will be cheering on their own bobsleigh team in a Help For Heroes challenge. Andrew Copestake and John Bird are taking to the slopes against a team from the Royal Air Force to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund (RAFBF). The pair and four other British civilians have started training in Igls, [...]
Keen runner Katharine Jones has always enjoyed pacing her way around the great outdoors. She has run marathons in London, New York, Iceland and Berlin – but it is at her home in Sarisbury Green where she enjoys leading her beginner and improver groups. Formerly the head of operations and information at National Air Traffic [...]
Loving life as Heart Radio’s breakfast DJs, Jules and Bunker said it is the ordinary playful banter – and scrambled eggs – that fuels their upbeat energy on air and relationship with their listeners. Juliet Mayne, 28, and Paul Bunker, 38, are the two friendly voices that many of us wake up to in the [...]
Warsash runner Bob Hughes is aiming for a marathon hat-trick at the Virgin London Marathon in 2012 where he will be raising funds for Oxfam. The 49-year-old of Pitchpond Road, who has managed several Colts’ teams for Locks Heath Cricket Club in recent years, took up running again in 2009 and completed the 2010 Snowdon Marathon [...]
