Coastal cycle ride for Meningitis Trust that helped two-year-old son
A father-of-two from Locks Heath has organised a charity cycle ride to raise funds for the Meningitis Trust that supported his family when his two-year-old son suffered the disease. Gemma and Alex Fuge...
View ArticleFormer Saints and Pompey stars join in charity match
Ex-Saints and former Pompey players in a Warsash invitation team joined a number of other footballers for a charity match in sunshine and showers at Titchfield last night (August 2). Matt Le Tissier in...
View ArticlePark Gate house burning exercise for fire fighters
Fire fighters have been getting some valuable training at a derelict house in Park Gate as part of a week-long exercise to enhance skills and reduce injuries. Crews from Fareham, Gosport and Cosham lit...
View Article4x4s drive into Locks Heath for event
Huge 4×4 vehicles will be driving into Locks Heath for a charity event on August 17. Wessex Hillrunners 4×4 The Wessex Hillrunners Club will have eight vehicles on show, alongside the coast guard and...
View Article£25,000 reward to catch gang who targeted Park Gate cash point
A reward of up to £25,000 is being offered to anyone with information about a gang targeting cash points in the south, including one in Park Gate. Man wanted in connection to Barclays vandalism...
View ArticleSailor called up for Abu Dhabi glory bid
An Olympian sailor who spent his early years learning his skills in Warsash has been invited to join Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing’s Performance Director in the team’s second bid for Volvo Ocean Race glory...
View ArticleBarton and Fareham college students achieve fantastic A-level results
Thousands of students across the south – including hundreds from the Western Wards – were this morning finding out their A-level results. Barton Peveril College At Barton Peveril College – which is the...
View ArticleChampagne celebrations for A-level students
Nervous students joined together to find out their A Level results and whether they would be going on to their choices of further education yesterday (August 15). Champagne celebration Many from the...
View ArticleSaints smash transfer record for Osvaldo
Saints have smashed their transfer record and signed Italy striker Pablo Daniel Osvaldo from Roma for a fee of around £15m. Pablo Daniel Osvaldo who has signed for Saints in a record £15m deal The...
View ArticleSuccessful Warsash art exhibition marks 55 years
By Amy Williams Scores of people attended the 55th annual Warsash Art Exhibition in the Victory Hall where hundreds of pieces were on display. The Mayor of Fareham, Councillor Susan Bayford, opened the...
View ArticleNATS engineers trek for Help for Heroes
Former Royal Air Force servicemen turned engineer workers at NATS trekked in the Help for Heroes Jurassic Coast Challenge yesterday. NATS workers took part in the Help for Heroes Jurassic Coast...
View ArticleGirl hit by car petitions for crossing on busy Brook Lane
Year 10 student Sally Mosley will never forget the thump of when a car hit her as she crossed Brook Lane after an after-school trumpet lesson. Sally Mosley is campaigning for a pedestrian crossing by...
View ArticleGCSE results day for thousands of teenagers
Anxious teenagers across the Western Wards were waking up this morning and getting ready to collect their GCSE results. Brookfield School said they were delighted that pupils’ maths GCSE results had...
View ArticleHappy pupils celebrate great GCSE results at Brookfield
Students congratulated one another, while some heaved a sigh of relief upon collecting their GCSE results at Brookfield School today (Thursday August 22). Clara Knight was delighted to achieve 14 A*s...
View ArticleFamilies enjoy fun day in Warsash for heart unit charity
Families came together to support a charity that helps a children’s heart unit at a Warsash pub’s fun day event. Libbie Maddock gets a transfer tattoo The Silver Fern pub in Warsash Road organised the...
View ArticleCrowds flock to Parisian regatta on the Hamble
Huge crowds flocked to the Bursledon regatta to see scores of Parisian themed boats and fancy dress. Mimes, aristocrats, painters and frogs were among the costumes people wore as they wandered round...
View ArticlePolice link two Locks Heath burglaries
Two burglaries in Locks Heath on the same night have been linked by police. Police are linking two burglaries in Locks Heath on the same night Thieves entered addresses in Hood Close and Honeysuckle...
View ArticleFormer Locks Heath councillor will be ‘much missed’
Tributes have been paid to a “highly regarded” former councillor who represented the people of Locks Heath for 24 years who has died. Ruth Godrich, a well-respected ward councillor and former mayor of...
View ArticleTV scientist Robert Winston teaches Brookfield pupils in summer scheme
Eminent professor and television presenter Robert Winston has been giving tips to budding scientists in Sarisbury. Lord Winston taught a select group of youngsters at Brookfield School as part of a...
View ArticleSon helps save mother’s life when her heart stops for 25 minutes
When Cornelis Van Rensburg’s 75-year-old mother collapsed in Warsash and her heart stopped beating for 25 minutes, fear was not a factor. He instinctively was determined to resuscitate her. Martha and...
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