On Winchester Now this week:
- Hundreds of cyclists will converge on Winchester on Saturday. The mass cycle ride aims to celebrate the joy of cycling and encourage more people to ride.
- News in brief:
- People attending hospital in Winchester next week are being warned of further industrial action by consultants and junior doctors.
- Meanwhile there are further problems for rail travellers with seven days of action by the union Aslef from Friday.
- A Winchester doctor who claimed he was sacked for whistleblowing about staff safety concerns has begun an employment tribunal against Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
- Another area of the city centre is holding a special event to showcase what’s on offer. The first King’s Walk Festival takes place this Saturday.
- The gritters have been out-and-about on Hampshire’s roads this week with test runs ahead of the colder months.
- It’s two years since the Winchester Hospice first opened, and now staff are appealing for volunteers to join the first night walk to support the charity.
- Shout-outs:
- To everyone who took part in the Winchester Half Marathon last weekend.
- Staff at local estate agents Belgarum who trekked across the South Downs for Winchester Hospice.
- To everyone who gave sewing materials to Trinity Winchester to help them start up new workshops.
- To all the bakers preparing for the World’s biggest coffee morning – in support of Macmillan cancer support.
- The first community sewing events have taken place in a project designed to capture the stories of Winchester through the creation of several memory quilts. We join a team on stage at the Theatre Royal.
