On Winchester Now this week:
- A new menopause café in Winchester could become a regular event because of the demand for support. We talk to the organiser.
- News-in-brief
- Roads policing officers will be out in force across Hampshire this month, as part of a national campaign to target motorists who put lives at risk.
- There will be no South Western Railway services out of Winchester on Monday as another strike is held by Aslef.
- A tea party has been held on a derelict piece of land in Winnall, with the aim to share ideas on how to develop the plot.
- It’s the 50th anniversary this year of the Hat Fair and plans for the weekend event are well underway. We talk to the organiser about the challenges with a lack of funding and how local people can join in the celebrations.
- We go along to Knit and Natter, a group that meets every Tuesday at the Arc in Winchester and find out why it’s so important for people’s wellbeing.
- Shout-outs:
- To the owners and dogs who went walkies through the Hampshire countryside recently to raise funds for family support charity Home-Start Winchester.
- To the Friends of St Giles Hill for clearing pathways up to the famous view point.
- To West Lea Farm Shop near Alresford which has been nominated for a Countryside Alliance award dubbed the Rural Oscars.
- to Tesco at Winnall, for donating Easter eggs to the Winchester Beacon.
- Finally the story of amateur golfer Mike Wyatt who claimed a rare hole-in-one twice in the same round at the Royal Winchester Golf Club. The chances of that achievement are 67 million to 1!
