On Winchester Now this week:
- With less than a week to the General Election, we give candidates one minute to tell us why they should be Winchester’s next MP.
- Two hustings events have taken place, including at Perins School – we talk to voters about what they thought.
- News-in-brief:
- Patients are being urged to help the NHS during the latest strike by junior doctors who are members of the British Medical Association.
- Marwell Wildlife is mourning the death of one of its Amur tigers.
- Armed Forces Day has been marked in Winchester with a special flag raising ceremony at the Great Hall.
- Winchester Sports and Leisure Park has been recognised as one of the top leisure facilities in England.
- There are special celebrations at the Hat Fair next weekend as the street festival marks 50 years. We speak to Hat Fair director Andrew Loretto.
- Shout-outs:
- To a team of cyclists who stopped off at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital during a 300 km ride to raise awareness of Sophie’s Legacy.
- To hundreds of pupils who took part in the Hampshire School Games at the Winchester Sport and Leisure Park.
- To the Abbots Barton care home who held a recent craft fair to raise money for the Boaz Project.
- To Beccy, welfare manager at St John’s Winchester who has been honoured in the Hampshire Care Awards.
- To volunteers who have spent 15 months building a new activity barn for Scouts near Winchester.
- A military parade took place in Winchester on Wednesday including personnel from the Army, Navy and RAF who marched down the High Street. We join crowds at the Broadway to hear why they think it’s so special.
