On Winchester Now this week:
- We hear about help on offer for families struggling with the cost of living over the Summer holidays. Free lunch bags are being given out at Weeke community centre.
- News-in-brief:
- Flowers have been laid at the spot where a young motorcyclist died last week.
- Winchester Cathedral is mourning the death of one of its leading members of the clergy, Canon Gary Philbrick.
- Doctors surgeries in Winchester have thanked people for their patience after the global IT outage last week.
- A special flower display has been created at Peter Symonds College to raise awareness of breast cancer.
- The blueprint for future development in Winchester will be debated by councillors next week. The local plan sets out sites for housing, education, employment and elderly care until 2040. We speak to a leading city councillor.
- News-in-brief:
- Hampshire Council leaders have pledged more action to make the county smoke free.
- A new fleet of electric vans has taken to the roads as Winchester City Council aims to become carbon neutral by the end of 2024.
- A woman who was born and raised in Winchester has returned to the city to open a new beauty salon.
- Shout-outs:
- To the estates and facilities team at the University of Winchester for donating items, left behind by students heading home for the Summer, to the Basics Bank.
- To everyone who attended a recent concert by the ‘TakeNote Choir’ which raised money for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
- For St Swithun’s School who raised over £50,000 for a Foundation, which supports girls from disadvantaged backgrounds.
- To the Hambledon shop which is celebrating its 25th birthday.
- To a couple from Compton who have recently celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary.
- The success of England footballers in recent years has seen interest in the sport grow, particularly in the women’s game. We visit Winchester City Flyers who are preparing to move into a new home and are hoping supporters will come and cheer them on.
