On Winchester Now this week:
- We hear about a charity fundraiser this weekend to raise money for a 24 year-old man with a brain tumour and the charity that’s helping him.
- News-in-brief:
- A shoplifter has been jailed for attacking a security guard at a Winchester supermarket.
- Extra patrols have been out-and-about in the Water Lane area following reports of anti-social behaviour.
- Marwell Wildlife has announced the death of snow leopard Irina who was 16 years old.
- A new safety initiative has been launched in Winchester to improve access to life-saving first aid equipment.
- Motorists are being warned of a busy Bank Holiday weekend on the roads.
- An art group formed during Covid will be displaying their skills this weekend – as the Hampshire Open Studios continues. We talk to two of the members.
- News-in-brief:
- We have news on new businesses coming to Winchester city centre, filling some of the currently empty properties.
- Winchester University is celebrating completion of the first stage of a new library. £5.8 million is being spent on the new facility.
- A family archaeology event is being held on the site of the former Friarsgate Medical Centre.
- It may still be August, but this week Winchester Cathedral confirmed the dates for the Christmas market.
- Shout-outs:
- To a group of people who took on a skydive for Hampshire Hospitals charity
- To our Winchester Street Pastors.
- To South Western Railway who are supporting the charity Scotty’s Little Soldiers.
- To the 1,700 young readers who have already completed this year’s Summer Reading Challenge organised by the Hampshire Library Service.
- To Winchester Radio’s Paul Blitz, to wish him a speedy recovery following surgery after a fall.
