On Winchester Now this week:
- A new initiative has been set up to try to improve the mental health of Winchester workers. Winchester Samaritans has launched the Workplace Wellbeing Forum. Anna O’Brien spoke to the charity’s director.
- News-in-brief:
- Flowers have been left where the body of a man was found in Winchester.
- A man has been charged with assaulting security guards at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital.
- Alresford’s household waste recycling centre has been saved from closure after Hampshire County Council backed-down on plans to close it. Councillors held a five hour meeting this week to discuss proposals to save millions of pounds in their budget. We have further details.
- A major route into the city centre will be shut for three weeks for gas main replacement works.
- The deadline is approaching for people to have their say on a major scheme in Winchester. A masterplan has been unveiled for Station Approach.
- Winchester is getting spooky in the next 2 weeks with a special Halloween themed word hunt.
- Meanwhile Winchester Cathedral Christmas market is under construction. And a date has been announced for the annual lantern parade.
- Jane Austen’s house in College Street is to be opened to the public for the first time as part of commemorations to mark the 250th anniversary of her birth.
- Now, after a Pilates class, many people might feel a bit tired, so imagine doing 24 hours of back-to-back exercise. That was the challenge taken on my Dave Morris at Winchester Pilates. We joined him 4 hours in.
- Shout-outs:
- To all students taking part in University of Winchester graduations this week.
- To over 70 students at Peter Symonds College who have received awards for a range of merits.
- To St. John’s Winchester as October marks the 2nd anniversary of its Dementia Support Service.
- To friends Richard, Ron, Steve and Mark who have raised well over £7,000 for Naomi House & Jacksplace.
- To Deborah Evans at business ‘Remedi Health’ who has won ‘Independent Prescriber of the Year’.
- To the Cabinet Rooms café which has been named as one of the UK’s top ten most ground-breaking coffee shops.
- A singing group that takes its audiences back in time is preparing to mark its 50th birthday and will be performing in St Cross this weekend. Anna O’Brien met the group The Madding Crowd to hear their story.
