On Winchester Now this week:
- The future of the derelict River Park Leisure centre is unclear after the University of Southampton pulled out of planned investment in the site. We talk to residents.
- News-in-brief:
- A shocking video has been circulating on social media showing an attack on a teenage girl in Winchester.
- The future of Winchester’s empty nightclub will be discussed next week.
- Work on the M3 junction 9 will start next month.
- Jane Austen is being celebrated in a new self-guided trail around Winchester.
- Olivers Battery residents are being asked to ‘choose to re-use’ at the Big Outdoor Swap this Saturday.
- University of Winchester students have helped raise hundreds of pounds for the charity Open Sight by putting on a fundraiser as part of their course. We hear about the difference it will make.
- Shout-outs:
- To residents and staff at two Winchester care homes who have raised nearly £6,000 to support the Boaz Project in Sutton Scotney.
- To those who received awards from Police and Crime Commissioner Donna Jones at her annual ceremony.
- To all those involved in running our local village halls during Village Hall Week.
- To Tops Day Nurseries, named as one of the world’s happiest workplaces.
- To midwife Sally who has retired from St Clements Surgery after many years of dedicated service.
- A piece of history came to life again in Alresford this week when the steam locomotive Canadian Pacific returned to the rails. Winchester Radio joined the crowds at the Watercress Line to hear all about her story.
