On Winchester Radio this week:
- We meet a group of walkers who have raised thousands of pounds to support mental health in the hospitality industry.
- Wildlife experts have reacted with dismay after council workmen cut back trees and bushes from a city footpath during peak bird nesting season. Keith Betton talks to Winchester Now and we have the council’s response.
- News-in-brief:
- A week of action by Hampshire police has seen almost 900 weapons removed from the streets of the county.
- South Central Ambulance Service has launched a month-long campaign to raise awareness of falls and frailty, with calls to the trust’s 999 service from such patients now totalling around 3,000 every month.
- Plain-clothed police officers have been targeting shoplifters in Winchester City centre.
- After decades of history the name WHSmith will disappear from Winchester High Street. A planning application has been made to change the signage on the current store to TG Jones.
- This week was volunteers week – launched in 1984 to celebrate and recognise the contributions of volunteers. We visited the Boaz Project to talk to volunteer Barbara Harvey who has given her time to the charity for the last 11 years.
- News-in-brief:
- Winchester Youth Counselling has reported a busy few months – and says it receives an equivalent of at least one referral or enquiry a day.
- People across the Winchester area are being asked to take part in this year’s Big Butterfly Count.
- 450 people took a step back in time last weekend when Winchester Cathedral hosted a traditional Regency Ball.
- Shout-outs
- To all the volunteers in our area who give up their time for free to help others and make our communities better places to live.
- To dozens of people who took part in a sponsored walk organised by Winchester Rotary in aid of Street Reach Winchester.
- To two young girls who sold their art work outside their house to raise money for the Basics Bank.
- To St Catherine’s View care home which has celebrated its 13th birthday.
- To the Twyford Waterworks on its 125 years
- We join the Friends of King Alfred Buses who celebrated their 40th birthday with a special display of their vehicles in the Cattle Market car park last weekend. We talk to members about what they enjoy about the organisation.
