On Winchester Now this week:
- It started with two men 4 years ago but now the Recycle Bike Hub in Winchester has repaired and sold 1000 bikes and made £82,000 for Naomi House children’s hospice. We hear from Richard Hollingdale who is one of the co-founders at the Recycle Bike Hub.
- News-in-brief
- Police are appealing for witnesses following a report of a racially-aggravated assault in Winchester this week.
- A road safety charity is calling for lower speed limits on roads around schools, with latest figures showing more than 100 children were injured on Hampshire’s roads in a year.
- Work is progressing on improvements to junction 9 of the M3, with some overnight closures next week.
- Hundreds of pupils from across Hampshire will gather at Winchester Cathedral next week to mark the end of their primary school education.
- The Winchester Walking Weekend returns next Friday. We speak to Richard Eve from Winchester Ramblers to find out all about it.
- Shout-outs:
- To young gymnasts who took part in the annual competition at Winchester Sport & Leisure Park.
- To talented young people of the Sunny Choir who are putting on a show at the United Church in Jewry Street on Saturday.
- To the Henry Beaufort School which has received a National School Attendance Award.
- To hundreds of walkers who took on the annual Clarendon Way Walk to raise money for Naomi House last weekend.
- It’s a famous destination for many visitors, who come to see the house in Winchester where Jane Austen spent the final days of her life in 1817. This Summer, 8 College Street has been opened to the public for the first time to mark the 250th anniversary of the author’s birth. We went along to talk to some of the visitors.
