On Winchester Now this week:
- Brother John Green got a hero’s welcome when he returned home to Winchester this week after completing an epic journey around the UK by bus. Winchester Radio has followed his adventure and was there to meet him.
- News-in-brief:
- The future of the disused River Park Leisure Centre will be discussed at an event in Winchester next week.
- Police have been carrying out operations to target rural criminals in the Winchester area.
- Southern Water is warning that it may have to bring in a hosepipe ban after the driest spring in over 100 years.
- A Taste of Winchester begins on Monday. It’s a two week celebration aiming to showcase the diversity of Winchester’s food and drink scene – we hear from Paul Spencer from organisers Winchester BID.
- And the Winchester Walking Weekend began today and continues through to Sunday.
- The first ever Winchester Garden Festival runs over 9 days from this weekend. We talk to organiser Stephanie Swann.
- Regular listeners to Winchester Now will know we often follow the story of the peregrines of Winchester Cathedral. This week the story took an unexpected turn. Our bird expert and chair of Hampshire Ornithological Society Keith Betton tells all.
- Shout-outs:
- To the family of Christopher Ellis who donated a beautiful handmade white armchair to Winchester library.
- To organisers of a golf day which has raised over £15,000 for Winchester Hospice.
- To a team of chartered surveyors who have helped spruce the Carroll Centre in Stanmore.
- To staff who have been nominated for Hampshire Hospital’s People Awards. More than 800 staff members across Winchester, Basingstoke and Andover hospitals were put forward for their efforts and achievements.
- To Julie Dawes, the Chief Nurse at Hampshire Hospitals and Professor Sarah Greer, Vice Chancellor of the University of Winchester, who have been recognised in the King’s Birthday honours list.
