On Winchester Now this week:
- It’s one of the biggest health care problems in the UK, and now a Winchester man is hoping to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s. Alan Stephens has become a community speaker for Alzheimer’s Research UK and wants to visit local community groups and organisations to share information. He speaks to Winchester Now.
- News-in-brief:
- Residents have met with local MP Danny Chambers following news of cuts to Winchester’s bus services.
- There’s a warning for travellers this weekend with predicted heavy traffic this Bank Holiday.
- Work has started this week to replace the wooden steps on the main path up St Catherine’s Hill.
- Meanwhile the late-medieval timber gates at Winchester Cathedral have been removed for conservation.
- Winchester Bereavement Support has been offering help to bereaved adults in Winchester and the surrounding area for over 40 years. The charity wants to hear from more people who need help, as well as people who would be interested in joining their team. Anna O’Brien spoke to Margaret, a volunteer with the charity.
- The bells rang out at Winchester Cathedral last Friday night to mark the 80th anniversary of VJ day and events were held around the district. We joined one in Kings Worthy and spoke to a man whose brother was in Burma at the end of the war.
- News-in-brief:
- A major survey has revealed mixed fortunes for farmland birds in Hampshire. It follows 10 years of surveys by an army of volunteers.
- A special evening takes place in Winchester on Saturday to mark Ukraine Independence Day.
- The City Council is bringing back its free ‘Access All Areas’ event next Friday. The family fun day takes place on 29th August at Somers Close Park in Stanmore.
- Finally an unusual volunteering opportunity has become available in Hampshire – but you must own or have access to a horse! Police are looking to recruit additional Mounted Rural Patrol Volunteers.
- Shout-outs
- To emergency service workers and passers-by who came to help a man who had a cardiac arrest in Winchester city centre in July. He’s written to the local paper to thank those who saved his life.
- To a mother and baby unit in Winchester which has won a prestigious award.
- To all students who completed their courses and received their GCSE exam results this week.
- To St Swithun’s School which has been shortlisted in the Independent School of the Year for Sporting Achievement.
- To young swimmers with Winchester City Swimming club who have been making a huge splash this year in national competitions.
- To Naomi House and Jacksplace hospices, whose fundraising team organised a fun summer Dragon Boat Race along the Itchen Navigation in Winchester.
