On Winchester Now this week:
- A special event took place in Winchester this week to call for peace in the world and remember the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombs 79 years ago. It was part of a world-wide event called Mayors for Peace.
- News-in-brief:
- The annual Boomtown Festival is taking place this weekend. The festival is sold out with 66,000 people attending.
- The Bishop of Winchester took to social media this week to appeal for people to look after other’s safety amid a wave of national protests.
- Winchester has been rated in the top 5 of the most appealing high streets in the UK.
- A long awaited pavilion has opened at the King George V playing fields in Winchester.
- Work on a memorial statue to mark the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth will now begin after the City Council approved the plans.
- An update has been given on the new doctors’ surgery being built in the centre of the city.
- We meet a man who is running 62 marathons in 62 days, visiting every county and passing all 42 cathedral cities in the country. We caught up with Frank Wainwright as he visited Winchester.
- Shout-outs:
- To all the volunteers who are helping at the Boomtown Festival this year.
- To Education Officers from Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service who carried out 585 visits to schools this academic year to teach about fire safety.
- To the chair of Winchester BID, Huw Miles, who conquered a fear of heights to abseil down the Spinnaker Tower for charity.
- To Cobbs Farm Shop which is a finalist for a national award.
- It started 4 years ago and has been going from strength to strength, Park Yoga takes place each Sunday morning outside the Winchester Sports and Leisure Centre, and Winchester Radio went along to meet some of those involved.
