Fallen tree disrupts rail services

TRAIN services between Romsey and Salisbury have been severely disrupted after a fallen tree blocked the line.

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Are you registered to vote?

DON’T lose your right to vote. That’s the message from the borough’s electoral chiefs.

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Burglars bag a haul of gold watches

POLICE are hunting burglars who got away with a quantity of jewellery after breaking into a house at Rownhams.

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War Horse project enlists support of school museum

ROMSEY’S War Horse Memorial project continues to gallop towards the finish line.

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Who will reign over Romsey?

DO you fancy becoming Queen of Romsey for a year?

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Second try for Houghton solar project

A SCALED down scheme to build a large solar farm at Houghton will be debated by borough councillors next week.

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Abbey prepares for its busiest week of the year

Romsey Abbey is preparing for its Easter celebrations, complete with donkey, shoe polish and glorious music!

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URC congregations say farewell to much-loved minister Terry

Farewells have begun for a Romsey church minister, Rev Terry Hinks, who is moving to Buckinghamshire in April.

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Boost for Romsey's Christmas lights

MUCH-needed cash is flowing into a project aimed at ensuring Romsey’s festive lights sparkle this Christmas.

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Deal brings care for victims of crime closer to home

A CARE service upgrade, costing £1.8 million, to help victims of crime in Hampshire will come into effect next month.

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Costly plans to rebuild Roman Catholic church shelved

ROMSEY’S Catholics are hoping their prayers for a new place of worship are answered soon after a project to extend St Joseph’s Church in the town was axed.

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Work starts on new park kiosk

WORK has started on a new kioskkiosk in Romsey War Memorial Park.

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Commission reviews report that cleared Stanbridge trustees

AN investigation into the conduct of trustees at a special needs school in the wake of claims of sexual abuse could be re-opened.

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Borough’s pong busters point the finger at landfill site but Environment Agency experts say Squabb Wood is still in the clear

ARE scientists any closer to locating the mysterious whiff that has hung over Romsey for months?

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Aster to covert bedsits to flats

SOCIAL housing landlords Aster has started work converting a block of bedsits in Stockbidge into one-bedroom flats for the elderly and vulnerable.

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Grant will help hall get better connected

A village hall which runs job seeker sessions has been awarded a grant to improve its wi-fi access by Test Valley Borough councillors.

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Village hall’s six-year makeover completed

RESIDENTS raised their glasses to toast King’s Somborne’s new-look village hall after its £200,000 makeover.

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Collie Ruby is top dog in winter agility series

The Nedlo Winter Agility series for 2014/2015 concluded with a very successful show at Birchwood House Farm, Sherfield English.

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Lanter parade needs new leaders

A popular seasonal event which lights up Romsey town centre could be snuffed out if more helpers are not found.

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Engineers begin work on flood defences six years earlier than planned

ENGINEERS will start work on a £3.5m plan to build up Romsey’s flood defences in April – six years earlier than originally planned.

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Freddie's making a splash

A ROMSEY boy is about to make a big splash at Legoland. Cupernham Junior School pupil Freddie Sadler will help run the resort’s themed hotel for a day next month after being chosen from around 600 children across Britain who applied to join the team at the Windsor resort.

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Cuppas cheer support centre

PUTTING the kettle on is still a good way to raise cash for charity and a vintage-style coffee morning Romsey proved the point.

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Belated send-off for popular village postie Geoff

A FORMER postman has been given a belated farewell party.

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Minister rejects call for CPR lessons to be put on timetable

A PLEA by an MP for all pupils to be taught life-saving techniques was rejected by a Government minister – because it would lead to a “tick-box approach”.

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Shoppers support battlefield boys

EIGHT Broughton men are saddling up this summer to raise money for the charity Help for Heroes which provides support for injured servicemen and women.

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These crazy meals on wheels could cost lives

MOTORISTS were caught eating pasta, cutting fruit and even reading at the wheel during a police crackdown on drivers who flout the law.

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Hospital failed OAP, 95, who fell out of bed

A SOUTHAMPTON hospital ‘failed’ a vulnerable elderly woman days before her death, a damning report has found.

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Fast forward for £3.5m flood defence projects

ENGINEERS will start planning Romsey’s flood defences in April – six years earlier than had been scheduled.

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Our darkest hour: when will the eclipse be visible?

PARTS of the UK will be plunged into darkness during a solar eclipse of the Sun this month.

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Anne bids farewell to CAB after 22 years

A LONG-serving adviser at Romsey Citizens Advice Bureau has retired.

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Meet the Queen Bee of sewing

THE Great British Sewing Bee fever is set to hit Southampton on Saturday, March 28, when judge May Martin will sign copies of her book in the city.

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Ian to pedal Green message at general election

The Green Party has announced it is fielding a parliamentary candidate for Romsey & Southampton North for the first time.

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Fireman James bids to become Mr Hampshire

HE’S a handsome hunk and he’s looking for your votes to become Mr Hampshire 2015.

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Borough backs out of development fight

WE will fight on. That’s the defiant message from villagers campaigning to block plans to build 320 homes on farmland at Rownhams.

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Nifty and thrifty

Finding the dress to impress at this summer’s weddings was made easy last week at a charity fashion show.

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Former village police station sells for £500,000

THE former police station in Stockbridge has been sold to Frobisher, a local developer, for a sum around the £500,000 guide price. Nigel Wolstenholme of Frobisher said the site could be redeveloped for housing and retail. He said: “The building is located directly opposite the Market Room of the Grosvenor Hotel and it would be fitting to bring this type of facility to the High Street in Stockbridge.”

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Millions to watch Heather take to Strictly dancefloor

TONIGHT millions will watch as a Hampshire hero takes to the world-famous Strictly ballroom.

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Rogue roofers con OAP couple out of £2,000

ROGUE traders targeted an elderly couple and conned them into handing over more than £2,000 of their savings.

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More than 50 teams prepare to pick up charity relay baton

IT’S a tough challenge across countryside near Romsey and charities will benefit.

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Historic Hampshire abbey calls for more boys to join the historic choir amid recruitment drive

For more than 200 years their dulcet tones have been filling the air at Romsey Abbey.

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Anne Frank lives on

TO commemorate the 70th anniversary of her death a Stockbridge group will perform The Diary of Anne Frank.

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Levelling stream bed will reduce flooding threat to village

A SCHEME to prevent further flooding problems at King’s Somborne is under way.

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Village pub given new lease of life by Darren and James

ROMSEY MP Caroline Nokes has toasted the re-opening of a village pub.

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Nick Won’t Be Signing Up To Pay Council'S New £50 A-Board Fee

T’S a money-grabbing initiative.

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Village pharmacy left in limbo by NHS funding cuts

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to save a vital village amenity at West Wellow.

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Councillors contribute to lighting bill

After Test Valley Borough Council withdrew its support for Romsey’s Christmas lights, the town council has taken on the responsibility and its members are determined that it will continue to be an annual event.

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Church has big plans for its 800th birthday

T’S best known as the last resting place of Britain’s most famous nurse, Florence Nightingale.

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Hundreds sign NHS petition

ROMSEY is rallying round a campaign group battling to stop the NHS going down the road to privatisation.

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TIC is a hive of activity for Comic Relief

Make a bee-line this week for Romsey’s Tourist Information Centre and get a real buzz from supporting the 2015 Comic Relief appeal.

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When your own home is the best hospital...

HE thought she would lose her independence after breaking her hip in an accident.

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Bank hatches egg plan to help young at Easter

A ROMSEY bank is supporting a charity scheme aimed at ensuring that the young and vulnerable adults get an Easter egg.

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Kai’s leading the lights brigade

HELP us light up Romsey.

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Sports Day kicks off village's new games area

LET the games begin. It wasn’t the official opening of the Olympics but the unveiling of a £56,500 multi-games area at King’s Somborne.

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Cigarette thieves cut their way into store

Four thieves were caught on CCTV cameras breaking into a Romsey shop and stealing thousands of pounds worth of cigarettes.

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Will Romsey's mystery pong put off visitors?

IT’S one of the biggest mysteries Romsey has seen in years and experts are still no closer to solving it.

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