Sunlight breaking through the trees in the New Forest
Winchester City Council, along with headline sponsors Hargroves Cycles and sprint sponsors City Bridge Dental Care, are pleased to announce that a total cash prize fund of almost £3,000 will be available to those lining up for the senior races at the Winchester Criterium & CycleFest 2016. This year’s event takes place on Sunday 5 […]
Free surgery sessions for Winchester-based artists will continue in the city’s ArtCafé in Jewry Street monthly until February 2017. The first session is on Thursday 28 April from 9am to 1pm, but you will need to book an appointment. If you are a creative business based in the Winchester area, or are thinking of setting […]
Health researchers from the University of Southampton are to play a key role in an ambitious national project to scan the bones, hearts and brains of 100,000 middle-aged people. The £40 million UK Biobank imaging project, which launches today (Thursday), will provide new perspectives on the best way to prevent and treat multi-faceted conditions that […]
Sparsholt College has partnered with Plant Heritage (formerly known as the NCCPG), the world’s leading cultivated plant conservation and membership charity to tell the story of The People’s Plants for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016. The garden will highlight the important work of the charity Plant Heritage, including their Plant Guardian Scheme, National Plant […]
Jordan isn’t the first place you would think of if you had to come up with a country with a similar climate to Hampshire. For a start it’s a lot hotter and drier. That makes many of the native plants there very unlikely to turn up in Hook, but that is where a few thousand […]
Sparsholt College, which will be hosting an Open Evening on Wednesday 27 April 2016, is urging parents and would-be students to consider all their options post 16, including vocational courses as a meaningful pathway to university of direct into employment. Principal Tim Jackson explains: “We offer a huge range of advanced vocational courses which are […]
The Family Ride, in partnership with South Downs National Park, will take place on the circuit on Criterium day, Sunday 5 June, from 10am to 11am, leaving from the Broadway. This ride is not a race. Instead, it provides a unique opportunity to cycle traffic and pedestrian-free in the heart of Winchester around the same […]
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show has always been the place to showcase new, rare and beautiful plants and this year is no exception. The Brewin Dolphin Garden designed by eminent nurserywoman Rosy Hardy will launch four new varieties of herbaceous perennial. Rosy regularly uses the classic Cirsium rivulare Atropurpureum but this garden will host an […]
Up to five F-35 joint strike fighter aircraft are planned to participate in the flying display at the Farnborough International Airshow in July. Continuing a long tradition of aviation firsts for the event, this will be the first opportunity for many of the organisations involved in the development of the aircraft to showcase their achievements […]
Britain’s leading green energy company, Ecotricity, has submitted a planning application for a Green Gas Mill at Sparsholt College – a partnership that will inject £60 million into the local economy. As part of the unique partnership, Ecotricity will finance and build the Green Gas Mill, with an initial £10 million investment, and will also […]
