Sunlight breaking through the trees in the New Forest
Green energy company Ecotricity, has received planning permission to build a Green Gas Mill in Hampshire – the first of its kind in Britain. Located at Sparsholt College in Hampshire and fuelled by locally sourced grass, the Green Gas Mill will inject £60 million into the local economy, create new jobs, and produce enough clean […]
Artists, designers and creative professionals are being invited to make a new piece of public art for the heart of Winchester. Expressions of interest in creating and installing a work of public art next to the Casson Block on St George’s Street are being sought by Winchester City Council. The specification, with a contract value […]
The chalk landscape of the South Downs has a special place in this year’s Winchester Poetry Festival (October 7-9 2016). Seven poets whose lives and imaginations have been shaped by this area of outstanding natural beauty have been commissioned to create new work, which will be celebrated in a special event and a new anthology […]
As part of Winchester City Council’s corporate campaign ‘Feet First’, the Council has organised a free event which will be led by the Winchester Ramblers on Sunday 4 September. The walk “Winchester City Twin Peaks” will involve routes via St Giles and St Catherine’s Hills where you can take in the beautiful views of the […]
The Davis Cup by BNP Paribas will officially arrive in Winchester this month as part of a national Trophy Tour of Great Britain. Following Great Britain’s historic win against Belgium in the 2015 Davis Cup Final, when Team GB hoisted the trophy for the first time in 79 years, the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) wanted […]
A new poetry prize, launched this year as part of Winchester Poetry Festival, has attracted just under 1,500 entries from over 640 poets – a response which has far exceeded organisers’ expectations. Winchester Poetry Festival chair Stephen Boyce said: “Our aim is to promote and foster exciting new talent with this open, international Competition and […]
Bisterne Scarecrow Festival 2016 takes place in the village of Bisterne near Ringwood between 14 and 29 August. Maps are available for £1 from six village locations. All money raised goes towards the village hall.
Researchers from the University of Southampton will present the Magna Carta, preserved on a special glass disc that can survive for eternity, to dignitaries at Salisbury Cathedral. The optical disc, made of nanostructured glass, uses technology that stores vast amounts of data in the volume of nanopatterned glass that is capable of surviving for billions […]
Simon Eden has announced that he is leaving his role as Chief Executive of Winchester City Council after 13 years. The announcement was made after the City Council’s Cabinet meeting (Wednesday 8 June 2016). Cllr Stephen Godfrey, the Leader of Winchester City Council, said: “Simon Eden has announced his departure from Winchester City Council and […]
