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Diversions of up to 11 miles for roadworks on multiple routes
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (174+ words) Diversions of up to 11 miles have been announced due to roadworks. Junction realignment and improvement works will begin in Fair Oak from September 1 and continue until September 9, affecting multiple roads in the area. Hampshire County Council has confirmed that as…...
New play area proposed at Wyvern School for autistic pupils
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (194+ words) A new play area could be created at a Fair Oak school to support a specialist classroom for pupils with autism. Hampshire County Council has submitted plans for external works at Wyvern Technology College on Botley Road, Fair Oak. The…...
Hythe skate park brought back to life with new graffiti mural
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (452+ words) A revamped skate park in Hythe has been given a new lease of life after young residents and professional graffiti artists joined forces to transform the facility. The Netley View skate park was officially reopened on Tuesday, with the return…...
Tributes paid to Southampton hotel worker after tragic death
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (416+ words) Tributes have been paid to a "true gentleman" who died after being electrocuted while working at a luxury Southampton hotel. Jason Christopher Gledhill, 55, died at the five-star Southampton Harbour Hotel in Ocean Village on Thursday, August 13. An inquest hearing in…...
Golden days at the lido - pictures taken poolside from the 2006 heatwave
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (234+ words) Thousands flocked to Lymington Salt Water Baths on July 18, 2006, as a fierce heatwave sent temperatures soaring. The historic Lymington Salt Water Baths, one of the oldest open-air sea water baths in the country, offered welcome relief, with swimmers cooling off…...
Fire the size of a 'football field' breaks out at popular waterfront
11+ hour, 58+ min ago (180+ words) A large fire the size of a football field has broken out on a piece of grass at a popular waterfront. The fire at Weston Parade in Southampton began in the late afternoon as around four fire engines attended the…...
Three-week closure of Redbridge Flyover scrapped - but road will still face works
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (187+ words) A planned three-week closure of Redbridge Flyover has been cancelled after maintenance works were pushed back. Southampton City Council had been planning to close the busy road from Monday, September 7 until Saturday, September 26, but the authority has confirmed the works…...
People have lived in this New Forest village for 4,000 years
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (270+ words) People have lived in Brockenhurst since the Bronze Age. Human settlement there dates back around 4,000. Burial mounds known as tumuli mark the landscape and its early inhabitants. The village’s name is thought to have come from the Old English words…...
Teenager celebrates raising more than £6,000 for cardiac charity
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (348+ words) A teenager has been celebrated for raising more than £6,000 for a cardiac charity. Bella Brittan was honoured for her fundraising achievements in support of Southampton-based charity Heartbeat, which she chose to support after undergoing open heart surgery as a baby....
Former driving test centre in Southampton could become 24-hour taxi control room
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (433+ words) A former driving test centre could be brought back into use as a round-the-clock taxi headquarters. The vacant Forest Hills Drive site near Townhill Park in Southampton, which shut in April 2022, is the subject of a planning application from JSY…...