Romsey, England News

Owner Thomas McNamara told the Daily Echo: "Why would anyone want to burn it? The main thing is there was no one in it.

Caroline Nokes , MP for Romsey and Southampton North, is backing the Think HEART campaign, launched by the Children's Heart Federation to increase early diagnosis of children's heart conditions.

The building was completely wrecked and was cordoned off with blue and white police tape across the front gate this morning.

HAMPSHIRE County Council has a new leader after the ruling Conservatives elected former leader of Test Valley Borough Council , Roy Perry, group as its new chief.

CRIPPLING business rates have claimed another Romsey shop. Bosses at Kids 'N' Stuff in Latimer Street are closing the business next month because of high running costs.

A high-powered panel of NHS and local authority managers has been lined up for a Question Time style event dealing with issues affecting the over-50s. The Q&A session has been organised by older people's forum STOIC at the Age Concern Hall, in Linden Road, Romsey next Friday The panel will be made up of Sue Knight, transport lead Hampshire County ... (more)

Caroline Quentin visited the show last year during filming for a documentary exploring the natural beauty of three of Britain's most popular national parks.

WINCHESTER MP Steve Brine was among three Hampshire Tory MPs today set to defy the Prime Minister by demanding a quickfire referendum on whether Britain should quit the European Union.

Warsash Maritime Academy will welcome the eighth scaled ship model to its fleet in May 2013.

A SPECIAL school at the centre of sex abuse claims has appointed an interim head teacher after the last one resigned.

HAMPSHIRE County Council has a new leader after the ruling Tory group voted for a chief - just five days after the local elections.

A huge turnout is expected at Romsey Abbey today as friends and family gather to say their final farewells to Steven Johnson, who was killed in a hit-and run crash.

HAMPSHIRE County Council has a new leader after the ruling Tory group voted for a chief - just five days after the local elections.

TEST Valley Borough Council celebrated 14 years of helping people to start their own businesses at a joint event with the Federation of Small Businesses in Andover's Guildhall on Monday 15 April.

Both Conservatives and Liberal Democrat held on to their seats although UKIP saw an increase in the number of votes but were still unable to steal anything from any of the veteran councillors.

UKIP have done well elsewhere in Hampshire and have taken two of the three county seats up for grabs in the Andover area.

CUSTOMERS at Romsey Central Co-op store helped boost stocks at a Test Valley foodbank which distributes supplies to the needy.

Romsey's Tadburn Meadows Conservation Volunteers will be joining with Test Valley countryside officers to offer an early morning walk to hear the dawn chorus.

Romsave, a group of residents battling to stop the town being swamped by thousands of new homes, says its campaign to make people fully aware of the impacts the proposals will have on Romsey is working.

FOUR hardy volunteers turned out on a bitterly cold Saturday to help clean up Romsey's waterways and riverbanks.