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Police raid seizes £100,000 haul of home-grown cannabis

Police raid seizes £100,000 haul of home-grown cannabis

Police raid seizes £100,000 haul of home-grown cannabis

05 February 2020

Police officers raided the cannabis farm in Holbury (Photo: Hampshire Constabulary) A SUSPECT leapt from a first floor window in a failed bid to evade…


Tommy Warner: Circus labourer able to balance park bench on his chin

Tommy Warner: Circus labourer able to balance park bench on his chin

Tommy Warner: Circus labourer able to balance park bench on his chin

16 January 2020

Tommy Warner could drink a pint of beer while doing a handstand A FORMER army sergeant who was well known for performing tricks he learned while working…


Man found dead at recreation ground on New Year's Day is named

Man found dead at recreation ground on New Year's Day is named

Man found dead at recreation ground on New Year's Day is named

16 January 2020

The man's identity was released by the coroner's office in Winchester THE man whose body was found on New Year’s Day at Gang Warily recreation ground…


Fawley power station developer 'on track' for homes decision in April

Fawley power station developer 'on track' for homes decision in April

Fawley power station developer 'on track' for homes decision in April

11 January 2020

Fawley power station with its landmark 650ft chimney THE company behind the redevelopment of Fawley power station with 1,500 new homes says it is on track…


Police call for witnesses after residents hit by night of vandalism

Police call for witnesses after residents hit by night of vandalism

Police call for witnesses after residents hit by night of vandalism

09 January 2020

This car’s windscreen was smashed in Oakley Close, Holbury RESIDENTS suspect a gang of youths was responsible for an overnight spate of vandalism and…


Lyndhurst and Blackfield libraries facing the axe to cut costs

Lyndhurst and Blackfield libraries facing the axe to cut costs

Lyndhurst and Blackfield libraries facing the axe to cut costs

09 January 2020

Libraries like the one in Lyndhurst are among services facing funding cuts LYNDHURST and Blackfield are among up to 10 Hampshire libraries facing the…


Police investigate New Year's Day body at recreation ground

Police investigate New Year's Day body at recreation ground

Police investigate New Year's Day body at recreation ground

02 January 2020

Gang Warily recreation ground in Newlands Road in Blackfield, Fawley POLICE are investigating after the body of a man was discovered at a recreation ground…


Environmental concerns delay decision for 1,500 power station homes

Environmental concerns delay decision for 1,500 power station homes

Environmental concerns delay decision for 1,500 power station homes

02 January 2020

Proposals for the centre of the Fawley power station redevelopment A DECISION on approving the first stage of proposals for about 1,500 homes at Fawley…


Quick-thinking neighbours praised as firefighters rescue woman (70)

Quick-thinking neighbours praised as firefighters rescue woman (70)

Quick-thinking neighbours praised as firefighters rescue woman (70)

31 December 2019

Firefighters were summoned to a terraced property in Holbury Drove, Holbury (Photo: Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service) QUICK-THINKING neighbours have…


Former Scout volunteer caught by paedophile hunter handed suspended jail term

Former Scout volunteer caught by paedophile hunter handed suspended jail term

Former Scout volunteer caught by paedophile hunter handed suspended jail term

15 November 2019

Matthew Parker (41) was living in Holbury at the time A FORMER senior ferry officer and Scout volunteer was snared by a paedophile hunter after sending…


Jeremy Corbyn visits Fawley power station to promise 'green industrial revolution'

Jeremy Corbyn visits Fawley power station to promise 'green industrial revolution'

Jeremy Corbyn visits Fawley power station to promise 'green industrial revolution'

09 October 2019

Jeremy Corbyn visited MHI Vistas at Fawley power station LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn paid a visit to wind turbine company MHI Vestas based at the Fawley…


VIDEO: Going out with a bang - Fawley power station demolition begins

VIDEO: Going out with a bang - Fawley power station demolition begins

VIDEO: Going out with a bang - Fawley power station demolition begins

03 October 2019

The turbine hall and deaerator building at Fawley power station part-destroyed EXPLOSIVES blew up part of the former Fawley power station this morning…


Development fears for abandoned Waterside club site

Development fears for abandoned Waterside club site

Development fears for abandoned Waterside club site

19 September 2019

Waterside Sports and Social Club went bust in 2016 FEARS have been raised that a community building which has lain empty for nearly three years could…


Man arrested after armed alert in Fawley

Man arrested after armed alert in Fawley

Man arrested after armed alert in Fawley

17 September 2019

The alarm was raised shortly before 2pm on Friday ARMED police swooped on a Fawley street amid reports a man had been spotted carrying a handgun. The…


Councillors give go-ahead for £800m new diesel plant at oil refinery

Councillors give go-ahead for £800m new diesel plant at oil refinery

Councillors give go-ahead for £800m new diesel plant at oil refinery

11 September 2019

Fawley oil refinery seen from Southampton Water THE green light has been given for a new £800m diesel plant at Fawley oil refinery which managers say…


Oil refinery's £800m new diesel plant plan set for green light

Oil refinery's £800m new diesel plant plan set for green light

Oil refinery's £800m new diesel plant plan set for green light

10 September 2019

The diesel plant proposed for Fawley oil refinery include a pair of 50-metre high chimneys AN £800m diesel plant at Fawley oil refinery has been slated…


Youth football club founder gambled away kids' kit money

Youth football club founder gambled away kids' kit money

Youth football club founder gambled away kids' kit money

31 August 2019

Christopher Thomas, from Holbury, stole from the club he founded, Redbridge Wanderers Youth FC (Photo: stock image) A HOLBURY man who stole funds from…


VIDEO: Fury as CCTV shows vandals destroying silent soldier memorial

VIDEO: Fury as CCTV shows vandals destroying silent soldier memorial

VIDEO: Fury as CCTV shows vandals destroying silent soldier memorial

30 August 2019

 SHOCK and disgust has been vented towards teenage vandals who attacked a silent soldier memorial in Blackfield, decapitating it and cutting it in half. The…


Shopkeeper injured in 'horrible' attack after challenging suspected thieves

Shopkeeper injured in 'horrible' attack after challenging suspected thieves

Shopkeeper injured in 'horrible' attack after challenging suspected thieves

29 August 2019

Norman Sangha runs Fawley Express in The Square A SHOPKEEPER suffered head and facial injuries after he challenged a group of youths who allegedly shoplifted…


Fawley oil refinery tight-lipped over risk of no-deal Brexit tariffs

Fawley oil refinery tight-lipped over risk of no-deal Brexit tariffs

Fawley oil refinery tight-lipped over risk of no-deal Brexit tariffs

22 August 2019

Fawley oil refinery seen from Southampton Water FAWLEY oil refinery has remained tight-lipped over reports that changes to trade tariffs from a no-deal…


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