Hampshire & IoW Police Commissioner Donna Jones is encouraging responses to the consultation on household DIY waste disposal charges. She endorses the view that removing such charges would tend to reduce the incidence of fly tipping. Whatever your position on the matter, why not go ahead and respond to the DEFRA consultation.
The Blue Lamp Trust continues to run its Bobby Scheme, through which it provides free home security visits, long-life smoke alarms and advice to vulnerable residents in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, particularly the elderly and victims of burglary and domestic abuse. A full crime prevention and fire safety survey is carried out by Continue reading
The Police & Crime Commissioner, Donna Jones, has circulated the following message. “Happy New Year one and all! I am pleased to have started 2022 with gusto and look forward to meeting as many of you as I can throughout the next twelve months. Continue reading
Work to improve journeys by upgrading the M3 motorway is planned to start later this year. We’ll be installing narrow lanes in both directions between junction 9 at Winchester and junction 14 at Eastleigh, and the hard shoulder will be used as a running lane. This will provide a safe working area in the central reservation, whilst keeping three lanes open during the daytime.
To get the hard shoulder ready for this, preparation work continues under daytime hard shoulder closures, overnight lane closures with some planned carriageway and/or slip road closures. All traffic management for full overnight carriageway and/or slip road closures will usually be rolled out from 9pm and taken off by 6am.
Planned closures for this week are: Continue reading
Hampshire Alert and Action Fraud are jointly pushing a survey on Cyber Crime. Fraud is common, and 85% of frauds have a cyber element to them. If you have two minutes to spare, please complete the survey here. If you don’t wish to do the survey, here are two worthwhile services that you may have learned about otherwise.
Statement issued by the Parish Council:
“The Parish Council has noticed an increase in the dumping of rubbish within the main settlement of Chilworth and on each occasion we have attempted to arrange its quick removal by Test Valley Borough Council or the relevant landowner. Continue reading
The Chandlers Ford Stroke Group, founded in 2012, covers a wide area of south Hampshire, including Chilworth. The post-pandemic restart of in-person meetings is coinciding with an influx of new survivors, and so more volunteer helpers would be most welcome. If you could see yourself responding to the call, read on for more information. Continue reading
Hampshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner wants to understand the public’s views and ensure they are heard by the Home Office when considering possible revisions to the current rules and processes around licensing of firearms in England and Wales. At the end of last year (2020/21), more than 565,000 people in England and Wales held a firearms licence and/or a shotgun certificate. You may access the survey here. Continue reading
The footpaths in Chilworth, around and through the Common, are a valued local amenity. A longstanding local resident, Roy Martin, is trying to get the paths some official recognition and protection, but he needs our support if he’s to succeed. Continue reading
Gill & Emily are looking at the possibility of restarting Moviola at Chilworth Hall in September. An e-mail has been sent to all supporters but if you haven’t seen it then please e-mail your answers to the following questions: