11May

Flying start for Heart of the City Awards (From Hampshire Chronicle)

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4:30pm Thursday 24th March 2011

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ENTRIES are already starting to arrive for the contest to find Winchester’s favourite buildings.

several categories are open in the new Heart of the City Awards, which are being run by the City of Winchester Trust.

A number of entries have now arrived at the group’s offices in Upper Brook Street, following the competition’s launch in the Hampshire Chronicle.

Trust members were looking through the entries on Friday (March 18) and some early front-runners are emerging.

the city’s Norman cathedral is an obvious contender for top spot. however, God Begot House – which houses the ask pizza restaurant – in High Street, and Winchester Discovery Centre in Jewry Street are also doing well.

the contest is still at an early stage, so there is plenty of time for other contenders to join the race.

For now the trust, which has about 750 members, is only choosing the nominees, which will be put up for a public vote later this year.

there are also five categories – not just one – so there is more chance for residents to see their choices saluted.

the categories are:

* Creative Contemporary

Nominations close on Friday, April 1 and voting will open on Saturday, May 1 followed by an awards ceremony on Saturday, June 25, which is national civic day.

to qualify for the Chronicle-backed contest, buildings must be inside the city of Winchester, but can be of any age or type.

Iain Patton, who chairs the trust, said: “The people of Winchester have really taken this challenge to heart and our postbags, both virtual and real, have seen a good number of nominations already.

“While some nominations are obvious, like our most famous heritage buildings, some are unexpected, and others require more investigation before I even know where they are!

“We are particularly interested in hearing about the personal places around the city that mean something special to individuals.

“To encourage entries in this category, we are throwing it open to under 16s to nominate their favourite building and tell us why in a short essay of up to 500 words.”

to make a nomination write to Heart of the City Awards, the Heritage Centre, 32 Upper Brook Street, Winchester SO23 8DG or leave a message on 01962 851664.

Entries can also be made by emailing HCAwards@cityofwinchestertrust.co.uk or visiting www.cityofwinchestertrust.co.uk.

Entries must include the building’s name, its address, the category, and your name and contact details.

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01May

First birthday for Peninsula Café (From Hampshire Chronicle)

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First birthday for Peninsula Café

3:00pm Monday 18th April 2011

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GUESTS including the Mayor of Winchester, Cllr Richard Izard and city MP Steve Brine celebrated the first birthday of the Peninsula Café.

The venue at Peninsula Barracks – the former army base in central Winchester – opened 12 months ago.

At first it was called The Falling Plates Café, but that led to the caterers ending up in hot water.

They named it after the targets on a military firing range. however, it later emerged that it was also a term associated with heavy casualties suffered in Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan.

after former soldiers in the Royal Green Jackets regiment complained, the title was switched to the Peninsula Café.

Annette Bergen from the venue said: “We have since gone from strength to strength and continue to provide an excellent café experience to local businesses, residents and visitors alike.”

The celebration at the venue, which is next to the city’s military museums, was held on Wednesday, April 13.

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01May

Kings’ School in Winchester opens new cycle park (From Hampshire Chronicle)

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Kings’ School in Winchester opens new cycle park

8:00am Monday 21st February 2011

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KINGS’ School have unveiled new cycle parking, which will allow over a hundred pupils to take their bikes to school.

Ex-deputy headteacher, Rev Neil Birkett, opened the site officially on Monday February 14.

after the February half-term break, pupils will be able to use the facility and cycling proficiency training will be available for Year 7 pupils too.

Rob Jeckells, assistant headteacher, said: “Our pupils have wanted cycle storage for some time now and we are delighted to be able to provide this for them. Cycling is a healthy and environmentally friendly method of transport and we should be encouraging young people to live positive, active lifestyles wherever we can.”

Sustrans, Hampshire Local Authority, and the Kings’ School Association, have all provided funding to allow the parking to be built as part of the school’s strategy of getting pupils on their bikes.

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30Apr

Anti-social behaviour remains at top of Winchester people’s concerns (From Hampshire Chronicle)

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5:10pm Monday 28th March 2011

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WINCHESTER Safer Neighbourhoods Panel is maintaining its current list of priorities for local policing.

the panel, comprising city councillors, community groups and representatives of the university, says anti-social behaviour remains local people’s main concern.

the only change has been to do more to combat speeding in St Cross.

the priorities are: beat two (Abbotts Barton, Winnall, Highcliffe): anti-social behaviour (Hyde and Abbotts Barton) and criminal damage in Winnall; Beat three (Fulflood, Weeke, Teg Down, Harestock and Littleton): anti-social behaviour (Weeke and Harestock), speeding in Littleton; Beat seven, (St Cross, Stanmore, Olivers Battery and Badger Farm): anti-social behaviour (Cromwell Road, Wavell way and St Cross Road) In beat one, (city centre): purse thefts and shoplifting, rowdiness and criminal damage.

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21Apr

Schools eye up academy status (From Hampshire Chronicle)

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Schools eye up academy status

11:17am Monday 2nd August 2010

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a TRIO of ‘outstanding’ Winchester schools have expressed an interest in becoming academies, the Hampshire Chronicle can reveal.

Kings’, Henry Beaufort and Perins are all keen to find out more breaking away from local authority control, according to the Department of education.

yet their head teachers insist they are just exploring the pros and cons of such a move and will fully consult parents on the matter.

also putting its name into the hat is Thornden School, Chandler’s Ford, while Oliver’s Battery and Hursley’s John Keble primaries are seeing what it will mean for their schools.

But it comes as an education boss at Hampshire County Council (HCC) questioned his own party’s policy, saying he could see no advantages for the county’s schools.

Conservative councillor David Kirk, executive member for education, said: “I don’t think they’ll be more than a handful of schools in the whole of Hampshire [that will become academies].

“It could potentially create a two-tier system but I’m reasonably confident in good education authorities it won’t happen.”

Under the proposals schools that become academies would be given extra money and more control over staff pay and what they teach. they would have to follow an admissions code but would be able to select around 10 per cent of their pupils based on aptitude.

But unions fear schools remaining under local education control would suffer, saying it would be “taking money from Peter to pay Paul”.

Peter Terry, Unison regional organiser, asked whether it would create education apartheid, said: “Ultimately that will happen, we believe it’s breaking up the comprehensive system.

“We think they are an unnecessary diversion of funding from education into a select number of schools. It paves the way for selection and if you divert funds from the local education authority to the schools then that reduces the funding elsewhere.

“There’s no new money – it’s taking money from Peter to pay Paul.”

Cllr Kirk said as a trust school Perins in Alresford already enjoys some autonomy from local education control and there would be no advantages in becoming an academy.

he said: “Perins owns its land so if it wants to develop it they can make their own arrangements and perhaps sell off a proportion in order to expand the school. That’s available to Perins but not to other schools because their land and buildings is owned by the local education authority.”

Perins did not return Hampshire Chronicle’s calls on the matter but a statement on its website read: “Perins is one of the outstanding schools that has expressed a provisional interest in academy status.

“Please be reassured that this is only the very first step in this process – the governors will want to look very closely at what this might mean for Perins and would want to consult fully on any future actions with staff, parents and students.”

Westgate School – currently undergoing a change of leadership – is the only Winchester secondary not to have expressed an interest in becoming an academy.

meanwhile among the primary schools to rule out academies, for now, are: Bishop’s Waltham Junior; Sparsholt; Barton Stacey; Stanmore; Harestock; Wallop Primary; Stockbridge; Broughton; Winnall; Colden Common; and King’s Worthy.

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21Apr

Youngsters shine at Winchester Rotary music festival (From Hampshire Chronicle)

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Youngsters shine at Winchester Rotary music festival

12:01pm Tuesday 29th March 2011

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Winchester Rotary has held its second annual young musicians’ festival.

The venue was The Henry Beaufort School where 12 young people took part, performing in front of a large and appreciative audience and the judges.

The judging panel, Captain Ian Johnson, Judith Young and Derek Beck, were impressed with the high standard.

first place went to Nicole Coutinho Garrido, a pupil at St Swithun’s School, who played the first movement of Beethoven’s piano sonata in G, opus 49 no 2.

Second was Alice Batchelor from Henry Beaufort, performing the trombone piece Cavatine by Saint-Saens.

Third-placed Joanna Weatherly, like Nicole a St Swithun’s pupil, played the flute, performing Sunstreams by Ian Clarke – an intricate piece, with great care and attention to detail.

The Mayor of Winchester, Councillor Richard Izard presented certificates to the winners and was extremely impressed by the wealth of developing musical talent in Winchester.

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21Apr

New venue for Winchester Race for Life in 2011 (From Hampshire Chronicle)

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New venue for Winchester Race for Life in 2011

7:00am Friday 24th December 2010

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Winchester’s Race for Life is to be held in a new location in 2011.

Organisers have switched the annual event from North Walls Park to the Garrison Ground off Bar end Road on June 12.

the switch will allow more women to take part in the 5k event which raises funds for Cancer Research UK.

the increase space means the event will cover a one-lap course instead of two.

Rachel White, Race for Life event manager for Winchester, said: “We are asking Winchester women to mark June 12 2011 in their diaries and invite their mums, daughters, sisters, friends and colleagues to take part with them.”

the website opens for entries in January.

the Winchester event in June attracted 2,300 runners.

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20Apr

Flying start for Heart of the City Awards (From Hampshire Chronicle)

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4:30pm Thursday 24th March 2011

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ENTRIES are already starting to arrive for the contest to find Winchester’s favourite buildings.

Several categories are open in the new Heart of the City Awards, which are being run by the City of Winchester Trust.

a number of entries have now arrived at the group’s offices in Upper Brook Street, following the competition’s launch in the Hampshire Chronicle.

Trust members were looking through the entries on Friday (March 18) and some early front-runners are emerging.

the city’s Norman cathedral is an obvious contender for top spot. however, God Begot House – which houses the ask pizza restaurant – in High Street, and Winchester Discovery Centre in Jewry Street are also doing well.

the contest is still at an early stage, so there is plenty of time for other contenders to join the race.

For now the trust, which has about 750 members, is only choosing the nominees, which will be put up for a public vote later this year.

there are also five categories – not just one – so there is more chance for residents to see their choices saluted.

the categories are:

* amazing Ancients

* Creative Contemporary

Nominations close on Friday, April 1 and voting will open on Saturday, may 1 followed by an awards ceremony on Saturday, June 25, which is national civic day.

To qualify for the Chronicle-backed contest, buildings must be inside the city of Winchester, but can be of any age or type.

Iain Patton, who chairs the trust, said: “The people of Winchester have really taken this challenge to heart and our postbags, both virtual and real, have seen a good number of nominations already.

“While some nominations are obvious, like our most famous heritage buildings, some are unexpected, and others require more investigation before I even know where they are!

“We are particularly interested in hearing about the personal places around the city that mean something special to individuals.

“To encourage entries in this category, we are throwing it open to under 16s to nominate their favourite building and tell us why in a short essay of up to 500 words.”

To make a nomination write to Heart of the City Awards, the Heritage Centre, 32 Upper Brook Street, Winchester SO23 8DG or leave a message on 01962 851664.

Entries can also be made by emailing HCAwards@cityofwinchestertrust.co.uk or visiting www.cityofwinchestertrust.co.uk.

Entries must include the building’s name, its address, the category, and your name and contact details.

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11Apr

Schools eye up academy status (From Hampshire Chronicle)

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Schools eye up academy status

11:17am Monday 2nd August 2010

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a TRIO of ‘outstanding’ Winchester schools have expressed an interest in becoming academies, the Hampshire Chronicle can reveal.

Kings’, Henry Beaufort and Perins are all keen to find out more breaking away from local authority control, according to the Department of education.

Yet their head teachers insist they are just exploring the pros and cons of such a move and will fully consult parents on the matter.

also putting its name into the hat is Thornden School, Chandler’s Ford, while Oliver’s Battery and Hursley’s John Keble primaries are seeing what it will mean for their schools.

But it comes as an education boss at Hampshire County Council (HCC) questioned his own party’s policy, saying he could see no advantages for the county’s schools.

Conservative councillor David Kirk, executive member for education, said: “I don’t think they’ll be more than a handful of schools in the whole of Hampshire [that will become academies].

“It could potentially create a two-tier system but I’m reasonably confident in good education authorities it won’t happen.”

under the proposals schools that become academies would be given extra money and more control over staff pay and what they teach. They would have to follow an admissions code but would be able to select around 10 per cent of their pupils based on aptitude.

But unions fear schools remaining under local education control would suffer, saying it would be “taking money from Peter to pay Paul”.

Peter Terry, Unison regional organiser, asked whether it would create education apartheid, said: “Ultimately that will happen, we believe it’s breaking up the comprehensive system.

“We think they are an unnecessary diversion of funding from education into a select number of schools. It paves the way for selection and if you divert funds from the local education authority to the schools then that reduces the funding elsewhere.

“There’s no new money – it’s taking money from Peter to pay Paul.”

Cllr Kirk said as a trust school Perins in Alresford already enjoys some autonomy from local education control and there would be no advantages in becoming an academy.

He said: “Perins owns its land so if it wants to develop it they can make their own arrangements and perhaps sell off a proportion in order to expand the school. That’s available to Perins but not to other schools because their land and buildings is owned by the local education authority.”

Perins did not return Hampshire Chronicle’s calls on the matter but a statement on its website read: “Perins is one of the outstanding schools that has expressed a provisional interest in academy status.

“Please be reassured that this is only the very first step in this process – the governors will want to look very closely at what this might mean for Perins and would want to consult fully on any future actions with staff, parents and students.”

Westgate School – currently undergoing a change of leadership – is the only Winchester secondary not to have expressed an interest in becoming an academy.

meanwhile among the primary schools to rule out academies, for now, are: Bishop’s Waltham Junior; Sparsholt; Barton Stacey; Stanmore; Harestock; Wallop Primary; Stockbridge; Broughton; Winnall; Colden Common; and King’s Worthy.

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31Mar

Anti-social behaviour remains at top of Winchester people’s concerns (From Hampshire Chronicle)

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5:10pm Monday 28th March 2011

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WINCHESTER Safer Neighbourhoods Panel is maintaining its current list of priorities for local policing.

the panel, comprising city councillors, community groups and representatives of the university, says anti-social behaviour remains local people’s main concern.

the only change has been to do more to combat speeding in St Cross.

the priorities are: beat two (Abbotts Barton, Winnall, Highcliffe): anti-social behaviour (Hyde and Abbotts Barton) and criminal damage in Winnall; Beat three (Fulflood, Weeke, Teg Down, Harestock and Littleton): anti-social behaviour (Weeke and Harestock), speeding in Littleton; Beat seven, (St Cross, Stanmore, Olivers Battery and Badger Farm): anti-social behaviour (Cromwell Road, Wavell Way and St Cross Road) In beat one, (city centre): purse thefts and shoplifting, rowdiness and criminal damage.

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