9th December
Christian Aid supporters
in Hampshire are warming up their vocal chords for some festive fundraising to
support vulnerable communities around the world.
The international development charity has launched its 2023 Christmas Appeal
which this year is shining a light on stories from a region of Bangladesh where
young women are working to change their futures.
8th December
Plans for 40 Southbourne homes approved Plans to build 40 homes in Southbourne have been cautiously approved by Chichester District Council. The outline application for the former Four Acre Nursery, in Cooks Lane, was given the nod during a meeting of the planning committee on Wednesday (December 6)but the decision was not reached easily.
Sussex World 7th December
6th December
Age Concern
Southbourne & District Need Your Help
our Chairman and
Secretary are moving away in January.
This has happened much sooner than expected and we thank them for their
dedication and wish them well in their new home.
. We now
need your help to find replacements.
Our Age Concern has
provided a weekly lunch club for our over 60's since 1976 and it is vital that
it continues.
If you can help, or know
someone that can please contact Robert Hayes Mobile: 07717 811345 Email:
roberthaves4@brinternetcom
4th December
Audiologists send
hearing aids to one of the poorest countries in the world
HAVANT
Audiology centre recently donated over 80 hearing aids to the African Bible
College Clinic in Lilongwe, Malawi. 
Specsavers
Audiologist Ruth Avierinos organised this initiative, having spent two weeks
volunteering at the clinic before she began working with the team in the Havant
store.
3rd December
Christmas Lights 1st December 2023
READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE WITH PHOTO GALLERY HERE
2nd December
Emsworth High Street to
welcome The Naked Pantry eco shop as former newsagents is transformed
A new eco shop run by a husband and wife duo is set to open in a Hampshire high
street.
The News 2nd December
1st December
Local MP, Alan Mak, visits M R Starr
Butchers in Emsworth
Alan Mak MP November
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The Solent Male Voice
Choir prepares for another year.
Their penultimate erformance in 2023 will be at St Faiths Havant on 14th December at 7.30pm "Ding Dong Merrily"
The Solent Male
Voice Choir 29th November
24th November
Raw sewage discharged into Chichester harbour for
over 1,200 hours in a month
Campaigners say Southern Water outflows into protected wildlife site are an
‘assault on the environment’
The Guardian 23rd November 2023
21st November
Public Consultation on
Dogs in the Borough ends on 13th December
17th November
Festive Fun Run to return to Emsworth to raise ‘vital’
cash for young lives
An eco charity is bringing back their annual Festive
Fun Run to continue their ‘vital’ climate work in the community and support
young lives
16th November
Parish Turns 100 in 2024
Throughout 2024 we will
be celebrating the first one hundred years of the Parish of Warblington with
Emsworth – the partnership between St Thomas à Becket church in Warblington and
St James’ church in Emsworth. We
Parish of
Warblington with Emsworth 15th November
15th November
Plans for 100
homes near Chichester approved on appeal
14th November
COASTAL EROSION AT LANGSTONE - TIME FOR A COMPROMISE?
In starting the petition I always aimed to maintain the
access and views of Chichester harbour. However, the project has become mired
and is now stalled.
10th November
Langstone Millpond to Wade Lane – Public Drop-in Session
On Tuesday 12th December at 12-7pm in the Hurstwood Room, Public Service Plaza, Civic Centre Road, there will be a public drop-in session at Havant Civic Centre. This will provide an opportunity to discuss the options and ask questions of the independent consultants.
8th November
Havant Thicket Water Reservoir: Public consultation launched over plans for new
connecting pipelines
The News 7th November
6th November
Autumn show from
Emsworth Printmakers
Emsworth Printmakers’
autumn exhibition will be at Chichester’s Oxmarket Contemporary until Saturday
11th December
Sussex Express 6th November
24th October
Unexploded Bomb, Bath Road Can you help?
Was your family in Bath Road, Emsworth in 1943? Helen Price, daughter of Jack Victor Morgan, visited Emsworth Museum in June to try and find out more about an unexploded bomb dropped by the Luftwaffe that destroyed her father’s family home and that of a neighbour.
Emsworth Maritime & Historical Trust August 2023
23rd October
Havant MP brings together jobseekers and employers at Jobs, Apprenticeships and Careers Fair
Alan Mak has brought
together jobseekers and employers at his eighth annual Jobs, Apprenticeships and
Careers Fair. The Fair was held at
Leigh Park Community Centre (Heart of the Park) and featured a wide range of
exhibitors all keen to show what roles they could offer.
The News 23rd October
19th October
Emsworth Town Youth F C Take Part in the
Great South Run 2023 Mini & Juniors
In April Tom (The Girls and Boys' Football Coach) & I thought it would be a nice idea for the children to come together as Football teams to compete in the Great South Run 2023 Mini & Juniors. We put it out to the children and parents and they were extremely up for the challenge. The Teams are both part of Emsworth Town Youth Football Club.
Haley Moore
18th October 18th October
Metis Homes and First Westbourne Scout Group Get Busy Clearing Litter in
Emsworth
Hampshire-based house builder Metis Homes recently teamed up with several members
of the 1st Westbourne Scout Group for a group litter picking activity on a
popular green space off Long Copse Lane, adjacent to the house builder's Harbour
Reach development in the coastal village of Emsworth.
4th October
The Brookfield Hotel in Emsworth to be turned into new pub after being bought by
Heartwood Collection
A lavish hotel has been sold to a hospitality company and will become an inn.
The Brookfield Hotel in Havant Road, Emsworth, has been bought by Heartwood
Collection along with several other locations. It was on sale for £3.4m, with
the previous owners going into semi-retirement.
The hotel will become The Rope & Anchor in homage to the towns history and
coastal location – while being housed under the Heartwood Inns umbrella.
The News 3rd October
3rd October
Volunteers needed to
help get the big guns firing at Fort Nelson
The
Society that re-enacts the firing of the Victorian guns at Fort Nelson on Ports
down Hill are looking to recruit new volunteers to help both fire and maintain
the mighty Victorian guns.
[Contact: Graham Walters / Portsdown Artillery
Volunteers co-ordinator /
enquiries@palmerstonfortssociety.org.uk
2nd October
Hayling Sewage Watch an Update
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Hayling Island has had a blue flag beach for over 30 years and the local council
has never issued sewage pollution warnings when Southern Water
dumps raw untreated human excrement onto our sea just 1km away from our blue
flag beach. Our beach is a UK hotspot for watersports and massive participation
of wild swimming year round including those where GP's have prescribed sea
swimming for patient mental health.
Hayling Sewage Watch
1st October
Click
HERE to see the photo gallery of the event
30th September
CAMRA Good Beer Guide
2024: 40 best pubs and breweries in Portsmouth, Gosport, Havant, Fareham and
Emsworth
There are the best pubs
and breweries in Portsmouth, Gosport, Havant, Waterlooville, Fareham and
Emsworth, according to the CAMRA Good Beer Guide 2024.
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The News
29th September 2023