21st November
Havant Borough Council declares climate
emergency
A climate emergency has been declared by Havant
Borough Council during a meeting held of the Full Council on Wednesday 20
November.
20th November
Emsworth Christmas lights switch on: Dates and
times for festive spectacular
Emsworth’s Festive spectacular makes a return this
year with its popular Christmas Lights switch-on event set to take place
later this month.
Havant MP Alan Mak
takes part in Armistice Day Act of Remembrance in Emsworth
9th November
Emsworth:
Road closure for drainage and footway improvements results in diversion
through town
A road in Emsworth is
due to be closed for approximately four weeks while works are completed.
Hampshire County Council has confirmed that road improvements are due to be
carried out in Bridge Road and Victoria Road from Monday, November 11.
5th November
Team Chalk goes the extra mile
29th October
Chance to have your
say as public consultation on Southbourne development plan begins
Members of the public
have been invited to have their say on the future of development in
Southbourne.
Emsworth Residents
Forum Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting
7.00 pm, 28 November
2024Mountford Rooms, Emsworth Community Centre
28th October
Council jobsworths
banned live music in my seaside pub garden... after neighbours in £1.5m
mansions next door complained it was 'too loud' - it could cost us £60k
A popular seaside
pub, the Lord Raglan inEmsworth, has been banned from holding music
events in its beer garden after neighbours in £1.5million mansions allegedly
complained to the council.
27th October
Southern Water
engages market on £1.3bn Hampshire water transfer project contract
Southern Water is
seeking market engagement on an upcoming £1.3bn contract opportunity to
construct the proposed Hampshire Water Transfer and Water Recycling Project.
19th October
A freehold property, with planning
permission to convert the site into a residential dwelling, is up for
auction.
Fiscal House, in Havant Road,
is going under the hammer with a guide price of £500,000. The auction will
take place on November 1 with Clive Emson Land and Property Auctioneers.
18thOctober
South Coast Choir triumphs in South Wales
Solent Male Voice Choir has returned from a visit to two of
South Wales’ leading choirs.
14th October
Natural England's
plans for an improved Emsworth path – update
It has been a long
wait to find out exactly what Natural England (NE) plan for the route round
Chichester Harbour as part of the King Charles Ill England Coast Path
(KCIIIECP).
12th October
Emsworth Station
shortlisted in World Cup of Stations
Get behind your local
station in the South East Britain’s railway stations are set to
compete in the World Cup of Stations 2024, a competition that celebrates the
importance of rail and its role in supporting communities, businesses and
the economy.
7th October
“Wilding” This Month’s Film at the Community
Centre
Showing on Monday 24th October, Wilding is based on Isabella Tree’s 2018 memoir of how she and her husband Charlie Burrell completely overhauled the 1400-acre Knepp estate he had inherited in Sussex.
2nd October
Emsworth Concert
Band is back in December
1st October
Development of 12 Affordable Social Rent Houses Mill Road Westbourne
A community group is about to start building 12 affordable social rent homes
for local people in Westbourne, near Emsworth.
30th September
Solent Male Voice
Choir are Preparing for the Festive Season
Returning from their
trip to Artillery in Wales in October, the Solent Male Voice Choir are
buckling down to rehearse for a busy concert programme in December.
26th September
Nore Barn Woods Bat Survey May 2034
I am pleased to repot the findings of this years bat survey.
Bat recorder located at 30
Maisemore Gardens adjacent to Nore Barn Rythe from 13/05 until 31/05.
25th September
Emsworth’s MindWorks
Marketing awarded Home Office contract for Emergency Services Network
13th September
A27 closures this
weekend
11th September
Bid to boost visitor
numbers and support events in Havant, Waterlooville, Hayling Island and
Emsworth
A new task force is
being created to look at events across the Havant borough and how they can
be supported to attract more visitors to the area.
19th September
Summer Art Exhibition
2024 a great success.
The exhibition was
very well attended and the sales showed a strong recovery, finishing the
best sales result since 2018, meaning that in the end we were able to give
£1,800 to the Emsworth Community Association.
9th September
Energy company SGN pledgessupport for Gas Safety Week 2024
6th September
I think I've found my favourite tearoom in Hampshire - and it is perfectly
vintage
3rd September
A community book
sharing initiative has a new permanent home in an old-fashioned telephone
box.
30th August
Emsworth marketing duo skydive to raise funds for
Great Ormond Street Hospital
9th August
Mad Hatter Tea Party
at Glebe House, Southbourne
8th August
Details of Emsworth Museum Trip 12-16 September 2024
30th July
Langstone Gate - one of
the landmark office blocks at the entrance to Havant - is to get a £1m makeover
as part of a major refurbishment programme by owners Arena Offices.
The four-storey
building, which sits on the corner of the A27 and Park Road South at one of the
key entrances to the town, is going to be enhanced from top to bottom to create
one of Havant’s most desirable and modern serviced office blocks.
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29th July
Thorney Island Habitat
Creation Scheme Newsletter Edition 2 has been published
Creation of 30 hectares
of compensatory intertidal habitat on the western side of Thorney Island by 2030
to contribute to the Habitat Creation Restoration Programme What’s been
happening?
Havant Thicket Reservoir
Wetlands: Planning chiefs defer plans
IN an unusual move planning chiefs at Havant Borough Council deferred a planning
decision relating to the Thicket Reservoir Wetland embankment.
22nd July
Campaigners protest
treated sewage water plan
20th July
Update: Warblington
Bridge Council agrees plans but implementation is delayed.
Councillors in Havant
have agreed to pause plans to build a footbridge at Warblington station due to
rising costs and infrastructure priorities.
17th July
Wicked Little Letters on Monday 22nd July – the last film at the Community Centre before Summer Break
15th July
Emsworth Show
Emsworth Show Bank Holiday 26th August tickets are now available
14th July
The Health Alliance: Good
news for Emsworth
The Alliance, which is supported by the Friends of Emsworth Community Health, is
a forum for groups concerned with health and wellbeing in Emsworth and
Westbourne, to meet, share concerns and work together. At our quarterly meeting
in May we received two pieces of good news.
9th July
A27 roadworks set to last three months to begin tonight
Bridge
repairs which could take up to three months will begin tonight.
7th July
Bourne Sports Announcement
5th July
Alan Mak, Conservative,
wins Havant Parliamentary Seat by a hair's breadth
Alan Mak will remain as the constituency MP but by the narrowest of majorities
with just 92 votes separating him from his nearest rival, Stephanie Harvey the
Labour Candidate.
30th June
WemsFest - Celebrates 14
Years of Presenting the Arts (2011-2024)
Over 500 events, and
raising over £24,000 for various charities.
28th June
Historic 'little church
in the field' near Finchdean gets £18.5k funding boost
St Hubert’s Idsworth has
been awarded £18.5k in grant funding to help with conservation and repair costs
27th June
Southern Water gets positive feedback on £1.3bn water recycling scheme
SOUTHERN Water has had positive feedback on a £1.3bn scheme to reduce the amount taken from the county's chalk streams.
25th June
EMSWORTH LAWN BOWLING
CLUB
The Emsworth Lawn Bowling Cub welcomes new members
4th June
The Ropemaker Emsworth: New name revealed as signs go up at former Brookfield
Hotel
The Ropemaker is set to open this summer with signs revealing the new name.
18th June
Flying the flag for our Armed ForcesHavant Borough Council will be honouring the men and women that serve our nation at home and overseas by raising the Armed Forces Day Flag. In a ceremony on Monday 24 June.
14th June
Emsworth’s Green
Councillors in a new coalition Coucil Administration following the Local
Elections on 2nd May
What
do think now that they have been elected andthey hope to achieve?
10th June
General Election 4th
July 2024 - A Local Perspective
The Havant constituency has returned a Conservative MP since it was formed in
1983 and likewise as the constituency of Havant and Waterloo from 1974 -1983. w
10th June
Did you know that there
is a Repair Café in Havant?
4th June
Havant Thicket water
reservoir: Public asked for their views on the water recycling project
Southern Water has launched a
public
consultation seeking public views on its water recycling project, which aims
to add treated wastewater to the Havant Thicket Reservoir.
2nd June
THE LONGEST DAY – The
Film –
To mark the anniversary of the D-Day
landings.
31st May
Film created by Emsworth
video agency honours those affected by the infected blood scandal
A film created by
Emsworth film production agency, Millstream Productions, was played in London at
the Reflections event where the infected and affected gathered to mark the close
of the Infected Blood Inquiry and the publishing of the Inquiry’s report.
24th May
Candidates for the Havant constuency in the General Election on 4th July are as follows:
Workers Party of Britain - Jennifer Alemanno
Labour - Stefanie Patricia Harvey
Conservative - Alan Mak
Reform UK - John
Perry
Lib- Dems - Gayathri Sathyanath
Green - Jeanette Shepherd
Watch this space for news about the General Election
20th May
‘Surfers Against Sewage’
campaign, organised a local ‘Paddle Out’ off Hayling island.
16th May
he Bourne Community Bus
A video of the Bourne Community Bus Ben Phillips, a student at Highbury College.
16th May
New Leader and Cabinet announced for Havant Borough
Council
The new Leader and Cabinet of Havant Borough Council
have been announced, following the results of the local borough elections held
on Thursday 2 May
15thMay
Havant Thicket: Detailed plans of how water reservoir embankment will look are
unveiled
Planning chiefs are set to decide on specific plans outlining how the main
embankment at the new Havant Thicket Reservoir will look.
14th May
D-Day Stories Wanted
9thMay
Faith in the
community: celebrating our parish's centenary in style
7th May
Helen, The Queen and Maundy Money
Congratulations to Helen Hockey, Emsworth Museum steward, and one of the
recipients of this year’s Royal Maundy gift of coins. Helen is organist at St
James’ Church and has been a church organist for more than 50 years officiating
at weddings and funerals as well as regular church services. She and her friend,
Chris, travelled to Worcester Cathedral for this year’s Maundy Thursday Service
on 28th March.
3rd May
Emsworth Goes Totally
Green
1st May
Two choirs join for Songs for Summer
The Solent Male Voice
Choir have invited the Ukranian Volya Choir, from Chichester, to join them at St
Faith’s Church in Havant on Saturday 8th June for a concert of Songs
For Summer.
24th April
Thorney Island Habitat Creation Scheme newsletter Launched
Creation of 30
hectares of compensatory intertidal habitat on the western side of Thorney
Island by 2030 to contribute to
the Solent and South Downs Habitat Creation Restoration Programme
23rd April
Step into a journey of
creative discovery on the Emsworth Arts Trail
Over the last 20 years,
Emsworth has become a must-visit destination for art during the Emsworth Arts
Trail. This spring, the trail returns with 90 artists opening their studios and
gathering for group exhibitions, all within walking distance of the town centre.
13th April
The Ropemaker (former Brookfield Hotel) Havant Road update
Heartwood Inns are well underway with their refurbishment of the former Brookfield Hotel, on Havant Road, which will open in summer 2024.
11th April
Audiologist donates teddy bears with hearing aids to children in hospital
HAVANT audiologist donated teddy bears with their own hearing aids to children at the Queen Alexandra Hospital during Easter
Southsea street artists Fark and Berk breathe new life into an Emsworth
underpass in a community project
9th April
Chichester Bridge Club thanks Julie Jones for 20 years as Chairman.
5th April
‘Soft engineering’ plans are not suitable for the
coastal path from west Emsworth into Nore Barn Woods
2nd April
Emsworth
film production agency,
Millstream Productions,
wins Gold at national film awards
Millstream Productions and Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance have
thanked their “remarkable supporters” for crowning them the People’s Choice
Award at the Smiley Charity Film Awards.
The film, commissioned by the life-saving charity and created by Millstream Productions, received enough votes from the public to ensure it took Gold .
Entered into the awards was James’ Story - a film that told the story of 32 year
old James from Alton who was involved in a high-speed road traffic collision in
July 2022
James sustained devastating injuries, including numerous fractured ribs, a
fractured sternum, a fractured lower leg, a fractured arm and a fractured
pelvis. His blood pressure was dangerously low and his heart rate was climbing,
indicating he was bleeding internally.
31st March
Naked Pantry Emsworth - The eco lifestyle store that's helping people reduce
their plastic waste
Bradly and Kharran Piper have opened the Naked Pantry in the High Street, Emsworth. The new store is at the same site where they ran a newsagents for 16 years.
19th March
Exciting new Explorer Unit for Emsworth! An 0ut-of-this-world year for Principia Explorers
Opening due to popular demand, Principia Explorers is named after astronaut &
Scout Ambassadors Tim Peake’s mission to the International Space Station. Who
honoured the group by providing a video message for their opening ceremony &
taking their neckerchiefs to space with him.
11th March
Appeal for First Hand
Stories of D-Day
6th March
Clothing bank charity
run by Bedhampton mum to help many children in Portsmouth facing poverty
A Bedhampton mum set up
a children’s clothing charity in lockdown and says the demand for her ‘wardrobes
in a bag’ are likely to ‘increase’ given the expected rate of inflation.
3rd March
Cross Kitchen in Emsworth
nominated for 'Best Cafe' in Muddy Stilettos Awards 2024
A hidden gem tucked away
in the heart of Emsworth has been nominated by its customers for the 'best cafe'
award.
2nd March
Urgent Appeal After
Indecent Exposure Incident in Holly Bank Woods, Emsworth
A disturbing incident of indecent exposure in Emsworth's Holly Bank Woods
prompts police appeal for witnesses. Community urged to enhance vigilance.
27th February
EMSWORTH LAWN BOWLING CLUB
Spring has arrived and Members of EBC are preparing
the playing surface and planting the surrounding flower beds ahead of the new
playing season.
24th February
Poisoned Beds: Bringing
Emsworth’s History to Life with a Topical Resonance
Police hunting bogus
traders targeting people in Havant and Emsworth as con artists leave them
"intimidated"
11th February
MALE VOICE CHOIR
MEMBERSHIP GROWS
6th February
Portsmouth burglar
stealing jewellery from Emsworth house asks victim: “What are you doing here?”
A burglar in the midst of stealing jewellery from a house in Emsworth was
confronted by the incensed female victim, before asking her: “What are you doing
here?”
22nd January
Chichester Christmas
Charity Tractor Run Announce the Results of their Fund Raising
We are delighted to announce that the Grand Total raised for the KSS Air
Ambulance from the Chichester Charity Tractor Run 2023 was a whopping
£10,099.60!
18th January
Plans to build 140 homes in Sussex Village have been refused by Chichester District Council
Plans to build 140 homes
in Nutbourne have been refused by Chichester District Council. Image: Rego
Property Developments Ltd. The
application from Rego Property Developments Ltd for Hamcroft, off Main Road, was
turned down by planning officers.
10th January
Havant Passion Play 2024
Fund Raising Event
At Havant Passion Play
we've been passionate for the last ten years about presenting promenade plays,
about the life of Christ, in the open air around Havant.
5th January
Local MP Alan Mak secures Natural England support for appropriate works at
Langstone Mill Pond and surrounding area
3rd January
News
of the sad passing of Honorary Alderman and former Councillor Gibb-Gray
Tributes have been paid to Honorary Alderman and former Havant borough
councillor Brendan Gibb-Gray who has sadly passed away.
2nd January
Solent Male Voice Choir Returns to
Practices
If you are a man who is fed up with the dark winter nights, looking for something to give you a lift, to bring an interest in to your life after Christmas, why not escape with a bunch of likeminded men to an evening of fun, laughter and friendship?
1st January
The History of Southbourne, West Sussex a New Website
History gives a community a sense of stability and continuity and for this
reason I did the Pictorial History
book and continued to collect pictures and articles which I am now able to share
with you.