THE RSPB’s south east office has appealed for people to spare a thought for the birds as it continues to snow. Putting out extra food, keeping bird tables clean of snow and regularly changing water supplies are all essential for many garden birds’ survival
Police chiefs are asking members of the public to help them by not swamping telephone lines into the control room with unnecessary calls. Call handlers have this morning received hundreds of calls to their emergency lines from people reporting ice
MILITARY personnel in Tidworth are being provided with mental health care as a new inpatient unit has been opened at Parklands Hospital in Basingstoke. The service, from Hampshire Partnership NHS Trust, is part of a major Ministry of Defence initiative
Hampshire County Council’s Adult Services department is urging people with elderly or vulnerable neighbours to check on them to make sure that they have everything they need. Advice is also being given that elderly and vulnerable people should stay indoors
IS your house bursting at the seams with stuff you don’t use or need anymore, but can’t seem to throw away? Are you mad for memorabilia, collectables and iconic merchandise? Has your passion for possessions taken over your home and your life? Do
LANYARDS designed to foil pickpockets will be handed out by police officers in Andover’s High Street from 10am on Thursday, 5 February. The devices can be attached to a purse and then to a handbag to frustrate thieves. A number of shoppers were targeted
There are times as you browse round the shops when you wonder why some mums find it necessary to shout to their offspring when the little darlings are barely a couple of feet away. This also probably explains why so many kids only seem able to communicate
I’M writing about a concern I have about the speed of drivers going down Vigo Road near the town park, the speed limit is 30 mph but lots, but not all drivers drive too fast. I have decided to write this letter as my cat, Fudge, was run over on 29
DESPITE parenting being the toughest job in the world, you are expected to hit the ground running from day one, without training and with no instruction manual. No wonder Billie Piper and other celebrity mums report feeling tired. It can also get tougher
I AM writing to ask readers to support leading health charity Diabetes UK this year as it marked its 75th anniversary on 10 January – the same week that I celebrated my own 75th birthday! Diabetes is a serious condition that can lead to serious complications
WHEN I was a child my parents sent me to live with strangers. Such arrangements are known as private fostering, and while one of my carers was good, the other was not. I was surprised to discover that these types of arrangements still go on. In fact
MY name is Paul Ozanne and I’m the national recycling co-ordinator for Salvation Army Trading Company. I hope that a combination of Christmas and the sales mean your wardrobe is currently full of clothes you enjoy wearing and take pleasure from. I
TIRED of our corrupt government system? Fight back and reclaim democracy by signing the petition on: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/TaxMPSPerks/ G Rankin-Moore, Address supplied.
THE publicity surrounding the death of Baby P has dominated public attention for weeks as the sad story of his short life unfolded. And Britain has been rightly horrified that another child has suffered such horrendous abuse. In response the Government
WHEN the public are faced with a choice of information about chemicals (as with fluoridation) do they trust officialdom, apparently well informed and responsible bodies, or do they need to do their own homework? Will they have time, energy or ability
