The revamped building to be set aside for community use was revealed to visitors to an open day at Bitterne Station on Sunday (April 30).

Bitterne Park Community Choir will be staging an informal charity performance on May 24.

A new newsletter has been launched to serve a vibrant “hyper-local community corner”.

At the final meeting of the Southampton Inquiry on Protecting, Preserving, and Promoting the River Itchen on Thursday (April 20), the panel has been asked to review, modify, and endorse the final draft report.

Officers are investigating after a burglary at Andy's fish and chip shop at the Triangle.

What’s described as “urgent” work is due to take place on Portswood Road at its junction with Broadlands Road from Tuesday (April 18), starting after the morning rush hour.
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Updated: A local whose family has used the now closed shortcut between the Thorold Road Medical Centre and Cobden Avenue for decades is hoping to get it reopened.

Overnight works that were due to take place on Bitterne Road West from April 11 for two nights have been postponed until May.

Officers have been continuing with patrols around Riverside Park over the last few days following a report of an attempted rape on Saturday evening (April 8).

Recently featured on The One Show [from 22:45], social enterprise ‘Nurdle’is back at Local Nature Reserve Chessel Bay from April 12 – 16 for its final volunteer clean-up of what it says could be the worst hit area for plastic pollution in the UK.

Southampton Airport held a ‘ground-breaking event’ on March 31 to mark the start of construction on its controversial £17m runway extension project.

Greenpeace Southampton volunteers met with Southampton MPs Caroline Nokes (Con) (online) and Alan Whitehead (Lab) as part of a nationwide Warm This Winter mass lobby.

Southampton City Council has published the list of candidates for city wards, including for Bitterne Park and Portswood - and with all seats up for grabs in the May 4 local election there’s a long list of choices.

Police appear to be scouring Riverside Park near Woodmill, and are appealing for witnesses, following a report of an attempted rape on Saturday evening (April 8).

• Police continue park patrols

Construction for a scheme that aims to improve journey times along the ‘St Denys Transport Corridor’ kicks off from April 3 – and, if you haven’t seen the signs, will see a section of the often clogged up St Denys Road become one-way (westbound) for ten weeks while it’s implemented.

There’s yet more fresh signage on the Triangle, with a large display going up today for ‘Fresh Fades’ barbers.

Bitterne Parkers are being invited to share and swap their spare seeds and plants at the annual exchange taking place in May.

The Department of Culture Media and Sport is to award a grant of £2.23m towards roof repairs at Southampton’s City Art Gallery.

Updated: Political parties have started to reveal their candidates for the city council elections in May, when – unusually – all three council seats for each council ward will be up for grabs. Here’s what we know so far...

An ‘ungraded’ inspection of Bitterne Park School has concluded there’s no change to its current ‘Good’ ranking – although Ofsted said the result “might not be as high” under a ‘graded’, more detailed inspection, which it says will take place next time.