The ‘Gorillas site’ – previously Blockbuster – in Portswood appears to be available to let following the recent departure of the on-demand grocery delivery company.
Building images: Google Maps
“Footway improvement works” are set to begin on St Denys Road near Dundee Road on Monday (July 25).
Photo: Google Maps
Southampton City Council’s Labour administration wants to reopen St Mary’s Leisure Centre “no later than the end of August”, it has announced.
Photo: Google Maps
There were dramatic scenes in Portswood on Friday evening (July 8) as fire crews tackled a blaze that was believed to have broken out around 7pm at the 7 Bone restaurant. Read more or click here to watch the video.
Friends of Cobbett Road Library are organising an event on Monday (July 18) to send a message to the council that they want the library reopened “without further delays”.
Image from a library protest from approx 2015
Bitterne Park Stores at the Triangle has announced an August closure while the shop is rearranged and the new refillery is expanded.
By Jamie Shapiro, Local Democracy Reporter
Several new ‘School Streets’ locally are to be added to Southampton’s growing list of school-time vehicular road closure trials, including near Bitterne Park Primary, Townhill Junior and Bitterne C E Primary School.
Marie Keates has delved into the many myths surrounding the recently dismantled giant boat which has been a landmark for so long in its Avon Road back garden. You can read her blog here.
By Jamie Shapiro, Local Democracy Reporter
The leader of Southampton City Council Satvir Kaur has commented on prime minister Boris Johnson’s resignation, saying she is “pleased it’s finally happened”.
Local youth charity No Limits has launched a fundraising campaign so its support groups can take vulnerable children on day trips and give them experiences other young people take for granted during the summer break.
By Jamie Shapiro, Local Democracy Reporter
Transport for the South East (TfSE) has launched a consultation that will last for 12 weeks to allow people to share their opinion on a £45 billion transport plan.
'Three expressions of interest'
Update 2: The council has said that meetings with “bidders” who’ve expressed an interest in running the still closed Cobbett Road library are taking place this month, and it's hoped a new organisation could be running it “by the end of the calendar year”.
By James Hinves
Excitement
was high as the Southampton Canoe Club Sprint Team gathered at the National Watersports Center in Nottingham last weekend (July 2/3). This regatta sees the culmination of the years effort for our junior and U23 paddlers - and what a weekend it was.
Extra bus services have been added to the Minilink service 14, running from the city centre to Bitterne and Chartwell Green, from August 1.
By Jamie Shapiro, Local Democracy Reporter
People in Southampton are being given a chance to have their say on how to improve the city’s air quality.
It's understood part of a tree, which it's thought came down last weekend onto play equipment at a playgound on the edge of Frogs Copse, had been scheduled for imminent removal.
Speciality coffee roasters SOroast open in the former Track 21 premises at Bitterne Park Triangle next weekend (Saturday, June 25).
An application for an alcohol licence for a restaurant at a former Cobden Avenue tattoo shop has been lodged.
A summer fun trail is being planned around Bitterne Park and St Denys to raise money for a day centre for adults with learning disabilities.
A man was arrested after officers stopped a stolen car in Manor Farm Road last night (June 22) after it failed to stop.
Photo: Google Maps
A crowdfunder is aiming to raise £1,000 as a retirement gift for Graham Cotton, who closed his landmark Triangle bakery at the weekend after 49 years, “as a token of appreciation for his service to the community”.
Bitterne Park School held ‘Sing for Sarah' on Friday (June 17) – an event to celebrate and remember the dedication, passion, and commitment that staff member Sarah Moore made to performing arts within the school community.
The government has announced that community groups across the UK can bid for ‘levelling up’ funding to take back control of pubs, music venues, sports facilities, and historic buildings for the benefit of the public.
Plans to revive a historic English route that medieval pilgrims used to walk to Santiago de Compostela in Spain have taken a step forward with the introduction of pilgrim stamps from pubs along the way – including at The Junction Inn in St Denys and other nearby hostelries.
Community groups wanting to apply for funds from Southampton City Council’s Community Chest small grant scheme need to do so by midnight on June 24.
By Jamie Shapiro, Local Democracy Reporter
Campaigners have lobbied a city council meeting to get St Mary’s Leisure Centre open again as soon as possible.
Photo: Google Maps
The section of Dimond Road outside Bitterne Park School between Newton and Ash Tree roads is to be closed to vehicles during term time from 2.45pm – 3.15pm Monday – Friday, the school has announced.
Hat Fair, the UK’s longest running festival of Outdoor Arts, is back – and this year it will once again take over the city streets and green spaces of Winchester in July.
Southampton Scrapstore, a 35-year-old arts and crafts resource centre which saves discarded materials from landfill so they can be used for creative projects by schools, community groups and individuals, is on the lookout for more members after quieter times during the pandemic. We took a tour to find out more. Read on, and see our photo gallery and video.
