By Maria Zaccaro, Local Democracy Reporter
The council has said that a planned park and transport hub at Lances Hill in Bitterne, designed to “provide sustainable alternative ways to travel”, won’t now go ahead because residents fear it would “create chaos” and increase traffic, pollution and anti-social behaviour.
Groundwork is continuing in Riverside Park, apparently to create a tarmacked area near the ramp from the Triangle where the vehicle used to empty the bins can more easily turn, according to a site worker.
Two large mosaics have been unveiled in Townhill Park and Harefield, marking the completion of the ‘Mosaic Way’ community art project.
Riverside Park and Portwood Rec have been awarded Green Flags today, “the international quality mark for parks and green spaces”
The Triangle Co-op window has been spookified by Haunted House on the Hill for Halloween.
• Triangle Co-op to close
New signs in Riverside Park have appeared presenting a “Travel Code of Conduct for Green Spaces”.
What’s happened to the Triangle Voi e-scooter dock? One minute there it was, and the next, there it very much wasn’t.
‘When will extra officers be deployed?’
By Maria Zaccaro, Local Democracy Reporter
Councillors have called for more police officers in Southampton to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour.
By Maria Zaccaro, Local Democracy Reporter
Southampton councillors have unanimously backed plans for a new ward for city.
Every October the nation marks Black History Month, highlighting the richness of black arts, culture and history. Here’s a look at some events in Southampton.
The death of musician and artist Greg Gilbert, singer of Delays, who studied at Bitterne Park School and was a regular at Triangle cafe Il Picchio, has “led to an outpouring of grief from the city’s music scene and the wider music world”. You can read tributes in this detailed BBC piece.
• Further coverage in national and other media
Delays in Mexico City in 2006. Photo: Eduardo Arcos, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
By Maria Zaccaro, Local Democracy Reporter
Plans for a new takeaway in Portswood were submitted to the city council last month.
National homelessness charity Crisis has revealed that in England over 100,000 low-income renters on Universal Credit will be at risk of eviction because of the planned £20 cut next week.
Southampton residents who act as unpaid carers are being asked to give their views on new plans to help support them, either online on October 21, or at a series of events.
A new hourly bus service linking Harefield and Bitterne with the city centre on Sundays and public holidays launches on October 3.
By Maria Zaccaro, Local Democracy Reporter
Plans to amend the opening hours of a waterside pathway in St Denys have been refused.
The ever popular Thorold Road Haunted House will be back again for this year’s Halloween, as usual raising cash for charity Abby’s Heroes.
Southampton City Council is consulting on plans to introduce ten-minute free parking in some places to help “get Southampton moving”, but some say it will encourage driving and “add to the congestion in our city”.
A petition has called for Southampton City Council to put in a “safe crossing” in front of Moorlands Primary School in Townhill Park because children are “forced to run the gauntlet every day” due to traffic.
There were over 40 jumble stalls around the area, including at Bitterne Station – all part of a Bitterne Park ‘Jumble Trail’ on Sunday (Sept 12). 'Read more' for pics of just a few in our picture gallery, and listen to organiser Sharon Nineham explain how the idea came about.
Police have arrested a man on suspicion of theft from motor vehicle following a report on Wednesday (Sept 8) that a man had been trying car door handles in the Mead Crescent area, near Woodmill Lane.
Southampton City Council (SCC) would like your views and feedback on its draft Cultural Strategy.
'Rallying call to private landlords'
Southampton City Council (SCC) is looking for homes in which families evacuated from Afghanistan can be housed and start to build a new life.
A new video demonstrating how to rent electric scooters, and ride them safely, has been released.
If you or someone you know has unpaid caring responsibilities, then the latest newsletter from Carers in Southampton, which encourages carers to take care of their own health, may well prove useful.
Repair to a gas mains leak has caused the closure of Forest Hills Drive at its Woodmill Lane junction.
Feed the Community Project, which distributes free food from St Denys Church, held a summer party for local youngsters on Friday (Aug 20) in the church grounds.
Plans have been submitted to use a converted shipping container for a pizza kitchen and takeaway service in the garden at the Bitterne Park Hotel, with access from Whitworth Crescent.
A two-day trial is taking place at Chessel Bay in Bitterne Manor to clean up tiny plastic pellets, called ‘nurdles’, using a specially designed machine.
A record 20 places from across the UK – including Southampton - have submitted an expression of interest to become the UK City of Culture 2025.
