Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner Donna Jones (Con) has announced she intends to run as Mayor for Hampshire and the Solent region in 2026, when a new mayoral authority for Southampton, Portsmouth, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight is likely to be established.
It was a tight squeeze to browse the seeds in the cosy Bitterne Station building during Southampton Seed Swap on Saturday (March 8).
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
Campaigners have accused a council of “privatising” a local authority-owned leisure centre.
A car sales business has been fined £8,177 for continuing to operate from Itchen Business Park in St Denys after planning permission was refused. Photo: SCC
The council is due to remove a new ‘give way’ priority buildout - part of the controversial ‘Portswood Project Trial’ - on Brookvale Road on Wednesday.
Photo: SCC
Southampton Airport has received a “much-needed boost” with the announcement that Loganair is opening a new base, bringing jobs and new routes, but the airport’s passengers fell short of 2024 forecasts, according to a news report.
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
A “statement” development that will transform a Southampton waterfront site has been given the green light by councillors.
Photo: LDRS
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
Sovereign Network Group (SNG) has received the green light from a planning inspector to deliver 84 homes on the former St Mary’s Independent School site following an appeal.
Surrounding roads were closed off on Sunday afternoon (March 2) as suspected unexploded ordnance at a property on Manor Farm Road was dealt with.
Police are appealing for witnesses after a serious collision between a motorbike and car on Bitterne Road West.
"Cafe, bistro, wine bar” 'Riverside', sporting a sparkly new sign and frontage on the former Riverside Diner premises - advertises that it's set to open on Friday (Feb 28) at the Triangle.
Network Rail says five months of work to a railway bridge, that was due to close a St Denys road for at least some of the period, has been postponed.
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
Southampton City Council approved a budget for 2025/26 which relies on significant transformation savings – as opposition groups voiced fears the authority had not escaped the financial mire yet.
Live music, art and craft stalls helped raise £861.15 for the Friends of Itchen Estuary on Saturday (Feb 23). Southampton Ukulele Jam brought the event to a rousing close, raising the roof at St Denys Boat Club.
A railway station friends group and a local theatre company are inviting residents to share stories as part of celebrations commemorating 200 years of the modern railway.
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
Southampton City Council will no longer be posting on social media platform X, it has announced.
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter 
Southampton City Council leaders have proposed a balanced budget without exceptional financial support from government – but residents will face a council tax increase.
A trial restriction on Portswood Road reduced vehicles by 42% and increased cyclist and pedestrian numbers during bus gate hours, council figures show.
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
A convenience store has been given the green light to stay open and sell alcohol until 1am every night despite opposition from residents.
Photo: Google
Riverside Diner at the Triangle is set to reopen as a “cafe, bistro, wine bar” later in the month.
The government has launched a public consultation on proposals to set up a Mayoral Strategic Authority for Southampton, Portsmouth, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
Controversial measures to scrap free car parking in suburbs including Bitterne and Portswood will go ahead after council leaders were quizzed over the plans.
Photo: LDRS
Bitterne Road East will close for seven weeks from February 17 for work between Maybray King Way and Somerset Avenue.
Charlton House School on Midanbury Lane says it’s “delighted” to announce the publication of the independent school’s latest inspection report, which follows a visit from the Independent Schools Inspectorate in December.
Tony Bunday, the “first ever” Labour councillor for Bitterne Park in 2022 who was later stripped of his party membership apparently for liking a social media post, says he’s joined the Lib Dems.
An application to confirm change of use of a Glenfield Avenue address into a children’s residential home has met with opposition from some residents.
A tree which fell overnight surprised schoolchildren, dog walkers and cyclists as they had to change their route down the slope and through the crocuses to access Riverside Park on Friday (Feb 7). Read more to see our picture gallery.
A Section 34 dispersal order was ordered on Thursday (Feb 6) for Riverside Park following reports of young people seen with “potential weapons”.
Camera enforcement of the trial bus/taxi/cycle only section on part of Portswood Road is set to start.
Police are appealing for information following a crash involving a van and an e-scooter on Portwood Road on Tuesday (Feb 4).
