As we celebrate bitternepark.info's 20th year, we're pleased to have finally made our first live 'podcast from February 2012 available to listen again (free) after too long. The hour-long live show featured local band The Spiraltones, poet Angela Chicken, and much audience interaction and general malarkey!
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
The priorities for transport investment across Southampton in the coming years have been revealed by council leaders.
A five-hour charity gig featuring ten local artists will take place at the Junction Inn, St Denys, in November, in aid of St Francis Animal Welfare.
Independent special school Yarrow Heights on Cobden Avenue has again been awarded an overall ‘Outstanding’ verdict by Ofsted inspectors.
Plans to install berthing pontoons off Whitworth Crescent have been lodged with the Marine Management Organisation.
The Old Chemist at the Triangle is set to reopen with a free all-day event on Saturday, November 15 following a £180,000 summer-long renovation.
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
Just shy of £6million in profit was made from car parking charges by Southampton City Council.
Police were called in the early hours of Monday (Oct 13) to reports of a man on the roof of a Mousehole Lane property.
Eight Southampton-area artists who each won funding awards through an experimental bursary scheme are exhibiting new work at God’s House Tower until November 30.
Plans for a new cocktail bar in the former Darn It and Stitch unit on The Triangle have moved a step closer.
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
Concerns have been raised over when a riverside path will be delivered as part of a major housing development.
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
Southampton City Council wants to be given the power to fine drivers who park their vehicles on the pavement.
Deaf and hearing-impaired people can now contact Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary for non-emergency issues using a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter following the introduction of a new video service.
By Natalia Forero, Local Democracy Reporter
Around 400 e-scooters and electric bikes have been seized by the police in Hampshire over the last year.
bitternepark.info, one of the UK’s longest established ‘hyperlocal’ news sites, celebrated its 20th birthday this September.
Why do people put themselves forward to be councillors? What does the role actually involve? How much are they really paid - and what horrors can they face when campaigning on the doorstep? Listen to our full conversation with Bitterne Park ward councillor Phil Webb, now available on our digest+ channel.
Police warn of a surge in vehicle theft reports across Townhill Park, Bitterne Park and Harefield, and say anyone spotting car doors being tried late at night should call 999.
Yarrow Heights School on Cobden Avenue has submitted a planning application to allow the reduction of trees growing towards an access road.
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
A Townhill Park resident has been blocked from felling a tree outside their Southampton home after their request for permission to cut it down sparked the council to make a preservation order.
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
A councillor question over the use of a Portswood hotel to accommodate asylum seekers received a single word answer.
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
Authorities may have to kill fish that were placed in a Southampton Common lake due to the risk they pose to a protected species.
An application to change the use of a detached house on Glenfield Avenue from a dwelling to a children’s residential home has been approved at a city council planning meeting.
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
The airport saw its request for a licence to carry out the work in South Stoneham Cemetery, which also involves cutting back a further 10 trees, approved by the city council’s cabinet in July.
Library photo of runway
Regular visitors to Riverside Park will have already noticed new ‘Water Rescue Cabinets’ along the waterside path, officially unveiled by the council this week.
A new nursery providing early years provision for up to 90 children from age two to school age on a term-time basis has opened at Bitterne Park Primary School.
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
The ambitions of the scrapped Portswood bus gate are “still very much alive”, according to the city council’s deputy leader.
Former Labour councillor Tony Bunday, who joined the Lib Dems earlier this year, has announced he’s been selected to stand in the Bitterne Park ward at next May’s city council elections – likely pitting him against his former Labour teammate and incumbent Cllr Phil Webb.
A Macmillan Coffee Morning takes place at Cobbett Road library on Friday, September 26 with drinks and cakes to raise funds for cancer support.
Following the decision to suspend the Portswood Project trial in May, Southampton City Council has confirmed that the scheme with a bus gate on Portswood Broadway will not be moving ahead.
A cashpoint machine at the Triangle looks set to be removed.
