Good news in the Echo today with over 1000 jobs due to be created on the former Ford site in Swaythling. In particular, I am pleased to see that Aston Martin have recognised the advantage of having a base in Southampton with plans to open a showroom on this site.
Forgotten Marine Hero Honored in his Home City The end of the Great War, the bodies of only three heroes were ever brought back to England and given state funerals; those of the nurse Edith Cavell, the Unknown Warrior, and of a Southampton born ferry captain called Charles Algernon Fryatt. The stories of Edith Cavell [...]
Heathrow Southern Rail has announced plans to run a direct rail service from Southampton to Heathrow, making the journey to Heathrow Airport significantly quicker and more passenger friendly.
I recently had the great opportunity to visit the Sand Heron which is an aggregates dredger owned by Cemex that operates in the Solent. It was docked in Southampton Docks for repair and maintenance works. The tour was led by the Master of the Sand Heron, Georgina Carlo-Paat. Georgina is the first woman Master in [...]
It was a great pleasure to join Glebians Tennis Club on West End Road to celebrate their 90th Birthday recently! This club is a hidden gem in Bitterne and it was wonderful to learn about the history of the club and join members for the afternoon. Here's to the next ninety years!
Are you Scams Aware? Only 5-15% of all scams are reported. Reporting helps to inform the work of advice and enforcement agencies and helps to prevent future scams. Scams are becoming increasingly sophisticated and we need to be more aware of this. It is important to talk about scams and not be ashamed when caught [...]
Well done to Bitterne Park’s Miss Ellie’s Cafe which makes it onto this list of the Top 10 places for coffee in Southampton.
It was a pleasure to join the Thornhill Health and Wellbeing Network for their morning drop in at Thornhill Library yesterday. At the same time, I was able to present a couple of books to the library for the 2017 Summer Reading Challenge. To take part in the challenge, make sure you visit your local [...]
I recently had the great pleasure of joining Sarah Mepham, senior lecturer in Performance at Southampton Solent University for the Mayflower Theatre Summer Dance Project. The Mayflower Theatre have brought together 30 young people to create a dance show inspired by Guys and Dolls and this is being showcased at the Mayflower this summer. They [...]
Are you a budding filmmaker or have an interest in producing short films? Then you might like to apply for the Southampton Film Week Shorts competition which is now open. They are inviting submissions of short films of all production styles and techniques including animation, documentary, drama, experimental and artist film. Films must be no [...]
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