Queen Alexandra hospital had closed ward to new admissions and declared major incident after outage
A hospital has reopened its emergency department after closing it to new admissions and declaring a major incident after a power cut.
The outage on Monday morning at the Queen Alexandra hospital in Portsmouth, Hampshire, also affected phone lines. A small number of procedures had to be cancelled.
Continue reading...Layton Richards, 29, sentenced to eight months in prison for string of thefts in Dorset, Hampshire and West Sussex
A thief has been jailed for eight months after being found guilty of shoplifting almost 800 Cadbury Creme Eggs over a three-month period.
Layton Richards, 29, had been charged with 24 shoplifting offences between 6 January and 18 April this year, with Hampshire and Isle of Wight constabulary accusing him of stealing as many as 798 of the confectionery items.
Continue reading...Jonny Clothier was refused graduation at Bristol University over unpaid bill relating to flatmate’s bird
A man who was denied his graduation for 41 years because of an unpaid bill of £64.80 relating to a parrot has finally donned his cap and gown on the same day as his son.
Jonny Clothier studied architecture at the University of Bristol and was meant to graduate with his peers in 1983. But his old flatmate had a parrot which, after being left unsupervised, had free run of their university accommodation and was said to have wrecked the place.
Continue reading...Police investigate discovery of about 50 hares, an owl and a kestrel at door of Broughton community shop
A police investigation has been launched after dozens of dead animals were left outside a shop in Broughton.
The Broughton community shop in Hampshire said it was “shocked” to discover the bodies of about 50 dead hares, as well as a barn owl and a kestrel outside on Friday.
Continue reading...Villagers in King’s Somborne angry over letters from landowner, the diocese of Winchester, sent over festive period
For more than a century villagers have grown fruit and veg on allotments at King’s Somborne, a picture postcard village in the Test valley, Hampshire.
But plot holders are up in arms after being served eviction notices from the owner of the land, the diocese of Winchester, to make way for housing.
Continue reading...Force apologises to victims, who included a traumatised woman, for Sgt Simon Lythgoe’s ‘inexcusable’ behaviour
A police officer and power-lifting champion has been dismissed after using “extreme” force against two detainees, including a traumatised woman.
Hampshire police described the actions of Sgt Simon Lythgoe, who was based on the Isle of Wight, as inexcusable and apologised to his victims.
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