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Police are appealing for information to help locate a mountain bike which was stolen from Bishopstoke between 4 & 5pm on Wednesday 15 February. The Scott Aspect mountain bike was stolen from a driveway on Haig Road. The bike has 24 gears, is data tagged and white & black in colour. The owner, a...
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A car transporter and a small hatch back car were in collision yesterday morning at the Bishopstoke Road/Chickenhall lane roundabout causing traffic hold ups. The accident occurred at about 10.25 am as the transporter, loaded with flat bed Transit vans, pulled left out of Chickenhall Lane headed towards Eastleigh and collided together with the hatchback which...
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Robbers have busted into the drink vending machines at ‘The Hub’ Sports Hall and Pavilion on Bishopstoke Road and emptied it of money. The incident happened last Thursday January 12 between 6.55 and 7.26 pm. Two men entered The Hub. One man has gained access to the inside of the two drinks machines within...
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A gang of would be muggers attempted a steal a guitar from a man walking through Bishopstoke. The 57-year-old man was walking down Nelson Road at around 8pm last Friday, December 30. As he reached the junction with Stoke Park Road he was pushed from behind and fell to the ground A group of...
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Shoppers in old Bishopstoke had a narrow escape around 11.30 this morning when strong winds felled a large sycamore tree. Fortunately the tree was growing on the other side of the river at Riverside and only the topmost 15 to 20 feet of its crown fell across the road and pavement, narrowly missing shoppers...
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A Bishopstoke Mum battling to reduce the speed limit along Alan Drayton Way claims lives will be lost if the current speed limit remains in place. At the November meeting of the Bishopstoke, Fair Oak and Horton Heath Area Committee, Hunters Way resident Natalie Stanfield branded the 40 mph stretch of the B3037 as a...
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A Bishopstoke company is celebrating after being awarded a subcontract to assist in the production of two of the largest and most powerful warships ever constructed for the Royal Navy. Wessex Galvanizers – who are based on the Tower Industrial Estate off Chickenhall Lane - will galvanize steel pipework which will be used in...
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Fair Oak and Horton Heath Parish Cheryl Gosling has been presented with a prestigious award by the Hampshire Association of local Councils – fending off competition from clerks in 250 parish and town councils in Hampshire. The Chairman of Bishopstoke and Fair Oak Local Area Committee Roger Smith –himself a Fair Oak Parish Councillor – presented...
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A Bishopstoke Carnival Queen has been chosen as a Joint UK Junior Carnival Queen. On the 1st of November UK Carnivals took a group of 44 young ladies who represent their home town carnivals from across the UK, to Disneyland Paris to compete in the UK Carnival Court Selection for 2011, during the trip...
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If you simply haven’t had the time to lie in the garden and get a healthy looking tan despite all the recent sunny weather, then Bishopstoke based beautician Sarah Keenan has the answer for you – Spray Tan Van! Sarah hit the local headlines last year after she followed a hunch and talked her...
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