A Section 34 dispersal order was ordered on Thursday (Feb 6) for Riverside Park following reports of young people seen with “potential weapons”.
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29th April 2025
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).
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
A contentious decision to scrap free car parking at 17 sites, including Bitterne and Portswood, will face fresh scrutiny.
Photo: LDRS
The government included Southampton, Portsmouth, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in its Devolution Priority Programme, fast-tracking a Strategic Mayoral Authority set for May 2026, according to the city council.
Author Liz Amos was interviewed on Radio 5 Live in the early hours of Wednesday (Feb 5) to discuss a forthcoming fundraising event for Portswood community bookshop October Books.
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
A convenience store in a residential area of Southampton wants to sell alcohol until 1am.
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Southampton City Council is looking for a charity or community group to lease ‘St Mary’s Community and Leisure Centre’, “at a low cost for a long term”, for an April start.
Southampton Airport’s latest passenger numbers shows the regional hub is continuing to struggle despite the new runway extension, according to a news report.
By Noni Needs, Local Democracy Reporter
A large, popular Winchester festival has survived a crunch review despite a backlash from residents.
Drainage survey work on Northam Bridge will take place from Monday, February 10, lasting for five nights.
The Old Chemist building at the Triangle is set for £180k of improvements, thanks to a government grant.
Following the successful bid by the Friends of Riverside Park (FORP) to the Woodland Trust for a pack of 30 native trees to plant in the park, the group is now on the lookout for volunteers to assist with planting.
Southampton City Council has now approved plans to introduce parking charges at 17 district centre car parks, including Bitterne and Portswood.
Updated: Here are the latest scheduled roadworks and traffic changes set to take place near our area over the coming days, according to the latest updates from Southampton City Council.
The pool at Bitterne Leisure Centre has now reopened after the installation of new boilers.
A sourdough bakery has said it’s ready to open its St Denys doors on Sunday (Feb 2).
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Organisers were pleased with the turnout on Saturday (Jan 25) for a Bitterne Station Community Hub open day.
A UKIP protest in Southampton city centre on Saturday lunchtime (Jan 25), calling for 'mass deportations', was met by an anti-racist counter-protest reportedly twice the size, including several city councillors. "Whose streets?" was the call from counter protesters; "Our streets!" came the chanted response.
Doris Hayward celebrated her 104th birthday with a party, surrounded by friends and family, at her home in Speedwell Court care home for older people, on Mansbridge Road near Haskins.
A trial of the much-debated part-time bus, taxi, and cycle-only restriction on Portswood Road between the St Denys Road spur and Westridge Road is finally set to start on Monday (Jan 27).
Updated: Southampton City Council will issue SGN a fixed penalty notice after faulty traffic lights caused widespread congestion on the first day of two scheduled weeks of "essential gas works" on Woodmill Lane.
More than 100 illegal vehicles, including e-scooters and e-motorbikes, were destroyed in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight last year as part of a targeted police operation.
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
Free car parking could be scrapped at 17 sites in Southampton districts, including Bitterne and Portswood council car parks, despite 2,000 objections.
Council contractors are returning to the recently installed pedestrian crossing on Mousehole Lane from February 3 to “complete drainage works”, resulting in temporary lights and a closure at the Glenfield Avenue junction.
Network Rail is planning “essential structural improvement works” on the Priory Road railway bridge in St Denys from February 17 until July 10, resulting in the closure of the road under the bridge for at least some of this period.
Police say they’ve seized Illegal vapes, tobacco and alcohol from premises in Lodge Road, near Portswood.
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Toes in the Water – an art and music community day raising funds for the Friends of the Itchen Estuary and celebrating wild swimming, returns to St Denys in February.
Police are appealing for witnesses and footage after a new speed camera on Northam Bridge was vandalised and cut down shortly after being installed.
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
Cash-strapped Southampton City Council is expected to be “back to normal” for the first time in three years when it comes to its budget proposals.