Elections News
3 October 2024 / 4 October 2024 by richardcannon
Your green party candidate, Alex Ellis The current County councillor for Bishops Waltham district has stepped down triggering a ‘snap’ by-election which will be held on Thursday 31st October. The division covers a wide area including Bramdean to the North, Colden Common to the West and Durley to the South. See map below for boundary. […]
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Nature and Wildlife News Pollution Rivers
10 September 2024 / 10 September 2024 by richardcannon
A talk given on (and in) the River Meon at Meonstoke on Wednesday 4th.September 2024 by Chalk Streams expert Dr. Richard Osmond Kate Needham writes.. There was a lot more to river fly monitoring than I imagined. It was truly fascinating. Some creatures are more susceptible to pollution than others. So each type is given […]
Meetings Nature and Wildlife News
18 July 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
Last week, in replacement of our monthly members zoom meeting, we went for a walk around St. Claire’s Nature Reserve in Soberton. The weather stayed good for us and the walk alongside the river was quite a treat with some interesting wildlife observations which included dragon flies, various beetles and a deer making a dash […]
9 July 2024 / 16 January 2025 by richardcannon
For the first time Winchester District Green Party fielded a candidate in a General Election.Our candidate Lorraine Estelle commanded a good campaign by attending Hustings meetings in the area and election boards were placed in many locations around the city and a number in surrounding villages.
Climate Events Nature and Wildlife News Rivers
28 June 2024 / 7 February 2025 by richardcannon
nature hasn’t a voice of it’s own – but we have Saturday 22nd.June was a day to remember, over 60,000 people turned up in London to march from Hyde Park to Parliament Square to ensure the newly elected Government know that time is running out.Nature is wonderful, but doesn’t have a voice of it’s own […]
27 June 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
Sunday morning dog walkers must have wondered why our three Councillors; Malcolm Wallace, Suzanne White and Danny Lee were paddling in the upper River Meon in Droxford. The answer is as follows..
Last weekend our candidate Lorraine Estelle attended the general election Hustings at Christ Church Winchester.Those attending were Flick Drummond (Conservative), Lorraine Estelle (Green Party), Hannah Dawson (Labour), Danny Chambers (LibDems) and Shaun Whelan (Reform UK).
13 June 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
our green party candidate – richard needham Owing to the resignation of the sitting LibDem Councillor for St. Michael, a by-election has been called for on the same day as the General Election on Thursday 4th. July Richard writes.. I have lived in the heart of St Michael ward for almost 40 years, having first […]
12 June 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay write.. ‘Millions of people in our country are feeling insecure and deeply worried about the future. We live in one of the richest countries on the planet, yet nurses are using food banks, our children’s schools are crumbling, a roof over our heads is all too often unaffordable, and hospital […]
County Council Elections News
10 June 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
The recent boundary changes have meant that Whiteley and Shedfield, currently under Winchester, are now in the new Hamble Valley constituency (see maps on previous post). After the formal selection for a candidate, Kate Needham, our Winchester Co-Chair and candidate for Whiteley and Shedfield in the City elections will be standing. Kate writes.. We are […]
