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BASINGSTOKE’S MP is heading a campaign calling on the borough council to earmark Old Down Woodland Park as a Local Nature Reserve (LNR) -…
Families are terrified they will not be allowed to see their ill and dying relatives in care homes on what could be their last Mother's Day together. Campaigners say it has become a postcode lottery as to whether they are allowed to visit their loved ones in care homes. Residents have been allowed one regular visitor - who have been able to hold hands with their relative since Monday. Jane Smith, 65, was left furious when told that her mother Rita Hookway's care home is only allowing two visitor slots for all residents on the special day. 'I feel totally gutted,' she said. She says that he...
The increased volume and speed of traffic in the parish has long caused concern. There have been a series of near misses outside Olveston Primary School and in 2013 a cyclist was killed during a race after being hit by a car. Olveston SpeedWatch, a partnership between volunteers from the local community, the police, and other local authorities was set up in response to the growing concerns around speeding. Until recently the scheme has lacked funding but this year, thanks to the generosity of a local businessman who wishes to remain anonymous, that has all changed. Olveston Parish C...
Leaders of a 26-mile light rail project to connect Gaston County to uptown Charlotte, Charlotte Douglas International Airport and beyond recently refined the proposed track alignment through Belmont and presented the refinement during a virtual meeting this week. Though portions of Charlotte Area Transit System’s LYNX Silver Line most likely won’t run until the 2030s, riders could one day board the light rail in Belmont and ride it along Wilkinson Boulevard to stops near the airport, Bank of America Stadium, the LYNX Blue Line light rail, Ovens Auditorium and Bojangles Coliseum and throug...
This is the moment a dementia-hit care home resident breaks down in tears as she recognises the voice of her daughter who has been unable to visit her since March. Rita Hookway has largely only had virtual contact with daughter Jane Smith for most of this year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. It has caused the 94-year-old, who requires 24-hour support at the care home in Gloucestershire, to suffer both physically and mentally. Rita has spent the last few months missing out on holding hands with Jane, 65, while they watched detective show NCIS together, as the pair loved to do before l...