The third Winchester City Council Jobs & Opportunities Fair at Middle Brook Centre in Winchester is now open. We’re here until 1pm. Do come along and see us.

Well. It's a start. The letter 'a' of the new Nandos coming to the former Debenhams site has been installed.

Wes Streeting, Labour Health and Social Care Minister, committed today to developing a UK #MensHealth Strategy #LabourConference24 The Fabian Society UNISON - UK's largest union Future for Health and Social Care event Global Action on Men's Health Men's Health Forum

GAMH supports #WorldMentalHealthDay2024. We are at the World Health Organization (WHO) Mental Health Forum meeting in Geneva today and tomorrow using our report Absent-Minded to put men’s mental health on the global policy agenda gamh.org/absent-minded/

Just voted for Platform One at Shawford Station. A fantastic cafe - well worth a visit if you haven't already done so. southwesternrailway.com/travelling-wit…

Well done to Shawford in getting through the Group Stage in the #WorldCupofStations - now for the semis. raildeliverygroup.com/our-services/c…

Shawford Station and Platform 1 Shawford have won their regional round and are now in the semi-final of the SWR Help #WorldCupofStations! 👏 Voting to reach the final is now open until 4pm TODAY (Thursday). Shawford is on semi-final 3 via: raildeliverygroup.com/our-services/c…

Bishops Waltham (Hampshire) Council By-Election Result: 🔶 LDM: 52.2% (+28.6) 🌳 CON: 33.8% (-23.1) 🌍 GRN: 11.3% (-2.0) 🌹 LAB: 2.7% (-2.6) Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative. Changes w/ 2021.

Guess watt! Winchester has its first electric waste truck! ⚡ The new waste truck will be seen across the district on a number of routes in the coming weeks and months. It can be seen here outside historic Guildhall Winchester. (1/2)

After a number of years of discussions with Historic England, we've received formal Scheduled Monument Consent for cleaning and repairs at the much-loved Buttercross in the High Street in the city centre 👏 winchester.gov.uk/news/2024/nov/…

💚 Our council carbon emissions are forecast to have reduced by an incredible 96% when figures are released in 2025! Watch the video and find out more: winchester.gov.uk/news/2024/nov/… 📷 L-R: Cllr Kelsie Learney & WCC Leader Cllr Martin Tod

We had a brilliant afternoon watching Winchester City FC Winchester City Football Club play on their brand new AstroTurf pitch! Thanks for your hospitality - and the excellent chilli! Martin Tod

The idea that there needs to be a minimum pop of 500,000 to make new unitaries work is bonkers in comparative terms. These mega-councils will be: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 3x larger than the av. English council now, 🇩🇪60x larger than the av. German council 🇫🇷*250x* larger than the av. French council!

Today Council Leader, Martin Tod (Cllr Martin Tod) and Chief Executive Laura Taylor attended a topping out ceremony for the expansion of the Orthopaedic Outpatients department (OOPD) at Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester. Hampshire Hospitals

Ambassador Suzuki must be protected at all costs, as he is now a British national treasure as well as a Japanese one

Guess what - the EU 🇪🇺 also produces 41% more steel, 59% more vehicles, 39% more planes and 53 times as many ships as the US 🇺🇸 Of course, nobody will write about that. When it’s China 🇨🇳, it’s sobering. When it’s Europe, it’s ignored.

Hampshire County Council is on Thursday this week debating asking for elections to be cancelled this year for administrative convenience. County elections have only been cancelled since 1900 for two world wars. What's your view? #Hampshire #Elections #DemocracyUnderThreat

Disappointing response from the minister to my question about how funding for reorganising councils & forming mayoral regions will be handled I will keep making the case that a govt dictated scheme should be fully funded by them or communities could see services cut to pay for it

Since it's #BurnsNight tonight and #JaneAusten250 this year, I took the opportunity to post a speech I was asked to make to the 'immortal memory' that references both of them (as well as John Keats and Edward Young)! martintod.org.uk/2025/01/25/you…