Alton Herald

4 days ago | altonherald.com | Marcus McQuilton

The chief hack at the Herald & Post is on cloud £900 after completing a half-marathon for an East Hampshire charity close to his heart. So it was apt that Paul Ferguson used his own to help the Rosemary Foundation by running the Southampton Half Marathon for the hospice at home charity. Mr Ferguson ran the 13.1mile course on April 6 in 2 hours 22 minutes for the “amazing” support the charity’s nurses gave to his late father-in-law from Liss and his family.

4 days ago | altonherald.com | Marcus McQuilton

Officers are particularly keen to speak with a woman who was seen walking down Heathland Street at around 12.25pm on Sunday, 4 May. She is believed to have been wearing a pink or lilac jumper and may have witnessed the incident. Police were called to Victoria Road following reports of an altercation involving a man with a knife. It was also reported that a man had been stabbed on Heathland Street. On arrival, officers found a man in his 40s with stab wounds to his head and arm outside Cineworld.

4 days ago | altonherald.com | Hugo Berger

Officers were contacted at 11.16am on Saturday, May 10, after a member of the public discovered a dead Canada goose and an injured swan in the area. Initial reports suggest the swan may have been struck by a ball bearing. In the days leading up to the discovery, several suspicious sightings were reported. On the evening of Friday, May 9, around 7.30pm, three white males, described as being in their late teens to early twenties, were seen near the pond.

4 days ago | altonherald.com | Paul Ferguson

A pensioner from Alton could be facing imprisonment after admitting to a host of historic child abuse charges. James McKell pleaded guilty to nine counts when he appeared before Basingstoke Magistrates Court this morning (Tuesday, May 13). The 82-year-old of Ackender Road admitted to seven counts of non-penetrative sexual activity with a boy under the age of 16 at an address in Alton during the 2000s.

4 days ago | altonherald.com | Georgia Hase

Travellers arrived at the site on Friday, May 2, with machinery and cleared and levelled the green site in the middle of the South Downs National Park, which the council described as "unauthorised engineering operations". Gravel and what appears to be a septic tank were then added on land near Blind Lane in Lurgashall, Petworth.