Good morning I am Louis O’Brien and here is your local news in Hampshire
Bosses at Hampshire County Council are planning to hire a "broadband tsar" after the application to improve the high-speed broadband system in the county was accepted.
The new project leader will earn an estimated £100,000 a year to improve high-speed Internet access to areas across the county. This comes in the midsts of the council planning to axe 1,200 jobs in a bid to save £55 million from the budget.
The scheme is due to begin later this year.
Duration: 25 seconds.
Speeding has become a major problem in Winchester. One of the main hotspots is St Cross Road, which is a major route in and out of the city.
Local residents have joined councillors in their stance to try and change the speed limits from 40 to 30mph. This has come after several failed attempts to try and stop the problem.
Local Councillor Fiona Mather explains the true extent of the issue
Duration: 21 seconds.
AUDIO IN: “What gives quote a lot of evidence….”
AUDIO OUT: “…Trigged quite a lot of times”
Duration: 14 seconds.
Combined Duration: 39 seconds.
In other news there has been a series of purse thefts across Winchester. It is believed that organized teams are travelling into the city and targeting the elderly and vulnerable. These series of thefts have seen in some cases large amounts of money stolen.
Hampshire Police says we tackle purse theft through high visibility patrol work, educating potential victims, and by conducting undercover operations. They say that these incidents do not happen every day.
Duration: 24 seconds.
And finally a notion, led by the Winchester Liberal Democrats over the proposed NHS reforms set out by the coalition government has been overwhelmingly backed. The group led by Martin Tod, the parliamentary candidate for Winchester in the 2010 General Election have rebelled against the reforms.
This would see the biggest shake-up of the NHS since it’s inception in 1948. The plans set out are to give power to local GP’s on how they can spend their budget
Dr Graham Winyard, the Chairman of the Winchester Liberal Democrats is also a former Medical Director for the NHS. Dr Winyard explained his reasons against the reform.
Duration: 35 seconds.
AUDIO IN: “I think they are unnecessary… “
AUDIO OUT: “….Without significant support”
Duration: 12 seconds.
Combined duration: 38 seconds.
Bulletin’s total duration: 2’17
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