May 26, 2023 | Audio stories, Local news
So, our roving reporter Jo Gray escaped the newsroom & together with fellow radio presenter Kieran Cheeseman met up with local wrestler Katy Askem aka Astrid the Viking for one of her training sessions. Part of Petersfield’s Gladiator Camp held at the rugby...
May 26, 2023 | Audio stories, Growing Together
While Steve tends to his award-winning dahlias, Claire visits this year’s Chelsea Flower Show. Saving oak trees, forestry education, gardening with no limits, encouraging young gardeners, celebrating heroines of horticulture, admiring Alitex’s trade stand,...
May 26, 2023 | Audio stories
Cyclists from Rogate have raised £10,000 for the Stroke Association 3 friends, 2 bikes and a Penny Farthing have smashed their target riding the Hebridean Way and reaching Ness, in Lewis. Jack Ray, Simon Wells and Tom Clowes still have the return 100 mile...
May 26, 2023 | Audio stories, Local news
Reporter Jo Gray met local candidate Alison Glasspool at the recent vote count for the EHDC local election. The event took place at the Taro Leisure Centre on Friday 5 May. Alison gives a personal account and shares her views on voter ID. Alison Glasspool –...
May 23, 2023 | Audio stories, Features
Can you help? Trudy Baxendale from the Petersfield Infant School Association appeals to the local community and businesses for gifts, raffle prizes and fund matching for its summer fair this year. Trudy tells Theodora Eleni why the school needs the funds and how much...
May 22, 2023 | Audio stories, Local news
Robert Blair was a customer of The Natural Food Deli in Dragon Street, when the previous owner Livvy was thinking of selling – and he leapt at the chance to buy the restaurant and continue the approach that had made it a success. Robert talks to Laura Sheppard...
May 22, 2023 | Audio stories, Features, Wellness
Are you at risk of Type 2 diabetes? As Type 2 diabetes is on the rise, Dr Paul O’Halloran, Chair of the Diabetes Board for Hampshire talks to Theodora Eleni about the causes, risks and symptoms associated with Type 2 diabetes and the steps you can take to...
May 21, 2023 | Audio stories, Maddy's Mark
Maddy’s Mark is a charity based in Steep. It helps promote women’s rugby and mental health set up by Simon and Karen Lawrence in memory of their daughter Maddy. It’s a charity close to Shine Radio’s heart and we followed Maddy’s Aunt Janine Gillard and her fiancée...
May 20, 2023 | Audio stories
Tod Apps together with Jo Gray popped into the Petersfield’s Taro Leisure Centre during Mental Health Awareness Week to find out more about their new scheme Everyone Active. We hear from General Manager Dave West & Robbie Campbell, who facilitates the new...
May 19, 2023 | Audio stories
People who park on Petersfield streets say many more penalty tickets are being handed out. The rules haven’t changed but responsibility for patrols has passed from the District to the County Council. Lavant Street is one road the new wardens are targeting...