Hampshire and Isle of Wight weekly round-up: 27 November
3 December 2023, 07:23 GMT
Image source, Wight Coast Fossils
A huge fossil uncovered from a boulder was among our most read stories this week in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
We have picked five stories to keep you up to date.
A&E to close under hospitals restructuring plan
The accident and emergency department in Winchester is set to be closed[1] as part of a restructure of hospital provision in Hampshire.
The Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester would be refurbished and a new "urgent treatment centre" opened.
Fox found with plastic around neck released
Image source, Second Chance Fox Rescue and Rehabilitation
The distressed animal was first found by residents in Gosport, Hampshire, three weeks ago.
Second Chance Fox Rescue and Rehabilitation in North Baddesley captured her and removed the plastic.
New information in placenta discovery mystery
There are concerns as both the mother and baby are yet to be found.
Tankers line up to draw waste from from burst sewer
A queue of tankers lined up along a New Forest road to remove wastewater from a burst sewer so it could be fixed.
The tankers made round trips taking sewage from the burst to be treated at a wastewater treatment works.
Enormous fossil ammonite dug out from boulder
Image source, Wight Coast Fossils
A giant fossil ammonite has been recovered from a fallen boulder on a beach.
The edge of the creature's shell was spotted in the block by fossil collector Jack Wonfor on the Isle of Wight's southwest coast.
References
- ^ set to be closed (www.bbc.com)