Journo Jim

Currently tweeting mainly on local news topics around Hants & mid-South Coast of England. I may do the odd national, global, historical or personal tweet too.

[Journo Jim @JournoJimW]

In November the government said they would look at reopening some of the old railway lines Beeching cut. I'd like to see the line between Brockenhurst - Ringwood and Wimborne reopened. It would transform Ringwood and Wimborne as places to live, work and visit.

[Rt Hon Sir Grant Shapps @grantshapps]

Today we've announced a £500m Beeching Reversal Fund to start re-opening rail lines axed under Harold Wilson's govt. Ultimately this saw 5,000 miles of rail & 2,363 stations closed. Our plan will help re-connect towns & villages to the rail network https://t.co/Z4Qz6nSr3f

[Daily Echo @dailyecho]

Southampton pioneer Lucia Marion Foster Welch in focus: The city's first woman mayor https://t.co/csQ5QTfuvN

[Daily Echo @dailyecho]

Should political parties be banned from producing election material that resembles a local newspaper?

Why we're campaigning against deceptive party newsletters https://t.co/5oeYcd1PYO #GE2019 #trustedelectionnews

[Daily Echo @dailyecho]

Debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn will not be in Southampton https://t.co/EorI8SLDcQ

[Daily Echo @dailyecho]

Today's top stories 1) The family of Southampton University lecturer Angelo Niko Grubisic who died in a wingsuit accident have been hit with a fresh tragedy after money raised at his funeral went missing https://t.co/2o3pvU5Lyz

[Daily Echo @dailyecho]

4) James Montgomery, a well-known face from local TV in the 1970s and 80s has died, at the age of 74 https://t.co/uhK9G9Rqo3

[Daily Echo @dailyecho]

5) Hampshire County Council has been fined £1.4m following an accident caused by a defective bollard in which a six-year-old girl suffered a life-changing head injury https://t.co/4zIWKbY4Ks

[Advertiser & Times @Lymingtontimes]

Nosy porker fails to bring home the bacon in visit to @NickVillageVeg shop in #Brockenhurst

https://t.co/OYoLtqsbqE

[Advertiser & Times @Lymingtontimes]

Council told to pay £1.5m for girl badly hurt by broken bollard in #Lymington

https://t.co/1AvvfsrohQ

[Advertiser & Times @Lymingtontimes]

‘It’s been amazing’ – Julian Clegg signs off at @BBCRadioSolent after 23 years

https://t.co/glD7FiqV71

[Advertiser & Times @Lymingtontimes]

Councillors give green light to sex shop in #NewForest town

https://t.co/v8IcHKnIO3

[Historic Southampton @HistoricalSoton]

This advert for John Henry Bigland’s bakery was printed in December 1901.

120 St Mary Street is still a bakery all these years later. Today it is named after John Henry Bigland, ‘Biglands Bakery’ still proudly displays his signage.

[Historic Southampton @HistoricalSoton]

2 Cranbury Place, Southampton.

Admiral Sir John Jellicoe was born in this house #OnThisDay in 1859.

He joined the Royal Navy in 1872 and was wounded during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900.

He would famously go on to command the British Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.

[Historic Southampton @HistoricalSoton]

Spitfires under construction in the Supermarine factory at Woolston where they were designed and first built, 1939.

[Journo Jim @JournoJimW]

@SpreadsheetJohn @ght_soton It would be great to rebuild it.

[Advertiser & Times @Lymingtontimes]

Councillors urge planners to reject #Lymington gateway retirement flats scheme

https://t.co/CoPlhitT4M

[Advertiser & Times @Lymingtontimes]

Christchurch: General election candidates make their pitch for your vote

https://t.co/0r44jLUQJ3

[Advertiser & Times @Lymingtontimes]

PICTURES: Lymington’s revamped @waitrose officially launches

https://t.co/oKQqtUeDi1

[Advertiser & Times @Lymingtontimes]

New Forest West: #GE2019 candidates make their case to A&T readers

https://t.co/fvOWEXuqL1

[Advertiser & Times @Lymingtontimes]

Youths go on car wrecking rampage with hammer and crow bars

https://t.co/Xit7UTVNlv