Page 28 • The HERALD • 11th December 2025 v BRINGING THE GOOD NEWS TO YOU SINCE 1994 v Internal & External Decorating Wallpapering & Dustless Sanding FULLY INSURED PROFESSIONAL PAINTER & DECORATOR MARK 1 PROPERTY MAINTENANCE TJD Dry Carpet Cleaning Professional, friendly & reliable service 9.98 rated on Checkatrade Dry Carpet Cleaning Wet & Low Moisture Carpet Cleaning Upholstery & Leather Cleaning Hard Floors Tel: 07709 291466 www.tjddrycarpetcleaning.co.uk The Square, Fawley, Southampton SO45 1DD T: 023 8112 3112 E: office@zebra-ltd.co.uk All Plumbing Works Undertaken Full Bathroom Installation Toilet Fix from £75 Fully Insured Free Quotes No Job Too Big or Too Small PLUMBING & BATHROOMS A&D Morrison Builders Ltd FOR ALL YOUR BUILDING NEEDS • Renovations • Alterations • Cedral cladding • Fascias & Guttering • EPDM Rubber Roofs • Drives & Patios 07768 599704 adlmorrison@sky.com Free Estimates • Fully Insured • Based in Dibden Purlieu FLAT ROOFING SPECIALISTS All Roof Repairs Tel: 023 8184 5632 Mobile: 07880 508415 Email: steve@braithwaiteroo ng.co.uk THE FLAT ROOF SPECIALIST Send your news to The Herald by email: editor@herald-publishing.co.uk Waterside Climate Action Network (WaterCAN) News from WaterCAN WaterCAN’s November meeting took the shape of a pub quiz, arranged and led by Phil Hookham, looking at electric vehicles and focussing on the myths surrounding them. An extremely interesting and well presented meeting illustrated just how little we knew about electric cars and how quickly technology was developing to overcome some of the di culties associated with them. e winning score was 12 out of 20, just about a pass mark! e quiz can be found on our Facebook page. We set our members the task of coming up with some ideas for eco friendly Christmas presents. As you might expect, a lot of the suggestions centred around recycling and shopping locally. In fact, given the number of charity shops in the area the two can be combined. Interestingly, a number of people reported that their children/grandchildren didn’t mind being given clothes from charity shops, and if it’s books then it doesn’t really matter, and toys are o en like new anyway. Someone pointed out that books and records from Oxfam can o en be collectables. If you need extras like glasses for Christmas celebrations you can hand them back a erwards for resale. On the environmental front, a wildlife camera for the garden, bird boxes, sponsorship of endangered species and seeds, bulbs and plants, as well as homemade produce also featured. On a slightly technically more advanced note, one member reported that his wife had bought him a thermal image camera last year. ese can be plugged into your smartphone and can identify areas of heat loss, extent of water leaks from showers etc. Finally on this theme, and continuing the local shopping focus, a reminder that Hythe Shed (at the Pier) shop sells items, many of which are made from locally sourced wood, much of which is reclaimed. e last issue contained an item on nurdle hunting, and right on cue millions of toxic plastic beads were Sir David Attenborough as he approached his 99th birthday: “After living for nearly a hundred years on this planet, I now understand that the most important place on earth is not the land, but at sea…if we save the sea, we save our world”. And nally, in the week that a global review, reported in the Lancet Child and Adolescent Health Journal, concluded that high blood pressure in children has nearly doubled because of unhealthy diets, mass inactivity and soaring levels of obesity, good news comes in the shape of Gang Warily Junior Parkrun’s rst birthday. Congratulations to the event co-directors Phil Pearce and David Sweeting and their army of 124 volunteers, and thanks to Fawley Parish Council for their support. During the year at their 46 events, 490 children have completed 2,300 runs, including 534 personal best times. It’s fun, free and friendly, open to children from 4 to 14 (and accompanying adults as long as they don’t cross the nish line!). Details from the parkrun.org.uk website. For more information, and updates, visit our website at E-voice.org.uk/WaterCAN; our Facebook page, or contact us at watercan2025@gmail.com reported to have been spilled at Camber Sands in Sussex by Southern Water, and to have dispersed along the coast. ey are eaten by marine life and can be fatal, as well as breaking down into micro plastics that stay in the environment. Alternatives are available at a higher cost, and the good news is that other sustainable options are being developed, including lters made of coconut shells. Whilst on the subject of the sea, it’s perhaps worth re ecting on the words of Celebratory cake for Gang Warily Junior Parkrun’s first birthday Gang Warily Junior Parkrun volunteers with the cake stall
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