ADVICE on housing matters will be offered to residents in Bishop's Waltham and Alresford in a series of surgeries on everything from council tax to problems paying rent.

The surgeries are being run by Winchester City Council and are aimed at providing advice on all housing-related topics.

The sessions have already proved successful in Denmead and Wickham, where they have been running for several months, and are open to private as well as council tenants.

They take place on the first Wednesday of the month in The Common Room at Normandy Court in Wickham from 10am-1pm, the first Thursday of the month in The Common Room at White Wings House in Ashling Park Road in Denmead from 2pm-5pm, and the third Wednesday of the month at The Parish Offices, Well House, 2 Brook Street, Bishop's Waltham, from 10am-1pm, and in The Common Room, Makins Court, Windsor Road in Alresford, from 2-5pm.

For further information call Winchester City Council on 01962 848 539.