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  • Woman sexually assaulted after night out

    A WOMAN was seriously sexually assaulted after she walked from a Basingstoke nightspot with two men. At 2.10am on Sunday, July 12, the 27-year-old woman started talking to two men after she had left Bar Rock, in Winchester Street, and she walked with

  • Patients' vote of confidence for area's ambulance

    AMBULANCE services in north Hampshire have been given a vote of confidence by their patients. Patients who used South Central Ambulance Service, which covers the Basingstoke and north Hampshire area, gave the service the thumbs up in a survey by the

  • Family says farewell to Guards hero

    FRIENDS and family said farewell to a former NCO in the Coldstream Guards who lived in Bramley. Eric Jeffery Gulston, who was awarded the Military Medal for his bravery in the Malayan Emergency, was described by his wife as a “wonderful man”. Mr Gulston

  • Faye's visit makes day extra special for footy-mad girls

    HAMPSHIRE FA ran its girls’ football fun day in conjunction with The FA’s Girls’ Football Week recently. Arsenal and England ladies’ international Faye White joined 64 young girls at Hampshire FA’s headquarters at Winklebury Football Complex

  • Gillies – the genius of Rooksdown

    BASINGSTOKE is famous for many things – but a lot of people will not be aware that it is where the man known as the father of plastic surgery set up his base during the Second World War. Working at Rooksdown House, which was part of Park Prewett

  • North Waltham, Steventon and Deane History Society

    THE Victoria County History of Hampshire (VCH) was published in 1910. When you think what’s happened since, you realise why it’s being updated. The Basingstoke area is being used to see if the research can be done by amateurs with professional guidance

  • Basingstoke Archaeological and History Society

    THE society’s AGM was held on June 11. Chairman Mark Peryer reported on a very active year during which lectures on a wide range of topics and visits to places of interest were complemented by member participation in excavations at Basing House, Silchester

  • Reluctance to extend welcome to travellers

    THERE have been more traveller camps in Basingstoke and Deane in the first six months of this year than the whole of last year. So far there have been 32 unauthorised caravan encampments compared with a total of 22 last year, according to figures supplied

  • Mods head for The Mayflower

    SOUTHAMPTON’S Mayflower theatre has a mixture of family entertainment, rock opera, musicals, ballet and a Christmas panto among the line-up for the coming season. Children’s favourite LazyTown, in a brand new show – LazyTown Live! – The Pirate Adventure

  • Tesco restores deliveries during day after uproar

    HOME delivery services have been largely restored by a supermarket worried about attacks on its vehicles in a Basingstoke suburb. Tesco provoked uproar in the Popley area when it decided to stop sending drivers to certain streets. Following

  • Archibald misses Turn but feels game is back on track

    BASINGSTOKE golfer Stuart Archibald may not have reached The Open but he says there are plenty of positives to take from his performance at final qualifying. The 25-year-old was at Gailes Links, in Scotland, last week, attempting to reach the world’s