IT’S time to get set for a fundraising festive event in which everybody is Santa Claus. Eastrop Park in Basingstoke will be awash with a sea of red and white on Sunday, December 6 as scores of runners take part in the second Santa Jog fundraiser. Organisers
BASINGSTOKE Gymnast Poppy White finished in the top 25 in the Level Three British Championships held recently at the Guildford Spectrum. The nine-year-old competed very well with few mistakes and her best result was finishing in the top 15 on the floor
HAMPSHIRE rail stations are in line for a multi-million-pound improvement scheme with the launch of a passenger research project this month. Network Rail unveiled the scheme as part of a five-year £3.25billion plan to improve thousands of stations
A NIGHT of mirth is on the cards at Basingstoke’s Central Studio. Central Comedy returns on Friday with a night full of wisecracks, one-liners and crowd heckling. Presented by Mirth Control, regular Basingstoke compere Matthew Baylis is returning to
STUDENTS from BCOT experienced life in the fast lane when they travelled to Goodwood racetrack in Sussex to see the finals of the Greenpower Project. This exciting scheme involves young people in primary, secondary, further and higher education
THE very best of business from across Basingstoke and north Hampshire were recognised and honoured at the INSPIRE09 Business Awards. Winning the top accolade – the Business of the Year Award – was Southern Communications. The award was one
THE SPIRIT of a man who championed traditional rural England and its values during the onset of the Industrial Revolution will be riding into Basingstoke next month. Political reformer and pamphleteer William Cobbett, who back in the late 1700s
A NEW ingredient has been added to the business menu of places to eat and meet in the Basingstoke area with the opening of a Thai restaurant and wine bar. Old Basing entrepreneur Gary Locke has taken on the lease of The Cromwell pub, in Great
DOZENS of people were arrested in a major police drugs sting early this morning. About 400 police officers from Hampshire Constabulary and the Metropolitan Police executed a number of drug warrants simultaneously across Basingstoke and London. The action
WHILE the recession has caused a significant increase in the number of employment tribunal claims, David Argent, from Lamb Brooks Solicitors, believes that many of these could have been avoided. The firm’s partner, specialising in employment
VISITORS to The Malls shopping centre will have the opportunity to find out information, advice and support on domestic abuse today as part of National White Ribbon day. Staff from Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, Sentinel Housing Association
THREE Basingstoke skaters Christie Hughes, Danielle Harrison and Amber Howard all struck gold at the recent Gillingham Open in Kent. Hughes won at level three, Harrison at level six and Amber Howard completed a hat-trick of successes at level seven.
