BASINGSTOKE Gymnastic Club continued to prove its excellence in team gymnastics at the recent British Teamgym Championships. The Primary Girls Squad put in an outstanding performance to take the British title and the Junior and Senior Girls Squads
9:36pm Basingstoke Town 3 Salisbury City 1 A good first-half from Town and while the second period was a little flat, they still played some decent stuff. Looks like Shaun McAuley will miss the first three games of
IT was a case of auf wiedersehen 'Fat Boys' as a team of cyclist from AXA Wealth headed from London to Cologne on a 350 mile journey on Monday. Lead by Basingstoke-based chief executive Mike Kellard, for the third year running, The AXA Wealth Fat
HAMPSHIRE Constabulary has said it has no legal powers to seize a stolen caravan which is apparently being lived in by a family of travellers on a site in Hook. Kathleen McClelland, 68, and Michael Curry, 53, had their £20,000 mobile home stolen
A MATURE student died after taking an overdose of a party drug dubbed Dr Death. Lance Howard, 44, was found dead on the floor of his home in Longacre Rise, Chineham, on May 3 this year. An inquest at Alton Magistrates' Court heard the master's
AN ELDERLY disabled woman has been left housebound after her mobility car was stolen from outside her home. The light green, often mistaken for silver, Vauxhall Meriva, registration RV59 YJR, was stolen from a communal parking area in Melrose Walk
FORMER Basingstoke Town goalkeeper Simon Moore has completed the journey from the Conference South to the Premier League after signing for Cardiff City. The 23-year-old, who made 10 appearances for Town during a three-month loan spell at the Camrose
AN HISTORIC steam locomotive will pass through Basingstoke tomorrow. The Dorset Coast Express will depart from the town’s station at 10.55am, on its way to Bournemouth and Weymouth, hauled by the No. 70013 Oliver Cromwell. The trip is the first
SHE’S one of the world’s most well-known and popular authors – and now north Hampshire’s Jane Austen has a new claim to fame as she will appear on £10 notes from 2017. Campaigners hailed the announcement as “a brilliant day for women and a fantastic
TOOLS worth £3,000 were stolen from a van parked in South Ham. Between 7.30pm on July 29 and 8.05am on July 30, the rear doors of a Vauxhall Combo van were broken and a haul of tools stolen from inside. The items, valued up to £3,000, were
LEGENDARY Prog Rock icon Ian Anderson has announced a 2014 UK tour including an appearance in Southampton. The tour will follow the release of his new concept album. Tickets for his Southampton gig on April 29, 2014, will go on sale on September
A MAN who had superglued his finger to his ear is just one of a string of unnecessary 999 callers who have contacted South Central Ambulance Service in the last fortnight. A man who burned his throat on a microwave meal, another who was worried
BRIGHTON Hill Community School cricketers suffered the heartbreak of losing two finals at May’s Bounty in the space of two days. The first side in action were the Year 7 and 8 side, who faced The Costello School in the Basingstoke Cup and lost
VANDALS have destroyed an insect haven in a small community centre garden in a Basingstoke suburb. A “bug hotel”, donated to the Ridgeway Centre, in Blackdown Close, Buckskin, was smashed some time between 10pm on July 23 and 9am the next day.
Based on the music of Joy Division, reinterpreted by Scanner and the Heritage Orchestra, and with stunning visuals by Matt Watkins, Live_Transmission is a new audio-visual performance that pays homage to one of the world’s most progressive bands.
ENTRIES are now open for Marwell Wildlife’s Photographer of the Year 2013. Celebrating the variety of wildlife, Marwell’s photography competition is open to professional, amateur and young photographers alike. This year’s top prize is a trip
BASINGSTOKE Town manager Jason Bristow was delighted to see his side beat north Hampshire rivals Aldershot Town 2-1 in a pre-season friendly at the Camrose on Saturday. It was a good performance from the hosts, who missed two fine chances to take
PAULTONS Park is offering families the opportunity to meet much-loved characters this summer. On Sunday August 11, visitors can meet Ben and Holly from Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom. The characters will be making personal appearances at intervals
THESE images show the man police want to speak to after a pensioner had her purse snatched out of her hand in Popley. The two e-fit pictures are meant to be of the same man, but were created by two different witnesses to the incident, which happened
A SERIES of unique culinary evenings is to begin at Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, the first of which is a Curry Evening. Experience an exotic culinary adventure as the Riverview Restaurant opens for an exceptional evening of traditional favourites
A WOMAN fought off a man who tried to steal her handbag. The 23-year-old was walking along the wooded pathway between Wigmore Road and the rear of Bishopswood Road shops, in Tadley, at around 10am on July 26 when she was approached by the man.
SECONDARY school pupils were involved in a memorable experience as they worked with patients at a Basingstoke hospice to create special memory boxes. Students from The Vyne Community School, in Vyne Road, South View, Basingstoke, created the boxes
WINCHESTER Cathedral has been awarded £10.5m from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) in its second round application. This national grant has been awarded to enable essential repairs to the Cathedral fabric and conserve its medieval windows. It will
Should the heatwave continue, there's a strong case for holidaying at home this summer. ANITA SETHI cools off in Plymouth, named Britain's Ocean City. Gazing out of the train window, I gasp as we reach the coast of Britain and the sea suddenly
IN MANY ways, 2010’s Red took everyone by surprise. Very loosely based on the DC graphic novel by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner, it added gags to the guns and came up trumps. And it provided multiple surprisingly solid action roles for a multitude
TOTALLY Tennis players finished second and third in the latest Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) under-12 Boys Totally Tennis singles tournament held at Hampshire Court thanks to Matthew Berry and Chris Bundhoo. In the quarter-finals, Berry defeated
INSTEAD of taking children on a trip to the farm, a Basingstoke pre-school brought the farm to them. Youngsters at Tiny Oaks Pre-School, in Oakridge, had an up-close meeting when dozens of animals were bought into the Oakridge Road pre-school by
A MAN has appeared in court accused of dealing drugs in Basingstoke after police officers recovered wraps of heroin and cocaine with a street value of more than £1,000. Alexander Louis, 29, was arrested by officers after he was seen coming out
BASINGSTOKE golfer Stuart Archibald earned his biggest payday of the year so far at the inaugural Golf Gladiators event, picking up £1,000 for finishing in a tie for fifth. The tournament, which was held at The Buckinghamshire, was contested in
