BEECHDOWN A are hot on the heels of leaders Andover A in the Basingstoke and District Tennis League Ladies Division One after both teams won their latest matches. Andover enjoyed a 7-1 win against RSF with Claire Coomer/Clare Reid winning all their
A 17-YEAR-OLD, from Upton Grey, drove into a garden fence at Harestock in Hampshire and failed to stop or to give name and details. The licence of the young person, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was endorsed with five points. Basingstoke
BOROUGH council staff were given health checks by staff at Basingstoke Sports Centre as part of Men’s Health Week. Staff from the Festival Place-based gym did healthy living workshops, blood pressure tests, as well as weight and body mass index
IN FRONT of dozens of Saturday shoppers, a brave Basingstoke mum swapped her blonde look for a bald one. Tina Lewis, from Winklebury, a student dispensing optician, lost her locks in front of shoppers and colleagues at Boots in The Malls. Tina
BOBBY Bosworth had a round to remember during Hartley Wintney Golf Club’s Coronation Cup event, recording a hole in one and winning the competition. A total of 140 players enjoyed fantastic weather but it was six-handicapper Bosworth who really
FANCY a local foodie day out? The east of the county, which is where you can find the new South Downs National Park, has plenty on offer to tempt visitors. Hampshire Farmers’ Markets are famous both nationally and internationally for the range
WE have an amazing prize for a film fan, all thanks to Twentieth Century Fox. The Way, Way Back is a fantastic new release is coming up from their Searchlight department starring Steve Carrell, Sam Rockwell and Toni Collette. An awkward, self-conscious
BANKNOTE printer De La Rue has applied to extend the car park at its Basingstoke headquarters. The firm has applied to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council planners to build 40 more car spaces at De La Rue House, in Jays Close, Viables. Facilities
THREE Aldworth Science College pupils will represent Hampshire at next year’s County Championships in Birmingham. The trio are twin sisters Amber Clare and Jade Clare and Victoria Butler-Clack, after they qualified for the event after finishing
A MAN has died and another is seriously injured following a head-on crash on the A339 between Basingstoke and Alton this morning. The crash took place just after 7am outside Hillside Nurseries, near Alton, and involved a black Peugeot 307, travelling
TWO Basingstoke charities will receive extra financial support over the coming year. Headway Basingstoke and Basingstoke Young Carers were voted for by Sainsbury’s customers to become the supermarket’s charity partners. The partnership will
CIARAN Kelly became the first Dove House School Academy pupil to compete in open water swimming when he swam in the 1.25km Swim Around The Pier at Brighton. The 14-year-old from Basingstoke has learning difficulties and was accompanied by Dove
A NEW award celebrating women in business was launch at Oakley Hall. The Business Magazine, which is organising the inaugural Women in Business Awards 2013 is looking for women across the Thames Valley and Solent regions that have made a real difference
DANCERS from North Hampshire Academy of Dance (NHAD), previously Kelly Hopkins Theatre Arts, have successfully reached the finals of the All-England Dance Competition. They have been competing this week at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London.
A PLAN to close a Basingstoke care home has moved a step closer after a public consultation on the idea was given the go-ahead. Last Friday, Councillor Anna McNair Scott, executive member for adult social care at Hampshire County Council, agreed
FOR many golfers, playing a round at Swinley Forest, one of the most exclusive clubs in the world, is a lifetime ambition. Due to an extremely fortuitous family connection, I got the opportunity to play this incredible course a couple of weeks
