WHITCHURCH United manager Jim Macey says that survival is the name of the game as his side prepare for life in the Wessex League Premier Division. Macey’s men won promotion last season and get their league campaign under way on Tuesday, when they
AN UNEMPLOYED father assaulted a woman and threw an ironing board out into the street. Leon Wayne pushed Aleysha Oliver, a friend of his partner Louise Embleton, so hard in the chest that she fell back and hit her head against a wall. The 30
AN OAKLEY man has been fined for driving in Basingstoke with inadequate insurance. Christopher Shaun Mills, 27, of Glamis Close, drove a Ford Mondeo vehicle on Western Way with inadequate insurance on December 11 last year. In his absence,
OVERTON United won the Dango Cup at the first attempt with a 6-0 victory over a youthful Whitchurch United side at Andover New Street last Saturday. The Hampshire Premier League outfit never looked back after scoring their first goal after 20 minutes
MORE than 2,000 fish were rescued from the Basingstoke Canal yesterday. A fisheries team from the Environment Agency saved the fish from the water, at West Byfleet, after an angler called the emergency incident hotline to report duck week covering
ROADWORKS will take place overnight on the M3 next week between Junction 7, Basingstoke and Junction 9, Winchester. The improvement work will start on August 6 and finished on August 14. Guy Watts, Highways Agency project sponsor, said: “Once
MATT McNally and Graham Buckingham both hit centuries as Hook and Newnham Basics II played out a dramatic tie away at Rowledge II in Hampshire League County Division One. The hosts reached a daunting 296-4 from their 50 overs but McNally smashed
AN INQUEST into the death of a pensioner who fell to his death from a window at Basingstoke hospital has been postponed. The body of Robert Thompstone, 76, from Selborne, who was a patient, was found in the hospital grounds on Monday, December
FOUR men have been arrested in connection with stealing an estimated £100,000 worth of cigarettes in Hampshire. Officers from Hart and Rushmoor CID executed four warrants this morning in Slough, Berkshire and West Drayton, London in connection
FATBOYZ Dance Company are to star in their very own production at The Haymarket next month. The line-up will include the town’s well-known dancing siblings Liam and Shivani Dawett, who have called on some of their talented friends to come and perform
THERE is likely to be plenty of heat in the hay and straw market this autumn and winter. That is the view of auctioneer John Read, who has been keeping a weather eye on likely demand as he prepares the 2013-14 Newbury hay and straw sale calendar
A BASINGSTOKE mum celebrated a milestone birthday in an unusual way – by having her trademark pink hair shaved off. As previously reported in The Gazette, Esther Camp decided to lose her locks to raise money to buy equipment which would significantly
A POLICE helicopter was searching for a man with a hammer last night after he threatened staff in a Basingstoke bookmaker. The man walked into Coral betting shop, near The Camrose football ground, in Winchester Road, South Ham and made off with
PEOPLE who take advantage of way housing waiting lists work to try and jump the queue could be banned from the council register. Under proposals currently being considered by the borough council, priority for housing in the borough will also be
SHAUN McAuley looks set to miss the first three games of the new season after being sent off during a friendly match. The Basingstoke Town midfielder saw red one minute before the end of his side’s home game against Salisbury City on Tuesday night
Sir.–However much we regret losing a greenfield site, Manydown is going to be developed for housing. The very least we must do is make the development Basingstoke's shop window of “sustainability”. Basingstoke Transition Network therefore calls
A NEW tomorrow for a world-beating Basingstoke company has begun with the formal opening of its new headquarters. Television presenter Maggie Philbin officially opened the new headquarters of prosthetic and orthotic products manufacturer Chas A
TWO years ago, Bridesmaids wooed UK audiences with the wickedly foul-mouthed antics of six thirty-something women behaving badly. Paul Feig's hysterical film was nominated for two Oscars, including a richly deserved nod for Melissa McCarthy as
A BASINGSTOKE-based housing association has secured funding to build affordable homes. Sentinel has agreed a four-year deal with the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) to deliver 217 affordable homes. This includes the Basingstoke sites at
World record-holding beatboxer Shlomo is back on home turf this autumn. The award-winning looping artist returns to his home town of Basingstoke with his Human Geekbox Tour in The Forge at The Anvil on Friday, October 25. Since taking up beatboxing
JUSTIN Rose has a busy schedule over the next few weeks, beginning with the Bridgestone Invitational, which gets under way at Firestone CC, in Ohio, later today. This weekend’s tournament is one of four annual World Golf Championship events and
THE world’s largest 1980s festival Rewind returns for its fifth year. This year’s festival, which runs from August 16-18 at Temple Island Meadows, Henley-on-Thames, promises to be the best ever, and features an exclusive UK festival performance
BADGER, Ratty, Mole and Toad will be bringing their summer adventure to Sparsholt as part of the College’s season of outside events and entertainment. The children’s classic Wind in the Willows will be performed in the College’s beautiful library
A WORKSHOP to help aspiring mature entrepreneurs start up their own businesses is to take place next week. The Prince’s Initiative for Mature Enterprise (PRIME) will be running the interactive workshop for the over 50s at the Innovation Centre
A FEAST of Thai food and dance attracted hundreds of people to a Basingstoke park to enjoy a new festival. The first Basingstoke Thai Food and Craft Festival was held on Sunday in War Memorial Park, and included a colourful ladyboy show. Attractions
HARTLEY Wintney captain Scott Baldwin is adamant that everything is not lost in his side’s battle to avoid relegation from Southern League Division One. The village side remain bottom of the table following a seven-wicket defeat at the hands of
BEER, Victorian fun and ferrets are among the many reasons to attend this year’s OctoberFest at Milestones Museum in Basingstoke. Tickets for the fifth Hampshire OctoberFest are now on sale and organisers are anticipating another record-breaking
READING’S quest to bounce back to the Premier League at the first time of asking begins with a home game against Ipswich Town on Saturday. The Royals, relegated to the Championship at the end of last season, are well fancied to make an instant
