TADLEY Calleva manager Danny Dolan is not a man to rest on his laurels. After guiding the Barlows Park club to a respectable seventh place in Wessex League Division One last season, Dolan now has his sights set on making Tadley regular top six
A BASINGSTOKE man battled with professional poker players to win more than £10,000 at a tournament in Australia. Ian Thomson, 24, a former pupil at The Vyne Community School, finished ninth in the Australia and New Zealand Poker Tour competition
HOOK and Newnham Basics vice captain Glen Williams remains in charge this weekend and he is hoping his side can bounce back after a distastrous day with the bat against visiting Rowledge in Southern League Division One. Former Old Basing and Hampshire
A BASINGSTOKE nurse who made a series of errors in administering a drug to a patient has been temporarily suspended from working by the Nursing and Midwifery Council. The council’s disciplinary panel has yet to conclude the case of Bemarich Cainto
DETECTIVES have charged a Basingstoke man in connection with a number of burglaries at garages and golf clubs in north Hampshire. Adam Clarke, 28, of Tortuga Walk, Popley has been charged with five counts of burglary and one count of theft.
NEW pawnbrokers opened for business on Monday at the Top of The Town in Basingstoke. Cash & Cheque Express in Wote Street offers a range of services including tradit-ional pawnbroking, cheque cashing, cash-for-gold, international money transfer
EXTRA customer service staff will be at Basingstoke train station this afternoon to help passengers affected by a revised timetable, brought in because of emergency engineering work. The South West Trains-Network Rail Alliance has announced that
POLICE are appealing for information about a moped driver who has failed to stop for officers several times. The driver was riding a Peugeot scooter Y335 HGY and was seen travelling too fast in Longcross Lane, Hatch Warren, and Kempshott Lane,
IT’S true, Johnny Depp, one of the most famous men in Hollywood, did tuck in to some fine pub grub in Hartley Wintney. But disappointingly, the actor, famous for his film characters such as Captain Jack Sparrow, Edward Scissorhands and Sweeney
ODIHAM and Greywell remain on course to win the Hampshire League Regional Division Two title after claiming a 92-run victory from a tricky trip to Burghclere. Dave Hiscock made 147, John Hodgeson 112 and Kyran Munt an unbeaten 52 as Odiham smashed
HAVING pulled off the great escape to avoid relegation last season, Hartley Wintney manager Ben Dillon has his sights set on a top-five finish in the Combined Counties League Premier Division this time around. Dillon worked wonders to guide the
THE case against a Basingstoke man accused of infecting two women with the HIV virus has been stopped by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) because of his ill-health. Henry Assumang, of Coppice Pale, Chineham, was charged with two counts of inflicting
A SOLAR farm could replace a private airfield on a site in Hook that is adjacent to the M3. Ben Lewis, associate director at Aspire Planning, has applied to Hart District Council to see if an environmental impact assessment is necessary for the
SOUTHERN League Division Two leaders Basingstoke and North Hants face bottom side Tichborne Park as they continue their quest for the promotion on Saturday. The Bountymen last weekend had their chances of victory dashed when rain caused their game
A MAJOR traveller camp could be set up around Bramley, the parish council fears. The comments were prompted by a part-retrospective application to change a plot of land near Cufaude Lane in to a residential gypsy site for one family with two caravans
POLICE are investigating an incident in which a car overturned and a lorry caught fire on the M3. Officers were called at around 2.30pm on July 31 to reports that a Skoda Fabia had rolled over on the northbound carriageway, near Junction 10, and
RELEGATION looks a certainty for Basingstoke and Mid Hants’ men’s team – but they will be looking to end the season on a high when they travel to Liverpool for their final British Athletics League match of the year. The Down Grange club go into
HEAVY rain this week has delayed work to the A339. The surface dressing work was due to start on Tuesday on the eastbound dual carriageway in Basingstoke, but it will now take place on August 6, if the weather remains fine. Work will be carried
FOUR men who were arrested yesterday in connection with stealing £100,000 worth of cigarettes from Hampshire shops are due to appear at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court this morning. Officers from Hart and Rushmoor CID executed four warrants yesterday
A MAN who died after crashing into a tree by the A34 lost control while trying to open a sandwich packet, an inquest heard. Daryoush Yeganeh-Farhadi, 36, suffered fatal head and neck injuries after his car veered off the A34 northbound about a
A STORE manager in Hook has had his licence to sell alcohol suspended after failing a sting operation by Trading Standards. Keyur Patel, the premises licence holder at Premier Stores, in Hook, failed the test purchase operation when a 16-year-old
ODIHAM professional boxer Matt Goddard will not be in action this Saturday after the show at the Camden Centre was cancelled. The boxer will now be back in action at a show on Saturday September 21 at Fareham Leisure Centre and will be fighting
