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BASINGSTOKE Town manager Jason Bristow gives his views on Tuesday night's 2-0 win at Bournemouth Poppies in the Hampshire Senior Cup.

CAROLS, mulled wine and mince pies will be on offer at a Hook church at a seasonal event Hook Choral Society will hold its Christmas concert at St John’s Church, in London Road, from 3.30pm on Saturday, December 21. Tickets cost £7 and children

CI FC staged a second-half fightback to beat Robin Hood Rovers and reach the fourth round of the Hampshire Sunday Intermediate Cup. The visitors were a goal down at the break but Josh Bromley's penalty, Paul Adams' double and Keith Davies' strike

THIS year has been a successful one for Weybrook Park Golf Club’s scratch team. The Basingstoke club won Reading District Inter Club Golf League Division Two to win promotion to Division One for the first time in their history. Top spot was

THOSE legends of good time rock and roll Indigo Wolf cordially invite you to join them, along with their very special guests Karrion and Dave Capper, for a very large pre-Christmas party in The White Hart on Friday. Organiser Rob Taylor said: "

THIS is an efit image of a sneaky burglar who fled from a house in Basingstoke after being disturbed by a 16-year-old boy. The attempted burglary took place at a house in Lily Close, Kempshott, at 2pm on September 11. Nothing was taken. Officers

HARTLEY Wintney manager Ben Dillon accepts that winning the Combined Counties League Premier Division title may be beyond his side this season. The village club lost 2-1 at Colliers Wood United last Wednesday before going down 3-1 at Ash United

OFFICERS investigating a late-night attack in Basingstoke in September have released a CCTV picture of a man they want to contact. A 20-year-old man was hit to the head by another man in the early hours of Sunday, September 15 near the Red Lion

TEA parties will be organised for sick children – thanks to a donation from a Basingstoke business. The Co-operative Group gave £1,940 to Muffin’s Dream Foundation, set up by Charlie Porter, from Elmwood Way, Winklebury, to help disabled children

DESPITE being particularly adventurous in the way that they got men forward, Basingstoke Town endured a fourth successive game without a goal at Chelmsford on Saturday. Jason Bristow set his team up with goals in mind but they again came away empty-handed

A TOTAL of six Basingstoke and District Saturday League clubs secured their places in the last 16 of the Hampshire A Cup last weekend. New Inn were 4-0 up at half-time in their game against visiting Newchurch, from the Isle of Wight. James Arris

A GROUP of children were lucky to escape serious injury after rubble fell off a Basingstoke railway bridge. Lesley Turner, 42, was escorting 30 youngsters, aged from babies up to 10-years-old, from school with three other childminders along a footpath

SINCE the Festival Place shopping centre opened, it has evidently attracted more people than was anticipated, and this has led to an increase in traffic in the town. Basingstoke has seen many problems over the years with motorists, and it hasn’

THE question I’m asked more than any other is when do you start thinking about pantomime? Well, it really starts on the last night of the previous pantomime; there is so much to think about. This year was lovely for me as Martin Dodd the producer

AMATEUR boxer Greg Bridet was unable to claim a win on his Great Britain debut, being beaten on points by home boxer Tom Honka in the semi-finals of the Tammer Tournament. The Eastrop heavyweight travelled to Tampere, in Finland, for the annual

FOLLOWING their sold-out and critically acclaimed European tour, Goldfrapp are to tour the UK in March and April 2014. 2013 has seen Goldfrapp play a series of highly diverse shows around the world in support of their latest album Tales Of Us,

AN AEROSOL artist, who once plagued the streets as part of a graffiti ‘crew’, has been working alongside Chineham Parish Council to improve a local skate park. The £90,000 BMX park in Thornhill Way was officially opened in August last year after

THE BISHOP of Basingstoke will leave his post in the New Year, it has been announced. The Right Reverend Peter Hancock, who took up the Dioscese of Winchester position in 2010, will become the next Bishop of Bath and Wells. In a statement released

THE Abacus Employment Hatch Warren Phoenix Flames and Blaze faced the Loddon Spitfires and Hurricanes. The Phoenix Blaze played first against a strong Loddon side and a very powerful shot in the opening five minutes saw Harry Hartgill managing

A CARE home in Basingstoke will close, after a vote was taken by Cabinet members at Hampshire County Council. The unanimous decision yesterday means Deeside, in Alliston Way, South Ham, will close in autumn next year, when its 24 residents will

MARK Morriss from The Bluetones is to visit Sanctuary next year. The Bluetones were one of the most successful UK bands of the ‘90s and their lead singer is being brought to Basingstoke by Loz Lozza and 100% Music. See him on January 25.  

OWL - (USA - Tombs in the Valley Records) Heavy Metal Spotlight: "I use the phrase "rock n' roll" fairly frequently, describing everything from grimy crust-punk to swaggering, blaring death metal. This time, however, the band in question call up

A CHARITY has extended its service to offer company for older people during tea-time. Volunteers from Age Concern Hampshire will run a free Food and Friendship service addition to its Meals on Wheels customers, being available for at least half-an-hour

Sir.–My father-in-law just passed away and I’m trying to find his sister who used to live in your town. Her name is Gloria Sharman. Her brother was called Hugh Roger Hawthornthwaite. Our family would like to get in contact with her if possible

OVERTON United required a penalty shoot-out to see off Southampton League outfit Nursling and progress in the Hampshire Intermediate Cup. Hosts Nursling took the lead on 15 minutes and only a great save from Overton goalkeeper Sean O’Brien prevented

Nothing beats a brilliantly-executed bedtime story, but growing up to play one of the characters from that story comes close. Ditching his Sherlock coat for dragon scales in the new Hobbit film, Benedict Cumberbatch tells Keeley Bolger why landing

ANOTHER Whitchurch councillor has resigned from the town council – the fourth departure in the last two months. Councillor Allan Vaughan confirmed he was stepping down at the full council meeting on Monday. As previously reported in The Gazette

THE late-season trophies were spread around Basingstoke Golf Club, with no members winning more than one competition. Alan and Beverley Holloway won the Sutton Trophy, while David and Teresa Cook picked up the Harry Saunders Memorial Trophy and

THE annual tennis tournament in remembrance of Julian Lance and Rhys Roberts took place at the Hampshire Court Hotel. This popular and well supported event was played in an American mixed doubles format which allowed everyone to play a minimum