DAYER'S Fine Foods hauled themselves out of the Basingstoke and District Sunday League Division One relegation zone with victory in their final game. They enjoyed a 3-1 success in their basement battle with Basingstoke Saints. Dayer's had spent
A “MOVING drama” centred on a young woman’s struggle for love will be shown at a Basingstoke venue. Dan Stevens, of Downton Abbey fame, joins Emily Browning in Summer in February, set in an Edwardian artists’ colony on the Cornish coast. The
A MUM whose children drowned in a bath more than 15 years ago has been sent to prison after breaching a suspended sentence. In 1999 Lyn Brownsea, 37, slipped and fell while taking care of three-year-old Natasha Russell and 18-month-old Abigail
THERE is a double bill of cup finals at Winklebury on Sunday, starting with the Kelvin Cup, in which Republic of Chineham face Barton Stacey (11am). In the afternoon (3pm), Team FC face FC Everest for the Bernard Cornish Cup.
VISITORS to a Basingstoke museum will be able to admire a prehistoric creature which is normally based in a top London museum in June. Prehistoric creatures are set to invade Basingstoke between June and September as part of a series of events
A POPLEY councillor has submitted an official police complaint against the deputy leader of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council following a planning meeting in December. Popley East councillor, David Potter, sent a letter to Chief Inspector Simon
JOE Osborne scored the only goal of the game 11 minutes from time as TwentyTen edged past Hampshire Irons in the final of the North Hants May Cup at Longmeadow. Both teams went into the game having impressed in Basingstoke and District Saturday
AN ARSON investigation has been launched after a young woman escaped a house fire by climbing out a bedroom window. Firefighters from Basingstoke fire station were called to the fire in a first floor maisonette in Schubert Road, Brighton Hill,
A ROBBER threatened a shop worker in Basingstoke with a gun. The robbery took place at the Costcutters store, in Downsland Parade, Brookvale, just after 8pm on Friday, April 17. Police have only just released details about the robbery.
SUPERMARKET giant Sainsbury’s has announced it will cut 800 jobs as part of a restructure of operations in the face of tough trading conditions. The chain, which has two stores in Basingstoke, at Hatch Warren and in The Malls, said it will review
PEOPLE across Basingstoke and Deane have the opportunity to view and comment on an appeal application for a controversial wind farm. As previously reported by The Gazette, EDF Energy Renewables Limited applied for permission to build a wind farm
BASINGSTOKE Town manager Jason Bristow insists that his side will be going all-out to win their final game of the Vanarama Conference South season at Weston-super-Mare on Saturday. The Dragons are already assured of their place in the play-off
FAMILIES hoping to send their child to a new primary school in Rooksdown have been left disappointed after the council made a mistake in calculating the catchment area. The Gazette has heard from several parents who received an email last week
BASINGSTOKE College of Technology will hold its own car boot sale this Sunday from 8.30am to 2pm at the Worting Road campus. Entrance is 50p per adult, children free. To book a pitch call 01256 306359 or email richard.wilkins@bcot.ac.uk.
LONDON Irish have added Irish second row Eoin Sheriff to their squad for next season. The 26-year-old, who has been capped by Ireland Under-20s, will join the Exiles from Saracens in the summer. After a week off, Irish return to Premiership
MEDIEVAL hospitals and the almshouses of north Hampshire will be discussed at a history society meeting. Derek Spruce of the NWSAD (North Waltham, Steventon, Ashe and Deane) history society will explain how institutions were developed thanks to
THEY'RE nuns who’ve unleashed their inner divas, habits swirling as they dance up a storm while belting out a fabulous disco tune. It can only be a scene from Sister Act, the film-turned-musical that’s coming to The Haymarket in May. Fans of
WE HAVE recently returned from an Easter break – thank you to my colleagues Emily and Jessica for telling readers about ‘their worlds’ in my absence. They braved the responses which come with the territory when you share your life and confess your
ECLECTIC East London five-piece Firefly Burning appear in The Forge at The Anvil next week. The band formed in 2009 and launched onto the London live music scene. Their debut album Lightships was recorded in 2011. It was created through
AFTER taking a week off following his second-place finish at the Masters, Justin Rose will return to action on the PGA Tour this weekend. The north Hampshire golfer has travelled to TPC Louisiana to compete in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans,
BILL Bailey is the latest comedian to announce an Anvil date. He’ll perform his Limboland tour in Basingstoke on Tuesday, June 7 and Wednesday, June 8, 2016. The gap between how we imagine our lives to be and how they really are is the subject
THE BASINGSTOKE Bison have beaten off stiff competition from their English Premier League rivals to land a super signing in top British forward Shaun Thompson. Thompson will give the Herd even more firepower and they have the foundations of a very
ORGANISATIONS working with communities across Basingstoke and Deane have joined forces to make sure people in the borough do not get left behind as more services go online. A Basingstoke Area Strategic Partnership event – Digital access to public
