A BASINGSTOKE grandmother has pleaded for her wheelchair to be returned after it was stolen in the early hours of the morning. Christina McQueen opened the front door of her property in Pyotts Court, in Old Basing on the morning of May 15, to find
WHITCHURCH residents gathered at the Silk Mill to witness the crowing of a new carnival queen. Over 300 people turned up to the belated May Day celebrations at Whitchurch Silk Mill, which were delayed for two weeks because of bad weather. Adults
THE Basingstoke Labour group has announced a new leader and deputy leader after Laura James and Paul Harvey stood down from their roles. Councillor Gary Watts and Cllr Michael Westbrook have been named as the new leader and deputy leader of Basingstoke
THIEVES wearing motorcycle helmets stole thousands of pounds worth of cigarettes from a village shop. The two men struck at the Nisa Local shop in Swan Street, Kingsclere, at around 1.30am on Thursday morning. Police said they smashed their
UP TO 350 new homes could be created as a result of the redevelopment of a former police training base. As reported in The Gazette, City and Country Bramshill Limited has made an initial enquiry to Hart District Council about its plans for Bramshill
A NEW app that is set to completely disrupt the wedding market made its debut this week. It is called Coupled and it aims to bring together in one place – the palm of your hand – quality wedding suppliers. The brains behind the new app are
BASINGSTOKE and Mid Hants athletes were in top form at the Hampshire County Championships.Members of the Down Grange club returned home from the championships, which were held in Portsmouth, with a total of 42 medals, 17 of them gold, claiming three championship
DIABETES UK is holding a free foot care education workshop to tackle the high rate of diabetes related amputations in Hampshire. as part of its Putting Feet First campaign. It is set to take place at The Ark Conference Centre, on Tuesday June 9
THE trust which runs Basingstoke hospital has finished the year nearly £4million in debt following a challenging year. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT), which runs Basingstoke, Andover and Winchester hospitals, ended the year with
ANDOVER and Chawton are the latest teams to book their places in the second round of the Finch Group Guy Jewell Cup after victories over Chineham Barbarians and Oakley. There are two more first round games next week at May’s Bounty. On Monday,
THIEVES are being hunted after tables and plant pots were stolen from a Basingstoke bowls club this week. Members of the Basingstoke Town Bowling Club arrived at their base in Fairfields Road, on Monday morning to find that yobs had smashed plants
Sir.–Thank you Mr P Sweeney, from North Waltham, for your letter in The Gazette (May 14)! At last someone with some sense. Yes, we do need a new critical hospital and the proposed site near the village of North Waltham is an excellent site.
TYLNEY Park professional Ben Cummings was left to rue a dropped shot at the penultimate hole after missing out on a place at the PGA Professional Championship by a stroke.Cummings was one of several north Hampshire golfers who made the trip to the Lambourne
A BASINGSTOKE campaign group will hold a public meeting next week to discuss the latest changes to a housing blueprint for the borough. South West Action Group will be a holding a public meeting on the latest changes to Basingstoke and Deane Borough
