SHOPPERS will be able to get a one of a kind clothing item created as part of an upcoming fashion show. Festival Place will host its Love Fashion weekend on April 28 and April 29 where the hottest trends of this fashion season will be showcased
A VERY fitting anniversary was celebrated by a Basingstoke business on Saturday. The Emerald Group, based in Prisma Park, off Berrington Way, held a party at Oakley Hall to celebrate its 20th, or emerald, anniversary. The business invited staff
THE Basingstoke and District League Division One title will be decided on Saturday May 5, when Twentyten meet Tadley Calleva A at Preston Candover. Twentyten need a point from the game to be crowned champions after winning at long time leaders and
THROUGHOUT April, members of the Basingstoke Gazette Camera Club have been snapping away on the monthly theme of April showers. Scores of pictures were posted to the group on the theme with plenty of interaction between members providing feedback
This week, we take a look back 31 years to what Basingstoke was like in 1987. More nostalgia and photos can be found on our Facebook page; Basingstoke Memories - People and Places. We want to put together a summer special featuring Basingstoke
UNTIL recently, Basingstoke’s only dedicated live music venue, (the) Sanctuary had occupied no. 18 London Street since 2011. From the 1940s through to the 1960s it was the grocer’s store of David Greig. The DG initials and his emblematic thistles
A BASING View-based firm has beaten national competition for the first time to win a prestigious accolade. Digital marketing agency The Typeface Group won the Business, PR, Marketing and Communications category at the UK Blog Awards 2018 held on
CELEBRATING his 50th year of touring professionally, legendary rock and roll Hall of Fame E Street Band Member and solo artist Nils Lofgren makes his return to the UK. This is the first time that the guitar player has come back to the UK in three
GROOMING cases in Hampshire have soared by 900 per cent, with 150 cases recorded last year, according to latest figures. Figures released by the Home Office have revealed that Hampshire Constabulary has seen a rise each year for the past five years
A GUARD of honour was observed as friends and family said goodbye to a royal Marine who was “dedicated to the core.” Victor Craddock, a proud “proper cockney” died at Basingstoke hospital on March 25, 2018 at the age of 92. Known as Vic to his
THE death of a man who swallowed a plastic bag said to have contained cocaine during a police traffic stop has been ruled as misadventure by a coroner. Jamie Aaron Rogers, from Basingstoke, died after his brain was starved of oxygen as a result
VILLAGERS enjoyed St George’s Day themed festivities in Bramley last weekend. The annual village fete, which took place on Saturday, 21 April featured a St George’s Day parade, dog show and the “Bramley Mile” fun run. With stalls a plenty,
BASINGSTOKE Hockey Club’s season finished in fine style with the long-awaited End of Season Dinner celebrating their successes, joined by representatives from the evening’s sponsors KJ Smith Solicitors. Chris Jenkins, stepping down as chairman,
THE search begins in earnest for the heroes of education in Basingstoke and Deane. Today, we launch the Basingstoke Gazette Education Awards, a new scheme set up to recognise those who play a part in learning across the borough. It is a chance
JASON Bristow will return as manager of Basingstoke Town for next season, with the current boss Terry Brown taking on the new role of Director of Football. This is a great move by the club, as they look to build on what has been achieved in the
A COLLEGE is expanding with its apprenticeship offer as it joins up with another organisation with a vision to 'become the leading apprenticeship provider in the south'. Basingstoke College of Technology (BCoT) has announced today (Thursday) that
