Bid to end fostering shortage
WANTED - people with endless energy, patience and resilience are needed as foster carers.
WANTED - people with endless energy, patience and resilience are needed as foster carers.
AFTER 21 years of dedication to keeping a north Hampshire school spick and span, a popular school caretaker has wrung out her mop for the final time.
SHE has seen harrowing sights that will remain with her for the rest of her life - but Basingstoke woman Hayley Nicholls has no regrets about getting involved in a mercy mission in an earthquake-hit nation.
WHEN eight-year-old cancer sufferer Nathan Cox was lying in his hospital bed - recovering from yet another bout of chemotherapy - he dreamed of playing computer games.
A GRANDMOTHER is to run this year's London marathon for the first time at the age of 59.
A THIRTY-five-acre woodland near Basingstoke is up for sale, with estate agents claiming it is suitable for development.
REFURBISHMENT work totalling £150,000 is under way at Basingstoke's Haymarket Theatre, ready for its reopening in September under the new management of The Anvil Trust.
A RADICAL bus scheme to cut down on congestion from school runs has been launched in Basingstoke.
A GROUP of Basingstoke students are celebrating after coming top of their heat in the 2007 Rock Challenge.
TWELVE young adults from the Basingstoke branch of the Prince's Trust braved the wind and rain to revamp the garden area at Popley Fields Community Centre.
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