BASINGSTOKE Civil Service Retirement Fellowship: Meets at Brookvale Village Hall on the first Wednesday of each month from 10am to noon. The next regular meeting is on February 4, when the speaker will be David Ogborn on “Singing for Fun”.

The group also has a number of interesting trips coming up, including Westfield Shopping Centre or the London museums on Tuesday, February 24, and a “do as you please visit to Salisbury on Tuesday, March 17.

For details of the full list of speakers and trips, contact Tony Brazier on 418770 or email bjmapbr@ntlworld.com.

LIMELIGHT, the youth group of Basingstoke Amateur Operatic Society: Is inviting current and potential new members, aged 12 to 18 to put on a performance in a week this half-term, which starts on February 16.

The workshop sessions will run at the village hall from 1pm to 5pm, for the performance on the Friday, and there are auditions for solo roles this coming Saturday.

The cost for the workshops is £25 per child – email baoslimelight@yahoo.co.uk for further information and to register your interest