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Appreciation for kind generosity

11:33am Friday 3rd February 2012

Sir.–I would like to thank all those Basingstoke citizens who donated to the Basingstoke Lions Club annual Christmas collections held during December, these took place in The Malls, Chineham Shopping Centre, The Co-op in Winklebury, Homebase store, Linden Market in Old Basing and Central Studio.

Facts’ are nonsense

11:34am Friday 3rd February 2012

Sir.–The Conservative councillors for Chineham, Bramley and Sherfield claim to be the arbiters of facts.

Investing in our children

11:24am Friday 3rd February 2012

Sir.–The Gazette is right to highlight the modern scandal of rising child poverty. And it is a modern scandal.

Help to protect the countryside

11:28am Friday 3rd February 2012

Sir.–Our local countryside is too precious to lose I would like to alert your readers to the continuing threat to local countryside from the proposed reforms to our planning system, currently being finalised by the Government.

Your efforts have made a difference

11:31am Friday 3rd February 2012

Sir.–I am writing on behalf of CLIC Sargent, the children’s cancer charity, to thank all those readers who have given up their time, dug deep in their pockets, and thrown all of their energies into supporting CLIC Sargent over the past year.

I share Tesco traffic concerns

11:10am Friday 3rd February 2012

Sir.–It was gratifying to read the report in The Gazette that Hampshire County Council traffic experts have concerns about the capability of local roads to cope with the volume of traffic likely to be generated by Tesco’s proposal for a supermarket in Winchester Road.

No fun living next to a football club

11:12am Friday 3rd February 2012

Sir.–Following your report on the proposal to move Basingstoke Football Club’s ground to Eastrop I would like to add my comments to this matter.

Disappointed with early decision by councillors

11:14am Friday 3rd February 2012

Sir.–We are naturally disappointed to learn that Eastrop councillors Stuart Parker and Gavin James feel they cannot support Basingstoke Town Football Club’s proposals at this early stage. We have listened to what local people have told us and now we hope they can wait and see how we amend our proposals in light of that feedback before taking a final position. The club believes there is adequate car parking on the site – indeed more than some Premiership clubs. On the rare occasion that more is required, consultation with neighbours – in particular Costello Technology College – suggests they are prepared to offer part of their playing fields for overspill parking. The issue of congestion around school start times is something we believe the club can help with by utilising the car park as a drop off point for parents, taking their cars off London Road. Access to the stadium will be from Old Common Road and, if local people would prefer, the club is happy for the London Road access to be closed off altogether. Under the club’s proposals, a multi-use games area would become a prized sporting facility for local young people, as would the £500,000 of training facilities – surely a significant boon to the sporting aspirations of thousands of local children? Analysis of feedback outside the Riverdene area reveals support for the proposals in wider Basingstoke town is actually almost 80 per cent. There’s clearly a real appetite for the project out there. –Malcolm McPhail, Lamron Estates Ltd, Project Manager for BTFC.

Let’s work together

12:03pm Friday 27th January 2012

Sir.–We could not disagree more with the letter in The Gazette, “Manydown exclusion will cost Chineham”.