Concerns over phone masts near schools, luxury cars being stolen and worries about hospital care for the elderly were some of the headlines in the Basingstoke Gazette 20 years ago.
We've taken a look through our newspaper archives to see what the main headlines were twenty years ago.
As film fans across the world were getting excited for Matrix Reloaded, the sequel to the thrilling The Matrix starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne and Carrie-Anne Moss, the Gazette team were covering the biggest issues affecting the town.
On May 9, the paper was rife with local stories that affected residents at the time. Some things have changed, and yet other issues continue to remain the same twenty years later.
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Here are a few of the biggest stories from that week:
1. MP threatens to shame hospital
Back in 2003, our former MP Andrew Hunter threatened to shame the hospital in the House of Commons if bosses failed to get to grips with issues raised over the care of the elderly.
Mr Hunter made the threat after he received a number of complaints from residents in the town and he gave bosses until the end of the week in May 2003 to address the concerns.
Also in this edition of the Basingstoke Gazette, there was a two-page spread of special reports on care, plus letters from concerned members of the public about the issues at the hospital 20 years ago.
Now, twenty years on, the big debate concerns the promise of a new hospital by 2028. In recent months, the Gazette reported that plans to build a new hospital for the town were put into doubt because of fears over insufficient funding and rising costs.
2. Aquadrome targeted by luxury car thieves
In early May 2003, thieves set their eyes on luxury cars parked outside the Basingstoke Aquadrome.
According to the report by Charis Mastris, cars worth around £100,000 in total were stolen in a 'professional operation'.
Detective Constable Kevin Gee told the Gazette that when people had finished exercising, they returned to their lockers to find they had been broken into, their keys taken and cars driven away.
He said at the time: "It would appear that they had been followed from the car into the centre and into their locker."
3. Success at second Run 4 Fun
This week twenty years ago, nearly 750 men took part in the second Run 4 Fun which raised thousands for Cancer Research UK.
Men of all ages and fitness levels flocked to Down Grange to walk, run or jog the 5km course.
According to the report above, the warm-up was a light-hearted aerobics session, with men reduced to fits of laughter at their own lack of coordination.
Do you recognise anyone in the picture spread above?
4. Emissions well within the limits
It's easy to see how far we've come with telephone technology has come.
In 2003, the 3G service was only just being rolled out and it was available on three devices - the Motorola A830, the NEC e606 and NEC e808.
Now, of course, we have 5G masts popping up all over the place to give smartphone users the best data connections possible but back in 2003 locals were concerned about the impact that telecommunications base stations were having on nearby schools.
Thankfully, tests carried out by the Radiocommunications Agency proved that they were safe, reassuring parents, teachers and students.
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