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Splashing achievement

Splashing achievement

9:10am Sunday 5th July 2009

A PROFOUNDLY deaf Basingstoke youngster who has refused to let her hearing hold her back has won an award from swimming celebrity Duncan Goodhew.

M3 work welcomed despite delay fears

4:50pm Saturday 4th July 2009

DRIVERS on the M3 between Hook and Basingstoke are set to face three months of delays as multi-million pound improvements start on the motorway next week.

War on waste sets up plastic bag amnesty

Valerie Huckstepp traded in plastic bags for a jute reusable bag as part of national recycling week

4:50pm Saturday 4th July 2009

A WAR was declared on plastic bags in Basingstoke.

Permanent sites for travellers set to be opposed

2:40pm Saturday 4th July 2009

A PLAN to put more than 25 permanent travellers’ pitches in the borough is set to meet with opposition tonight from councillors.

Police will target under-age drinkers

2:30pm Saturday 4th July 2009

A POLICE sergeant has warned that a campaign tackling under-age drinkers in north Hampshire is being stepped up over the summer holidays.

Helicopter's flying visit

Helicopter's flying visit

12:50pm Saturday 4th July 2009

A HELICOPTER turned heads in Whitchurch as it landed at the local primary school.

Apology follows 'stupid' rebuke

Apology follows 'stupid' rebuke

12:40pm Saturday 4th July 2009

AN ANGRY email slamming council staff as “blind and stupid” led to a district councillor issuing an apology.

Otter and glow-worms are among protected wildlife

9:39am Saturday 4th July 2009

AN ACTION plan has been put in place to protect wildlife in Overton.

Music on the green

Music on the green

4:50pm Friday 3rd July 2009

AS HUNDREDS of thousands of people descended on Glastonbury, revellers enjoyed a slightly more scaled-down music festival in Silchester.

Elsie is driven to despair by sewage flood

Elsie is driven to despair by sewage flood

2:40pm Friday 3rd July 2009

A 90-year-old woman was told by her water company she would have to pay £100 to clean up sewage that poured from one of its drains into her front garden.

Supermarket ditches its bid for new town store

12:00pm Friday 3rd July 2009

A SUPERMARKET giant has withdrawn its planning application to build a major new superstore in Basingstoke.

Family's anguish over dad's death

Tributes to loving family man Terry

9:14am Friday 3rd July 2009

A SUICIDAL dad killed himself by jumping from a road bridge the day after he was turned away from a Basingstoke mental health unit.

Feeling hot, hot, hot . . .

Feeling hot, hot, hot . . .

4:50pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

IT WAS a scorcher in Basingstoke this week as temperatures hit a whopping 32 degrees Celsius – and the hot temperatures are set to continue.

Antiques snatched in house raids

5:22pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

BURGLARS raided two homes in the same street to steal antiques worth more than £200,000.

Swine flu at college

4:10pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

TWO cases of swine flu have been confirmed at Queen Mary’s College in Basingstoke.



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