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.
Have your say »War on waste sets up plastic bag amnesty
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
12:50pm Saturday 4th July 2009
A HELICOPTER turned heads in Whitchurch as it landed at the local primary school.
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
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
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A SUPERMARKET giant has withdrawn its planning application to build a major new superstore in Basingstoke.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
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 . . .
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.
Fans empty music store after star's shock death
2:00pm Thursday 2nd July 2009
DEMAND for the music of Michael Jackson in Basingstoke has been “phenomenal” since his sudden death stunned the world.
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