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New twist in site saga

12:00pm Saturday 20th March 2010

A PUBLIC inquiry will be held to determine a contentious major planning application in Tadley after a Government minister stepped in.

Hall will bring many benefits

8:00am Saturday 20th March 2010

THREE villages in north Hampshire could get a new community centre if a planning application is given the green light.

Team's hospice at home drive

5:00pm Friday 19th March 2010

A HOSPICE team have launched a fundraising drive in a bid to extend nursing services to care for people who want to spend their dying days at home.

Centenarian Wynne has a recipe for life

Wynne Chard celebrates her 100th birthday at Beech Tree Care Home with her daughter Rita Phealon, son-in-law Patrick Phealon, grandson Nigel Phealon and his wife Julie Phealon

5:00pm Friday 19th March 2010

FAMILY members travelled for miles to wish a north Hampshire great grandmother a happy 100th birthday.

Death crash charges

Craig Elford was killed in a hit-and-run

1:00pm Friday 19th March 2010

AN AMERICAN jewellery firm heir is to face charges over the deaths of a former Basingstoke school head boy and his work colleague.

Chuffed by show

Mike Boyce and Phil Harding with their display layouts

12:00pm Friday 19th March 2010

GENERATIONS of model railway fans flocked to an annual show to admire layouts from across the country.

Woman indecently assaulted

10:36am Friday 19th March 2010

A WOMAN was indecently assaulted on her way home from a night out in Basingstoke.

Supermum's desert trek for charity

Sam Mathurin is to trek across Namibia in aid of Action Medical Research

8:00am Friday 19th March 2010

WITH thermometer-busting temperatures, a 120km stroll across an arid African desert is no walk in the park.

Distraction burglar targets elderly woman

Distraction burglar targets elderly woman

5:58pm Thursday 18th March 2010

A COWARDLY thief stole more than £3,000 from an 84-year-old woman in a distraction burglary in Basingstoke.

Loss of control caused air crash

5:00pm Thursday 18th March 2010

A STALL and sharp turn caused a light aircraft crash which left a pilot with severe injuries, an investigation has found.

Robber takes wallet

1:44pm Thursday 18th March 2010

A ROBBER threatened a man and took his wallet containing £160.

Traveller policy put under the spotlight

Travellers who last year parked by the underpass near Priestley Road, Basingstoke

1:09pm Thursday 18th March 2010

POLICE only used their powers to deal with unauthorised gypsy and traveller encampments in Basingstoke and Deane on three occasions in 2009, new figures reveal.

Zoologist makes his Mark on museum life

Mark Carwardine and Stephen Fry take a break during the filming of Last Chance to See.

12:41pm Thursday 18th March 2010

A ZOOLOGIST from Basingstoke will be educating the nation in a behind-the-scenes look at one of the UK’s most prized museum collections.

"Our roads are pitted with 8,000 potholes "

Cllr John Shaw is the prospective parliamentary candidate for the Liberal Democrats in Basingstoke

9:16am Thursday 18th March 2010

IN THE Beatles’ iconic song A Day in the Life, John Lennon refers to a 1967 newspaper article about 4,000 potholes in Blackburn, Lancashire. In that song, it was calculated that number of holes would fill the Albert Hall.

Awards deadline is drawing near

Awards deadline is drawing near

8:40am Thursday 18th March 2010

THE DEADLINE is looming for nominations to be made for the 2010 A Place to be Proud of Awards.







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