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A SUPERMARKET giant has withdrawn its planning application to build a major new superstore in Basingstoke.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

Fans empty music store after star's shock death

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.

Missing man found 'safe and well'

2:45pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

A MAN who was reported missing from a mental health unit in Basingstoke has been found.

Royal honour for Armed forces

Royal honour Armed forces

11:50am Thursday 2nd July 2009

A ROYAL visitor came to RAF Odiham to honour armed forces personnel who have fought for their country in Afghanistan and Iraq.

How to make an entrance

How to make an entrance

9:28am Thursday 2nd July 2009

WHEN it comes to the school leavers’ ball, then arriving in style is all part of the glamour and fun.

Concern over missing man

David Wright

5:31pm Wednesday 1st July 2009

DETECTIVES are growing increasingly concerned about the welfare of a man who is missing from mental health unit in Basingstoke.

Hard work reaps student rewards

Some of the Students' Union members at BCOT, pictured with Charmian Harrison (Director of Curriculum)

4:00pm Wednesday 1st July 2009

THE most committed and hard-working students at Basingstoke College of Technology have been rewarded for their efforts.

Bunnies seek a large hutch

Bunnies seek a large hutch

1:00pm Wednesday 1st July 2009

FLUFF and Bugs are two friendly female bunny rabbits looking for a new home to rest their paws.

Happy holiday time for men in red

Jo Szegota with one of the postcards

11:20am Wednesday 1st July 2009

THE 120 little red men who vanished from a Chineham roundabout are clearly having a whale of a time.



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