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  • Right at Your Door (15)

    IT'S important to remember the origins of Right At Your Door when popping along to check it out at the multiplex, as, despite its new, glossy trailer, the project is, in fact, a Sundance Film Festival graduate. This means it's an ultra-low-budget affair

  • DOA – Dead Or Alive (15)

    BASED on the series of videogames, this movie follows the adventures of five bikini-clad fighters (including Holly Valance) who must defeat dastardly Dr Donovan (Eric Roberts).

  • Pulse (15)

    WHEN their computer hacker friend accidentally channels a mysterious wireless signal, a group of young people rally to stop a terrifying evil from taking over the world.

  • A surprising success

    FOLLOWING triumphant sell-out runs in London's West End, The Play What I Wrote returns to the New Victoria Theatre in Woking from September 26 to 30. Kenneth Branagh directed this multi-award-winning celebration of Britain's greatest comedy double

  • Baddie cool

    STEVEN Berkoff will perform a masterclass in evil in Shakespeare's Villains, on September 26 and 27, at 7.30pm. The legendary Berkoff appears at The Point, in Eastleigh, for the first time this autumn, performing his virtuoso solo exploration of Shakespeare's

  • There’s space for granny

    A SELF-CONTAINED annexe has been created at a house that still features the original wood parquet flooring in the main accommodation. The annexe has its own front door that opens into an entrance hall leading to the lounge, which features wood-laminate

  • Test-driving the Nissan Murano

    I ONCE actually saw a bloke hug a tree (he was trying to impress this girl I was chatting up at a Buddhist meditation retreat - it's a long story) and a right twerp he looked doing it. So let's have no more of this anti-4x4 greeny whining. Especially

  • Work at state-of-the-art centre

    LONZA Biologics - part of the Lonza Group based in Switzerland - specialises in the production of high-quality pharmaceutical medicines from cell cultures. Lonza has been a leading participant of the global biotechnology industry since 1980, and currently

  • Drive-in ticket winners look forward to event

    FIVE lucky winners are set for a free trip to a drive-in movie organised by a Basingstoke college. Maria Boarer, from Kempshott, Basingstoke, won a free ticket to the screening of the iconic British film The Italian Job, starring Michael Caine, at

  • Lollipop patrols need to be filled

    A SHORTAGE of lollipop people in Basingstoke means hundreds of schoolchildren have to cope with the traffic on their own. There are currently eight vacancies for school crossing patrols in the town, meaning children are having to cross busy roads outside

  • Hospital reduces member targets

    A SLOW response from residents has led Basingstoke hospital chiefs to scale down their expectations about foundation trust membership. Brian Courtney, the acting company secretary for the foundation trust, raised the issue at the North Hampshire Hospitals

  • Splendid studio

    CENTRAL Studio in Basingstoke is looking forward to a packed calendar of arts events following a £40,000 refurbishment. Over the past six months, the venue, which is located within the campus of Queen Mary's College (QMC) in Cliddesden Road, Cranbourne

  • Tests show hearts could be healthier

    THE results from a roadshow which visited Basingstoke in June show that more than half of the residents tested had cholesterol above the recommended levels and more than a third had high blood pressure. The "Testing the Nation's Hearts" roadshow, which

  • AA staff enjoy charity event

    A STEEL band provided fitting entertainment as AA employees celebrated the end of the summer with a special charity barbecue. More than 500 members of staff enjoyed an extended lunch hour and hog roast in the grounds of Fanum House in Basing View,

  • Douglas is not done yet

    TO THE best of my knowledge, my parents have only ever been to the cinema together four times in their 36 years of married life, and three of the films they chose to view - Romancing the Stone, Jewel of the Nile and War of the Roses - starred Michael

  • Club claim title double

    TOTALLY Tennis completed an outstanding season in the Basingstoke and District Tennis League by becoming the new men's champions. Defending champions Kingsclere rounded off their season with a 6-2 win over Old Basing A, while RSF A moved out of

  • New county manager

    THERE has been a changing of the guard in the Hampshire senior set-up as John Byett has taken over from Basingstoke clubmate Steve Appleby as first-team manager. Former club chairman of playing Byett, who is also a Premiership citing officer, said:

  • Bison in five-goal blast

    Basingstoke Bison 5, Newcastle Vipers 1 THE Bison opened their home league campaign with an emphatic win over the visiting Newcastle Vipers on Saturday night. The visitors' 100 per cent start to the season was shattered by a Herd in full stampede

  • ’Stoke come up short

    Chippenham 27pts, Basingstoke 0 THE script for this disappointing early-season rugby setback was set long before Jim Dixon's men even left Down Grange on Saturday. While Chippenham were able to record a second successive home victory over Basingstoke

  • Taylor heads home as Town grab win

    Bognor Regis Town 1, Basingstoke Town 2 FRANCIS Vines spoke of his relief after Basingstoke Town picked up their first win of the season on Saturday. After conspiring to either draw or lose their first nine games this term, the Dragons claimed their