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  • Strike date announced

    CHAOS is to hit Hampshire's rail network after drivers for the south's biggest train operator voted to strike over pay. Seventy-six per cent of South West Trains' drivers voted in favour of industrial action in a ballot held by train drivers' union

  • Distraction burglars in double strike

    DETECTIVES are appealing for information after callous crooks targeted two homes in a Basingstoke suburb. Between noon and 12.45pm on Thursday, March 13, three men forced their way into the home of a 60-year-old woman in Tasmania Close, Popley, Basingstoke

  • Design a logo for Bison

    NEXT season is going to be a special one for ice hockey in Basingstoke, as the town's club celebrates its 20th anniversary. The first-ever ice hockey game in the town was played on July 17, 1988, when the then-named Basingstoke Beavers beat the Bournemouth

  • Call for change to planning bill

    A REGIONAL assembly is calling on the Government to rethink a planning shake-up and give local authorities more say in major infrastructure decisions. The South East England Regional Assembly's planning committee wants to see changes to the Government's

  • Bikers ride in to claim pupils' egg donations

    BIKERS descended on a Basingstoke infant school to collect Easter eggs for charity. In total, 12 motorcyclists, dressed in full leathers, attended Kings Furlong Infant School, in Chestnut Drive, on behalf of the Variety Club in Reading, to collect

  • Charity’s profile is given a boost

    MOBILITY for shoppers was the focus of an event at a Basingstoke shopping centre. Shopmobility Basingstoke, a charity that has a range of equipment to help customers get around the town centre, held an awareness-raising event in The Malls shopping

  • Brave Bison miss out on cup

    THE GALLANT Basingstoke Bison put up a brave fight on Tuesday night, but two goals in the final six minutes of the game saw the Coventry Blaze add the British Knockout Cup to their league championship crown with a 6-2 victory for an 8-6 aggregate win.

  • Nominate those who aim higher

    IF YOU know a mature student who deserves recognition for their commitment to learning, now is the time to put their name forward for this year's Basingstoke Adult Learner Awards. Nominations for the annual awards are now open and over-18s with a sense