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  • Motorists set to face severe disruption

    MOTORISTS are set to face difficult journeys to and from work as sections of a busy Basingstoke roundabout are closed. The final stages of the £9.5million improvement works to the A340 Aldermaston Road and Merton Rise access are set to begin today.

  • Doc Martin delights fans

    HE'S been a lazy beer-swilling lout, a bumbling village doctor in Cornwall and has now taken to investigating the history of man's best friend - and his fans clearly love him. Martin Clunes was charm itself as he turned up for a special book-signing

  • Locations identified for housing plans

    THOUSANDS of homes will have to be built on fields and green spaces to reach the Government's latest housing target for Basingstoke and Deane. About 7,500 extra homes would have to be built on local sites and 7,300 on land already earmarked for development

  • Rose wins but Europe lose Ryder Cup

    JUSTIN Rose rounded off a fine Ryder Cup debut with an impressive singles win over world number two Phil Mickelson - but his efforts were not enough to prevent Europe losing to America. Having already won two of his three matches teaming up with close

  • Bison snap winless run

    BASINGSTOKE Bison netminder Kevin Reiter inspired his side to a 4-3 victory at Cardiff on Sunday night. The American goalie faced 51 shots and the man-of-the-match was beaten just three times. Danny Stewart helped himself to a brace of goals, while