SEEING is believing and shoppers couldn't quite believe their eyes when they saw global superstar and footballing great David Beckham in Basingstoke's Festival Place. However, fashion icon "David" was actually Paul Mansley - a professional Beckham lookalike
EXTRA midwives have been recruited at Basingstoke hospital to help deliver a Government policy of one-to-one care as the borough's birth-rate booms. The hospital, in Aldermaston Road, will beef up its midwifery team by 20 to meet the Department of Health's
BASINGSTOKE Town progressed to the third qualifying round of the FA Cup at the Camrose on Saturday, beating Hamworthy United 3-1 to claim their first win of the season. On-loan striker Mitchell Bryant got the only goal of the first half, playing a neat
A YOUNG family from Whitchurch have just returned from a wacky adventure inspired by a TV comedian. The Wright family visited the other eight places in England and Wales that they know share the name of their north Hampshire hometown. As if that was
TELEVISION and radio personality Gloria Hunniford took the time to have a one-to-one with fans when she turned up at a book-signing event in Basingstoke. Gloria travelled to Waterstone's, in Festival Place, as part of a tour to promote her new book Always
A CANCER sufferer was given life-saving surgery at Basingstoke hospital after finding out about the treatment by chance on the internet. Mum-of-two Dawn Green, from Nottingham, was preparing for her funeral after developing an extremely rare form of
AN ELDERLY motorist has died after his car left a road in Pamber Heath this afternoon. The man was driving a red Renault Clio on Silchester Road towards Tadley at about 3.15pm when his car came off the road and collided with a hedge. Police say the
