THE military occupation of Basingstoke during the First World War, which was recently featured in Memories on Monday, prompted Gazette historian Robert Brown to send in two pictures from his extensive photographic library. Mr Brown said: "One shows
THE Willis Museum has gone to the dogs - but there's no need to worry! It is hosting a new exhibition called The Basingstoke Tails. Visitors to the museum, in Market Place, Basingstoke, will be able to see a compilation of photos that feature a variety
THIS was one of those annoying times where half a dozen shows clashed with each other and you agonise over which is the best one to go to. With Basingstoke's own Signs of Insanity gigging again, I really had to go and find out if they still had it.
SOMETHING about Jim Carrey must say "Seuss". The rubber-faced actor brought the doctor's famous Grinch to real-life back in How the Grinch Stole Christmas in 2000, and now he's the star of this animated treatment of Horton Hears A Who! He voices the
THE eagerly awaited Primark clothing store opened its doors in Basingstoke today. A queue of excited shoppers formed outside The Malls shopping centre's anchor store before the 9am opening, which was carried out by the Mayor of Basingstoke and Deane,
THE South East will receive a £1.2billion investment in affordable housing in a three-year Government agency programme. The Housing Corporation, the Government's national affordable homes agency, will invest a total of £8.4bn in affordable homes across
THE son of murdered pensioner Georgina Edmonds has offered a reward for information that leads to the capture of his mother's killer. Harry Edmonds has offered £3,000, with a further £2,000 added by Hampshire Constabulary to make a total of £5,000, for
CHILDREN from Tadley put a load of rubbish to good use as part of the town's annual Spring Clean Week. The youngsters wore helmets and high-visibility jackets as they selected rubbish from the miniature Materials Recycling Facility, set up by Tadley
THE point-to-point course at Hackwood Park has been improved ahead of this season's three fixtures. Clerk of the course Bill Welling believes trainers and riders will notice the beneficial changes. There is a good covering of grass and the second
A PARISH council is hoping to curb anti-social behaviour by installing six CCTV cameras. Old Basing and Lychpit Parish Council has applied to place the "vandal resistant" cameras at Lychpit Community Centre, which is a Grade II listed building.
Basingstoke RFC director Jim Dixon admits it is going to be very difficult to avoid relegation from London division one this season - but says that, with the youngsters coming through, the club has a bright future. 'Stoke look likely to go down at
A BASINGSTOKE couple say their new home is turning out to be less than a dream. Richard Jones and Natasha Lewis moved into a new two-bedroomed house built by Persimmon Homes, off Old Kempshott Lane, last December. Since then, they say many of their
