SHOPPERS had a taste of life in the fast lane when they got behind the wheels of a Formula One racing car simulator. The young – and the young at heart – lapped up a chance to jump into the hot seat in Porchester Square, in Festival Place. The car-simulator
A DAD fighting for drugs that could save his young daughter's life is bringing his battle from Belgium to Basingstoke this week. William Massart, from Temse in northern Belgium, is marching to the headquarters of pharmaceutical-company Shire
A MASSIVE £300million landmark scheme for a key Basingstoke site will now come before councillors this month – and they will be advised to give it the go-ahead. The controversial proposals are for homes, offices, shops, a hotel and a new campus for Basingstoke
FRANK Gray backed new signing Jahson Downes to have a good season in the Blue Square South after seeing the striker give Sutton United plenty of problems in Basingstoke Town’s opening pre-season game. Saturday’s friendly fixture at the Camrose ended
DEMOLITION of a notorious little pocket of Basingstoke has begun. Contractors have started tearing down the dilapidated Longfellow Parade shops and 50 flats in Popley. The demolition marks the beginning of the final phase of Sentinel Housing Association
THE autumn season at The Anvil and The Forge in Basingstoke is filled with a healthy mixture of big names, great music and side-splitting comedy. The Anvil kicks off with return visits of Steve Earle, on September 9, and Cornish comedian Jethro, on September
TRIBUTES have been paid to one of Hampshire’s Deputy Lieutenants who has been killed in a light aircraft crash. Captain John Fairey was at the controls of a plane which went down in Lincolnshire. The former commercial airline pilot lived in the village
ROBERT Tobin claimed a first senior British title in Birmingham last night, comfortably winning the 400m at the Aviva World Trials and UK Championships. The Old Basing athlete, who is 25, produced a dominant display to lead the final from start to finish
