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  • Green light for hospital's new building

    PLANNING bosses have given the green light for a new £750,000 building at Odiham Cottage Hospital. Hart District Council was set to decline planning permission after the Odiham Cottage Hospital Charitable Trust refused to pay a £4,402 contribution towards

  • Town draw with Welling

    BASINGSTOKE Town produced a good display to draw 1-1 with in-form Welling United at the Camrose on Saturday. Town dominated the opening period of this Blue Square South encounter, taking the lead 19 minutes in, Matt Warner sending the ’keeper the wrong

  • Bounty in running for Pro40

    ONE-DAY county cricket could be heading to May’s Bounty next year as Basingstoke Sports and Social club are in early talks with the English Cricket Board about hosting a big game. The proposed match would be between the ECB Recreational XI and Surrey

  • Footpath is a danger for walkers, say residents

    RESIDENTS have complained about the appalling state of a path, which has been churned up by quad bikes and used as a rubbish tip. A group addressed Overton parish councillors at their meeting, to describe the condition of the Harrow Way, and said sections

  • Pirates crew sail through

    Sleeping Beauty and the Pirates St Mary’s Church, Old Basing HOW fortunate the villagers of Old Basing are to be able to involve well over 100 individuals in their pantomime, presented by The Friends of St Mary's Church, Old Basing. With such a large

  • Record £7,500 raised for Armed Forces

    GENEROUS residents have donated £7,500 to help serving and former members of the Armed Forces. The Royal British Legion (RBL) branch in Bramley raised more than ever during the 2009 Poppy Appeal, which ran for just two weeks before Remembrance Day on

  • Mark's a glass act on the oche

    WINDOW cleaner Mark Petchey is preparing to step up to the oche at darts’ most prestigious venue after reaching the quarter-finals of a national competition. The 45-year-old, who lives in June Drive, Winklebury, Basingstoke, got through seven matches