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  • Fete fantastic

    IT was a fete to remember for everyone involved at Castle Hill Infant and Junior School last Saturday. For the first time, the neighbouring schools in Winklebury, Basingstoke, held a joint summer event – and it was a case of double the fun under a dazzling

  • Flower power at St Michael's

    A RIOT of colour and fragrance filled the town’s most prominent church as it celebrated half a millennium of worship. The flower festival was organised as a gesture of thanksgiving for the much-loved St Michael’s Church in Basingstoke town centre. The

  • Wayward putting costs Rose a second US win

    JUSTIN Rose was left to curse a bad day with the putter as he threw away a three-shot lead on the final day of the Travelers Championship. The north Hampshire golfer was on course for his second US PGA Tour victory of the season – but it all

  • Digger gives playground the paws up

    A PREMIERSHIP rugby club mascot travelled to a north Hampshire school to officially open a new playground. Irish Wolfhound Digger, the mascot of London Irish Rugby Club who play in the Guinness Premiership at Reading’s Madjeski Stadium, was the star

  • Audience crazy about Daisy

    The Watermill Until July 10 AN uncommonly ripping evening of theatre is in store at The Watermill in a fresh, energetic production of Daisy Pulls It Off. As soon as audience members enter the auditorium, they become part of the world of

  • Buckskin

    FUN Day: Chiltern Primary School is holding its annual Community Family Fun Day on Saturday, where there will be lots to do including face painting, BBQ, tombola, raffle, bouncy-castle and other stalls. Entry is 50p per family. There is also a

  • Bramley

    PARISH council: At the meeting on June 21, chairman councillor Richard Wood introduced Sarah Smart, the newly-appointed parish clerk, who will work alongside retiring clerk Gill Fowler for July before taking over. The SLRs were discussed

  • Chineham

    FOUR Lanes Infant School: Is looking for a community governor. If you have spare time and desire to help, and you feel you have life experiences which would complement those of the 15 existing governors, contact Mrs Hayden, in the school

  • Ellisfield/Farleigh

    WINNERS: All the gardens must have looked fabulous in the June sunshine last Monday for the judging of the Best Gardens competition, but those that impressed the judge best included Debbie and Seumas Foster, who won the Combined Flower and

  • Old Basing/Lychpit

    ST MARY'S Old Churchyard Conservation Group: Has a working party this Saturday, from 10am, for three hours. Bring your own gloves as tools are available, as are refreshments. Further information is available on 01256 476863. DUCKS for sale

  • Cliddesden

    FILM club: Today, the Social and Entertainment Club’s film will be Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. This film won four Oscars, so at £2 a head, it has to be worth a look. Bar opens at 7.30pm, with ice-creams etc at the interval. ART exhibition

  • Hatch Warren/Beggarwood

    PETROL station reopening: The petrol station at Sainsbury’s is due to re-open today. COMMUNITY association AGM: The AGM last week could not convene, as there were not enough association members present for a quorum. The meeting was postponed

  • Pamber Heath

    JOHN Feuillade: I was very sad to learn that John has died. He had lived in the village for a very long time and had entered into village life with great enthusiasm. He was one of the founding members of Pamber Heath Short-mat Bowls Club until

  • Popley

    DON’T forget: Prize Bingo is taking place on Friday, July 16, from 6pm at Popley Fields Centre. The whole family is welcome to come along and take part. Watch this space, or for more information, please phone 01256 414494. PLEASE: If you

  • Rotherwick

    COME one, come all – to the fun of the fair!: Whitewater School welcomes everyone to their annual summer extravaganza this Saturday, from noon to 3pm. Lots of stalls selling everything from cakes to cosmetics, BBQ, beer tent, ice cream and candy

  • Silchester

    SILCHESTER Players: Auditions tomorrow, at 7.30pm in the hall. The show will be “Sing On”, a comedy. Performance dates October 8, 9, 15 and 16. ROMAN dig: The dig has started with uncovering the ground. The dig supper date has been changed

  • Tadley

    MINI market: On Saturday, at St Paul’s Church Hall, The Green, starting at 10.30am. There will be lots to buy and refreshments. All are welcome. INDOOR Car Boot Sale and Country Market: On Saturday, at the community centre, in Newchurch Road

  • Man arrested over Edmonds murder

    A MAN has been arrested over the brutal murder of a widow of a Basingstoke coffee merchant. Detectives arrested a 31-year-old man from Eastleigh around 5am on Wednesday in connection with the killing of 77-year-old Georgina Edmonds. He remains in custody

  • End of an era

    IT WAS a bittersweet celebration that marked the end of a Basingstoke school’s life. Chineham Park Live took place last Saturday at Chineham Park Primary School in Shakespeare Road, Popley, which Hampshire County Council is shutting in August. The school

  • Top-class line-up full of literary treats

    A HOST of esteemed literary figures are coming to Hampshire as part of this year’s Winchester Festival. Once again, the 2010 festival programme – from July 9 to 18 – features a range of events across the arts spectrum, including a number of esteemed

  • Big-hitter Graham will bring more steel to the defence

    THE Basingstoke Bison have beefed up their defence a little more with the signing of six foot 14-and-a-half stone British defenceman Carl Graham. The Reading-born blue liner is the final piece in the Bison back division jigsaw for their forthcoming English