THE dedication of our armed services was honoured in Odiham last week before a sizzling afternoon of live music. The annual Blues and Booze Festival in The Bury happily coincided with Armed Forces Day and saw personnel from RAF Odiham mingling with
THE victim of a street robbery has been asked to come forward after he was attacked by two thugs in Basingstoke town centre. The attack took place in Lower Church Street between 3.40pm and 3.50pm on Thursday, July 1. A member of the
CAPTAIN Russell Droy played through the pain barrier to help Basingstoke and North Hants to a comfortable 68-run victory over visiting Maidenhead and Bray on Saturday at May’s Bounty. The skipper top scored with 79 on his return after three weeks
A PLAN to create allotments near Hook could move a step closer if an application is approved. Hook Allotment Association has applied to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council to build a four-acre site in a field off Blackstocks Lane, Up Nately. If approved
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a new youth building in Kingsclere are inching closer to development. While the latest set of plans for a youth facility on the Holding Field in Kingsclere are being considered by borough planners, the parish council
DANCE fever will grip Basingstoke over the coming weeks as north Hampshire dance schools put on a series of productions at The Anvil and The Haymarket. To show off the growing size and range of performing arts on offer at the Basingstoke Academy of Dancing
AN INCREASINGLY bitter dispute over bollard decoration is being investigated by the police. During the last few months, a row has broken out in Whitchurch about critical comments made by Conservative election hopeful Bill Judge, who owns The Handbag
REIGNING British Sidecar champions Roger Lovelock and Rick Lawrence returned to Championship action last weekend – and chalked up a victory and a podium finish in the two races at Oulton Park. Other commitments had kept Lawrence, a washing machine repair
