ELECTRONIC books have opened a new chapter for Hampshire libraries with loans increasing by 67 per cent over the past year. More than 5,000 e-books and e-audios are checked-out every month, making the county council the busiest online library service
A TRUSTEE of a Basingstoke charity is designing a smartphone application for people with learning disabilities. IT worker Somay Nakhal believes the new app will be the first of its kind in the world. Mr Nakhal is a trustee of The Cafe Project, a charity
SANDER de Riemer won his first Basingstoke and District Table Tennis League Close Championships men’s singles title beating Alex Garlick in front of a packed out crowd at the Basingstoke Rugby Club in what was one of the highest quality finals
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to reduce potentially damaging phosphate levels in the River Loddon. Basingstoke MP Maria Miller has joined forces with Basingstoke Transition Network in an effort to bring down pollution in the key waterway.
SHE turned in a great performance that impressed the judges, but Lauren Thalia was unable to secure a place in the final of Britain’s Got Talent. The Basingstoke schoolgirl played a live acoustic version of Labrinth’s Earthquake in front of
A BUS boss says Basingstoke could be a trial area for a student travel card after he was impressed by a presentation by young campaigners. Teenagers from the Labour Students Group at Queen Mary’s College voiced various concerns when they met Andrew
ENGLAND will have do without one of their leading players when they tour South Africa this summer after Kingsclere’s Tom Croft has been ruled out. The 26-year-old has needed surgery to a neck injury suffered after a tackle on Nick Easter in the Premiership
FASHION retailer H&M is set to open its new kids store in Basingstoke’s Festival Place. The company’s second store in the shopping centre will open for business at 11am on Thursday, May 24, with the first 100 customers receiving a £5 H&M gift
The Fox Green Lane, Ellisfield RG25 2QW 01256 381 210 I MADE a mental note to visit The Fox at Ellisfield when I limped past it during the Basingstoke Half Marathon. Set halfway up a long hill and facing a row
