THE apprentice academy at the Aldermaston nuclear weapons plant celebrates its 60th birthday tomorrow. To mark the milestone the academy will be holding an exhibition of its history and its role in the development of young people. The exhibition
A REBEL councillor has quit the ruling Conservative group on Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council – saying she can better serve her residents as an independent. Councillor Onnalee Cubitt informed colleagues of her decision last Thursday after
DON'T miss your chance to win tickets to the London premiere of Sir Ridley Scott's new film Prometheus, and to Laverstoke Park's Field to Fork Festival in the leisure section of The Gazette on Thursday, May 24.
THE Anvil’s record for fastest ticket sales has been smashed once again. Lee Evans took the record down to just eight hours in 2011 but now his fellow comedian Micky Flanagan has destroyed that time, selling out in under three hours. The announcement
ONE of the most respected British thriller writers practising today, Gerald Seymour, comes to South Ham library on Tuesday, May 29 at 7pm. As a reporter for ITN for 15 years, Gerald covered events across the globe. A full time writer since 1978, six
CALLING all Basingstoke artists, painters, photographers, printmakers, sculptors, craft makers and designers! Fairfields Arts Centre is organising a brand new exhibition Best of Basingstoke to show work by the finest local artists. Fairfields
THE issues of bereavement, death and dying have been brought into the open by Basingstoke hospital staff. As part of the Dying Matters Awareness Week, which ran from Monday, May 14 until yesterday, the hospital hosted various information stands
THE Basingstoke Saturday League’s dominance of the Hampshire A Cup continued at Winklebury on Saturday afternoon as Tron FC lifted the trophy after beating top Southampton side FC Wellington. The game was decided by a single goal, scored early in the
NUMEROUS sightings of unusual flashing lights in the night sky were reported over Basingstoke last Thursday. Postman Ron Brooker, 57, of Timor Road, Popley, saw the lights after leaving a quiz night with five friends at the Recreation Hall, in Old Basing
A GANG attacked a man and robbed him of his smartphone as he walked home in Basingstoke. The 31-year-old was walking near Woolford Way in Winklebury at about 11pm last Friday (May 18) when the incident happened. A group of young men started punching
Sir.–In reply to Julia Townsend-Rose’s recent letter about reduced street lighting, I can imagine the kind of lifestyle experience you have is completely different to people who live on sprawling housing estates, and that you do not have the fear
KIER Services employee Danny Morris has been honoured by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. Danny received the RICS London Student Award 2012 for his outstanding work on the BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying course he was studying at the
THE contents of children’s lunchboxes were the subject of a healthy eating day at a Basingstoke school. Pupils at Kings Furlong Infant School were joined by their parents for the launch of a campaign to encourage kids to bring in healthy lunches
GOLFERS at the very top of the professional game have never had it so good, enjoying a jet-set lifestyle and playing for millions of pounds every season. However, for players like Basingstoke’s Stuart Archibald, who are hoping to break into that elite
