TRAIN users will see trains travel slightly slower tomorrow as a blanket speed limit will be enforced. Due to the forecasted bad weather tomorrow (Saturday) trains on South Western Railway will have a 50mph speed restriction across the network
TO MARK International Women’s Day on Friday, a newly-formed political party branch hosted a series of podcasts exploring the theme of women in the workplace. As part of this year’s day’s theme of Balance for Better, the Basingstoke Branch of the
THERE have been no casulaties as a result of a fire in a town centre restaurant this afternoon, it has been confirmed. Emergency services were in May Place dealing with the incident at the Mayflower Chinese Restaurant after being called out just
WHEN Essex wife and mum, Rita O’Grady, gets fed up with the way she and her fellow women are treated in the work place, she leads a protest for equal rights. A tale which seems as familiar today as it did in 1968. Rita recently took to the streets
WHITCHURCH United came back from 2-0 down to share a six-goal thriller with Downton last Saturday. The Jam Boys' slow start cost them two goals scored by TJ Moseley and Nathan Stott. The home side woke up and hit back as recent new signing Tom
PLANS have been put forward to transform a Basingstoke hotel into a nursery. Copper Beeches, in Cliddesden Road, has been running as a hotel since the early 1970s. Plans have now been granted by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council to turn
ST JOHN Ambulance is offering free first aid demonstrations in Basingstoke as part of a fresh recruitment drive. The charity is looking for adults to join its teams in Basingstoke, Andover and Alton as volunteer first aiders and youth leaders or
POLICE have issued advice following a spate of garage break-ins across Basingstoke. In the 11 days leading up to Thursday (yesterday), there were 18 break-ins at garages across the town, with nine taking placing Winklebury and five in the Lychpit
A THIEF who has stolen thousands of pounds of cash after snatching purses containing bank cards is being sought. Police have released CCTV stills featuring a man they wish to speak to about the theft of the purses from inside a conference room
AN OCCUPATIONAL therapy practice received a royal visit to open its new building and to highlight the work it does. The OT Practice, in Osborn Way, Hook, a private occupational therapy practice, hosted Princess Anne on Friday last week to officially
AN INSPIRATIONAL Basingstoke business woman visited the House of Lords as part of a special event to celebrate female entrepreneurs to mark International Women’s Day. Vicky Glanville was chosen by f:Entrepreneur to attend the inaugural event which
AN MP is encouraging the residents of Hook to shop locally this weekend. Ranil Jayawardena, North East Hampshire MP, will be showing support for a new campaign, called High Street Saturday, in Hook village centre on March 16. The new day aims
A KEMPSHOTT woman has achieved something that very few women in the UK have - completing the ‘World Series’ of marathons. Debbie Cook has run a grand total of nine marathons - six of which make up the Abbott World Marathon Majors, a prized medal
YOUNG Tadley Calleva full back Shemar Pettett came off the bench in Tuesday night’s game at Hamworthy United, but not to play in defence, but to go in goal following an bad hip injury to Paddy O’Brien. The 20-year-olds came on five minutes into
CONSTRUCTION of a green burial site has been given the go-ahead despite concerns about access being raised. As previously reported by The Gazette, land between the A339 and the hamlet of Ibworth was the subject of a planning application for it to
MANY students at Everest enjoy extra curricular activities and when the holidays roll around many enjoy the nice weather we have by tanning, swimming etc. However, Pyran Watson is planning to spend his holiday a little bit differently to the average
THE term greedy with power that has become commonly used when we see someone exploiting their position. But with every rise to the top, there is the inevitable crash back down to earth, and that is the tale told in Proteus Theatre Company’s reimagining
BASINGSTOKE Hockey Club Ladies sponsored by KJ Smith solicitors, drew 2-2 in their match against Teddington. Teddington capitalised on a penalty corner with a well disguised shot to take the initial lead, followed by a penalty corner, which resulted
THE A303 has now completely opened after an overturned lorry closed the majority of the road for much of the day. The road was closed entirely eastbound after the overturned lorry strewed gravel across the carriageway with a lane closure westbound
A WOMAN often mistaken for Carol Vorderman will be making sure everything adds up for Red Nose Day at a Basingstoke company. As part of the the annual fundraiser being held tomorrow, WSP UK, an engineering consulting firm in Basing View, will be
