COACHES and parents are looking to scale some heights when they tackle a mountain of a challenge for a Basingstoke youth rugby club. A party of eight, made up of coaches, parents and friends of the Basingstoke Rugby Football Club Under 9s team,
A CHILD was hit by a car this morning at what one resident has described as an 'accident waiting to happen' junction. The 10-year-old sustained minor injuries, police have said, as a result of the collision in Homesteads Road, Kempshott, at around
A TEAM from a Basingstoke business is preparing to trek 100km along the coast to raise money for a cause. Staff from Unum, in Basing View, are taking part in the South Coast Challenge, walking non-stop from Eastbourne to Arundel in aid of Ark Cancer
A POLICE investigation has been launched after an attempted burglary at a newsagents. Between 2.20pm and 2.30pm on Friday, it was reported a group of up to eight people entered the D&R News store, in Downsland Parade, with one trying to enter
AN OAKLEY resident has recently celebrated her 103rd birthday. On February 28, Hilda Ramsden celebrated her 103rd birthday with friends and family in Oak Lodge Nursing Home, in Oakley Hall. The centenarian was joined by her family, who spent
DISNEY fans throughout Basingstoke are being encouraged to put their creativity to the test and design a poster for one of the year’s most hotly-anticipated movies. Vue is giving children the chance to design a poster for Dumbo, which is released
PATIENTS who have received support from NHS staff who have gone above and beyond the line of duty are being asked to sing their praises. The NHS Parliamentary Awards were created to celebrate NHS staff, carers and volunteers for their hard work
A GROUP celebrating 25 years in the borough has been busy raising awareness of a national campaign. The Basingstoke and Deane Fairtrade Group highlighted the 25 year anniversary of the Fairtrade campaign in the UK as part of the Fairtrade Foundation
POLICE have released further CCTV images in a probe into purse and wallet thefts from hotels. Last week, police issued a CCTV image of a man they wanted to speak to about a number of thefts from hotels in Basingstoke, Southampton and Whiteley.
THE HAYMARKET travelled back in time to Essex in the 1960s for the Basingstoke Amateur Operatic Society's latest offering. The latest musical venture from the society was Made in Dagenham, The Musical, which follows the story of the machinists
RESIDENTS are being urged to take a step towards healthier living by taking part in a new walk in Beggarwood. Those wanting to take part are invited to join in and get out and about in the borough for the free 60 to 90 minute stroll starting and
HARTLEY Wintney progressed to the semi finals of the Aldershot Senior Cup with a 3-0 win over a youthful and skilful Aldershot Academy side. , The Row made an early breakthrough on six minutes when a free-kick on the right from Ty Smith was headed
A FAMILY has made an appeal to be reunited with their dog who was reported as stolen from a home last week. Lucky, a female border collie, was stolen from a home in Elizabeth Road, South Ham, on Tuesday, 12 March at around 9.30pm. A social
HAMPSHIRE County Council's leader has reached out to the county's Muslim community in the wake of the Christchurch terror attack. Councillor Roy Perry has written to Imam Mohammed Achbib, of the Albirr Foundation Mosque in Sarum Hill, after a gunman
BASINGSTOKE Rugby Football Club has applied for planning permission to modernise some of its facilities. An application has been submitted to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council by the club to upgrade the existing changing rooms at its Pack Lane
