POPULAR E4 show Don't Tell The Bride is coming back for a new series in 2019 and they are currently looking for Hampshire couples to take part. For those who haven't seen the programme before, the groom has to plan the whole wedding on their own
POLLING stations across Basingstoke and Deane will welcome voters once more this May. Residents living in 20 wards will be entitled to vote to elect a councillor on Thursday, 2 May to serve until May 2020, when all the borough’s seats will be up
THE BASINGSTOKE and District Sunday League Division One leaders Bramley United started brightly against third place Team FC and took an early lead through Colin Bell's right footed curling shot into the top corner. Nick Harris doubled Bramley's
JUSTIN Rose is statistically the British favourite to win this year’s Masters. That’s according to research from specialist golf insurance provider Golf Care, which analyses the performance statistics of every Masters winner since the tournament
LEAVING the European Union is one of the biggest decisions ever taken by the electors of this country and I believe strongly that as a democratic nation the outcome of that referendum has to be honoured by Parliament. Basingstoke’s vote reflected
FANS of Downton Abbey are being invited to see the award-winning show in a new light. Set to the backdrop on Highclere Castle, the Chamber Orchestra of London will, with the television show’s composer, John Lunn on piano, produce an open-air concert
A CRAFT spirits company has officially opened its new distillery and visitor centre. Gorilla Spirits Company, based in Upton Grey, has relocated from its former site in Four Marks where it had operated since 2015. The new distillery means the
A SPECIAL guest was welcomed to a meet-up of a Basingstoke sports team. On Wednesday last week, the Basingstoke Bulls welcomed BBC sport presenter Mike Bushell to the team's weekly meet-up. The presenter was filming the club for his Saturday
THIS week I feature another collection of photographs and news from 50 years ago in 1969. This was the year that the new Basingstoke town centre continued to expand. Well-established names such as Boots and WH Smiths moved from their Top of
PART of Basingstoke’s town centre is having a spring clean thanks to a funding boost. Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council working in partnership with Basingstoke Together Business Improvement District (BID), has received £30,000 as part of the
BASINGSTOKE Town are still not safe from relegation with four games left in their Southern League Premier South campaign. This is after Dragons were unable to hold onto a 3-1 lead against fellow strugglers Tiverton Town at the Camrose last Saturday
EVEN though it’s early days, Everest Community Academy is trying to give Year 9 pupils a headstart in their future. On Tuesday, 2 April, 16 employers joined us for the day including Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, Basingstoke ITEC, Cornerstone
A BANNED driver crashed a motorbike causing the vehicle to land where moments before a child had been playing. The motorbike Terry Langham, of Rossini Close, Hatch Warren, was driving on April 22 last year ended up on one wheel as he drove it in
