MORE than 98 per cent of Hampshire families have been offered their first primary school choice. Today (Tuesday) 98.4 per cent, 14,350 families, have received the good news that their children will be attending one of their three school choices
BASINGSTOKE’S MP has met with the boss of a company set to move to the town. As previously reported in the Gazette, Sovereign Housing Association is to move its head office to the Florence Building, in Basing View with the new-build office to be
A BASINGSTOKE man is set to pound the streets of London with the slogan 'This one’s for you dad' written on his T-shirt. Alex Price will be taking part in the London Marathon on Sunday, 28 April, taking on the challenge in memory of his dad who
A BASINGSTOKE community centre has celebrated half a century since opening its doors. On Wednesday, 3 April, the Westside Community Centre, in South Ham, celebrated 50 years of providing the area with a community space. The mayor of Basingstoke
WITH just two weeks left until the end of the season, it is a three horse race for the Basingstoke and District Saturday League Division One title, between Twentyten, Silchester Village and AFC Berg. Twentyten have been favourites to take the Division
SIX more people have been questioned after ten separate reports of airgun pellets being fired towards people or vehicles in two days earlier this year. On February 18 and 19, ten incidents were reported in Silchester Road, Tadley, of people or
AROUND £8,000 of scaffolding has been stolen from a yard in a village. Between 5pm on Wednesday last week and 6.45pm the following day, thieves broke into the yard in Bidden Road, Upton Grey and made off with the goods. Police believe the thieves
THE quest to find the heroes of education for another year is now well underway. Nominations for the Basingstoke Gazette Education Awards 2019 are still being received and welcomed. The Basingstoke Gazette Education Awards was set up last year
LONELINESS is emerging as one of the major health issues of our time. Depression, sleep problems, impaired cognitive health, heightened vascular resistance, hypertension, psychological stress and mental health problems are all associated with loneliness
RUBY Wax comes to The Anvil on Wednesday, 24 April with her new show Ruby Wax, The Monk and The Neuroscientist: How to be Human. Ruby explains: “We can’t stop the future from arriving, no matter what drugs we’re on. But even if nearly every part
A NEW service has launched to help those who could face the threat of delayed benefit payments. Citizens Advice Basingstoke and Tadley has launched the Help to Claim service which aims to support people who are filling out a Universal Credit application
