A SUSHI bar which only opened earlier this year has been rated as one out of five for its hygiene standards. Officers from Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council’s environmental health team visited Yamazaki Sushi Bar, in Feathers Lane, Top of The
WITH songs like Penny Lane, Let it Be, Here Comes The Sun and Hey Jude etched into the memory of a generation it is without doubt The Beatles are one of the UK’s greatest exports. Still to this day their music gets regular radio air play and is
REIGNING Ginetta GT5 Challenge Am Champion Nick Halstead will step up to the Pro category in 2019 as he remains with the team for a third season in the series. Halstead from Andwell, near Basingstoke, claimed three wins and 10 podium finishes in
A COMPANY has collected an eggs-ceptional amount of Easter eggs as part of an annual charity appeal. Access Self Storage, based in Rankine Road, Basingstoke, has collected 500 eggs which will be donated to St Michael’s Hospice, Naomi House &
GUESTS were invited to have a go at something new in South Ham over the weekend. The newly-established Thornycroft Bowls and Basingstoke Croquet Club threw open its doors as guests were invited to come along to the group to give either sport a try
CHILDREN have been putting their map reading skills to the test to find hidden colourful bunnies at an Aldermaston garden centre. Rosebourne Garden Centre has been hosting egg hunt in the run up to the Easter weekend with 10 bunnies hidden around
The UK’s oldest re-enactment society will stage a vivid recreation of a Civil War battle this Easter weekend. The Sealed Knot will be in action on Saturday, Sunday and Monday at Basing House, in Old Basing, recreating the 375th anniversary of a
A VILLAGE has marked a key event in the build-up to Easter. The 35th annual Palm Sunday procession in Silchester took place over the weekend with a route from the village hall to the St Mary the Virgin Church. Along the route pauses were made
WITH locomotives at the ready, hordes of people visited the Viables Craft Centre, in The Harrow Way, for the annual miniature steam gala. The event, organised by Basingstoke and District Model Engineering Society, returned over the course of the
THE Basingstoke and District Sunday League Division One match between Chineham and the revitalised Brookvale United side was goalless at the interval and the sides evenly matched 35 minutes into the second half. The deadlock was broken after 80
A BAND rehearsal at a church hall turned into a life-and-death drama after a 72-year-old bass trombonist suffered a heart attack as he was playing. Noel Sanders, of Gloucester Drive, Brighton Hill, was performing during a rehearsal by the South
