THOUSANDS of people will head to the polls once again this month, but this time they will be voting for members of the European Parliament who may not even take their seats. After months of talks and uncertainty over the position of the UK in this
A FESTIVAL is to make its fourth outing in Eastrop Park this year, bigger than ever before. The All in the Mind Festival, organised by Fluid Motion Theatre Company, will look to shine a light on mental health through performance and art. There
MARKS & Spencer has said it will axe another 85 full-line stores and around 25 Simply Food outlets. It will be on top of the 35 full-line branches closed in 2018-19, although it said the overall size of the chain will remain as expected as it also
A FRIEND of a woman at the centre of a community campaign after a terminal cancer diagnosis is doing her bit to help a cause which helped her mate. Maria Bowley, from Tadley, has been friends for almost a decade with Gemma Kent, who last year was
FRUSTRATIONS have been building for a man in Buckskin after his bins were left uncollected for four weeks. Binu Purushothaman, who lives in Wiltshire Crescent, noticed that his waste bin had not been collected since the week commencing April 22
A PUB has been honoured with a prestigious award less than a year after opening under new management. The Purefoy Arms, in Preston Candover, has been awarded two coveted AA Rosettes, making the establishment only one of three in the area to hold
A MAN who threatened to ‘petrol bomb’ a person’s house has been handed a community order. Timothy Mark Painter, 27, of Quilter Road, Brighton Hill, appeared at Basingstoke Magistrates Court on Thursday last week, charged with using threatening
WOMEN on probation in Basingstoke are to be involved in an arts programme after a funding boost. Hampshire Cultural Trust (HCT) has been awarded £20,000 from the Hampshire police and crime commissioner’s Safer Communities Fund for its arts intervention
MUSIC is all about collaboration - whether it is a band, an orchestra or individuals working together on a project, it is the idea of collaboration which makes everything work. For Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita, it was a fortuitous meeting that
AN INDEPENDENT financial adviser is vying a pair of awards. Helen Hunter, who works at the Basingstoke office, in Basing View, of Chase De Vere, has been shortlisted for two awards at the Women in Financial Advice Awards 2019. Helen, who has
A TALENTED Basingstoke mum has turned her hobby into a business after discovering a passion for photography. Ewa Jones first realised her love of taking pictures after her husband gave her a camera as a present. But her full time job as a project
A HOUSING development is to be named after an Archbishop of Canterbury born in the village where the homes are being built. Bewley Homes’ development at Park Farm, Oakley, has been named Canterbury Gardens, in honour of an Oakley-born William Warham
A BASINGSTOKE mum has launched a personal assistant company with a difference. Trading as Pink Spaghetti Basingstoke, Mandi Martin will be offering her time and experience to local small business owners, consultants, freelancers and home owners
FASHION lovers will be able to try on some of the latest trends this weekend. The Love Fashion Weekend will return to Festival Place where retailers will showcase summer trends and beachwear to help shoppers prepare for the holiday season.
A PINK Floyd tribute band has joined the fight to help a boy in his battle with cancer. A charity concert was held at the Victoria Hall, in Hartley Wintney on April 13 in a bid to raise funds to support the Warner family of Farriers Close, Bramley
A BASINGSTOKE student is proving that disability is not a barrier to getting gold. Zoe Barnes, 22, will be making a trip to Buckingham Palace to collect her Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award on Wednesday, 22 May. The Basingstoke College of Technology
