A NEW festival will be taking place at the end of the month, with its organiser looking to bring a different sort of exercise to the area. The Basingstoke Yoga Gathering will be taking place for the first time, and the festival’s focus will be showing
A BASINGSTOKE-based property agent has appointed some fresh faces to its team. London Clancy, which has its head office in Winchester Road, has appointed Mark Everett ABIFM and Sarah Bruce MRICS MSc BSc Hons. The two will be working in the property
THE newly elected leader of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council has outlined his ambitious vision to turn the town into the ‘capital of the south’. Councillor Ken Rhatigan was elected as the leader of the borough council on May 16 and told the
THEY may not have exactly blazed a trail on the water, but when it comes to determination, the Imogen Dental team were definitely the winners at this year’s Crafty Craft Race. The team, who were taking part in the popular annual event to raise money
GYM-GOERS were invited to witness the fitness last weekend at the official unveiling of Whitchurch’s new outdoor gym. Experts were on hand to give demonstrations as Whitchurch mayor Councillor Fiona Nicolson opened the new facility at the Alliston
VOLUNTEERS took to the sky to raise thousands of pounds for a good cause. On Saturday, 25 May, 14 volunteers decided to take on the daredevil task of jumping out of a plane at a height of up to 15,000ft. The adrenaline junkies were all raising
A VEHICLE was used as a battering ram in an attempted burglary. Police received reports that a car had been driven into several garage doors along a block in Hanger Road, Tadley. Access was then gained by a group of people, but no items were
THREE members of Hampshire Constabulary have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Deputy Chief Constable Sara Glen, Assistant Chief Constable David Hardcastle and PC Mark Ranola have all been honoured. Chief Constable Olivia Pinkney
BROADCASTER Dan Snow is made MBE for services to history in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. Dan, who lives near Exbury in the New Forest, is the son of TV journalist Peter Snow and a great-great-grandson of David Lloyd George, who was Britain's
A MAN from Hook has been mentioned on the Queen’s Birthday List. Adam Jollans, the chair of Hampshire Scouts Expeditions, was awarded an MBE for services to Scouting and Young People on Friday, 7 June. Adam, 60, has been involved in the Scouting
BASINGSTOKE Gymnastic Club is celebrating its first medal in the Mens Artistic British Championships for 20 years thanks to Issa Kalfon. A group of the club’s men’s artistic gymnasts to the M&S Arena, Liverpool hoping for success and they were
THESE are some of the people from Basingstoke and the surrounding area to recently appear in court: KERRY Christina Joan Smyth, 25, of Mullins Close, Oakridge. Pleaded guilty to three counts stealing items, including alcohol, from a Tesco store
