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  • Environmental beauty contest win for teenager

    A BEAUTY queen has clinched the crown at a national competition. Stephanie Wyatt, from Highclere, was awarded the title of Miss Earth England on June 22 at the Arden Hotel in Birmingham. In addition to this, she was also given the award title

  • Tae Kwon-Do practitioners land new grades

    MARTIAL artists at a club in Basingstoke have been celebrating after a grading ceremony. The children and adult members of the Basingstoke TAGB Tae Kwon-Do Martial Arts club passed the grading with flying colours on June 16 where some members receiving

  • Fabric Land to close its doors after 25 years

    THE managing director of an independent shop which is closing down this month, has put some of the blame on the landlords of the shopping centre in which it operates. Jeremy Berg took the difficult decision to close Fabric Land in Festival Place

  • Maria Miller drops by to visit Christian debt service

    A NEWLY-opened debt advisory service has welcomed the town’s MP to its base. On Monday last week, Maria Miller met with Ben Martin, the centre manager at Christians Against Poverty (CAP) debt advisory service’s Basingstoke branch, connected with

  • Kingsclere move to top spot

    KINGSCLERE moved to the top of the Hampshire League Regional One North East as they won a low scoring encounter at Rotherwick ITW. The visitors won the toss and decided to bat and they were dismissed for 129 with Freddie Gee top scoring with 27

  • Basingstoke and North Hants maintain 100 per cent record

    BASINGSTOKE and North Hants made it six wins out of six to remain top of the North Hampshire Cricket Association Midweek League Division One. Aldermaston Rugby are the Division Two leaders with four wins from their five games after the first 10

  • FOODBANK IN FOCUS: Meet the volunteers changing lives

    BREAKING through barriers is something Basingstoke Foodbank volunteers do on every occasion they step in to Trinity Methodist Church, in Sarum Hill. “No-one wants to come here, really,” says Martin Potts, a volunteer of three years, outlining the