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  • Festival Place to go football mad for six-weeks

    FOOTBALL-loving fans in Basingstoke are invited to have a ball during the next six weeks as the Festival Place hosts a Football Fiesta. Running until September 27, the Football Fiesta will give both individuals and families the chance to test their

  • Significant rise in overall results for Sherfield School

    STUDENTS, parents and staff at Sherfield School, a coeducational independent day and boarding school in Sherfield-on-Loddon, are celebrating after another successful year of GCSE results. Initial figures are showing that 42 per cent of grades achieved

  • Good Samaritan trying to return lost bike

    A GOOD Samaritan is trying to reunite a lost bike with its rightful owner. The six-speed Viking Avocet Vitesse was left on Doswell Way in South View on August 12, and needs to be returned by September 8. It is believed that two males, one on

  • Top Gear stars spotted filming at Basingstoke hotel

    THAT Fast and Furious rumour has really put Basingstoke on the map.  Just days after it was falsely circulating on social media that the latest installment of the franchise was being recorded at Festival Place, another film crew has been spotted

  • Best year yet for the Costello School

    TEENAGER collecting their results at The Costello School have outdone their predecessors, gaining the schools best results to date. More than 72 per cent of students getting 4+ grades in English and in maths, this a seven per cent increase on last

  • Brighton Hill GCSE results increase by up to 15 per cent

    BRIGHTON Hill Community School students are celebrating GCSE results after collecting them this morning. The school’s headteacher, Chris Edwards, whose Year 11 group consisted of just 80 students, says he is “elated” with the results. “It is

  • Cranbourne School students celebrate GCSE results

    STUDENTS from Cranbourne School joined peers from across the country in picking up their GCSE results on Thursday morning. Provisional results show that 68% of students achieved a grade 4+ at english and/or maths. Head Boy Alex Williams was

  • Aldworth School sees impressive rise in GCSE results

    THERE were happy faces from staff and students alike at Aldworth school for GCSE results day. The number of students achieving the top grades has improved on last year, including English which was significantly higher. Amongst the students pleased

  • Quick-thinking schoolboy, 12, saves pensioner's life

    A QUICK-thinking secondary school student has been praised for coming to the aid of a pensioner who was having a seizure. Alfie Smith was walking past the shops in Oakley on August 13 when he saw a woman collapse outside the chemist. Without

  • Town start FA Cup quest

    BASINGSTOKE Town start their quest for FA Cup glory on Saturday at Winchester City’s ground against Westfield in a preliminary round tie. They play at the same level as the Dragons, but in the Isthmian League South Central Division and have opened

  • Fears grow for missing man without phone or money

    CONCERNS are growing for the safety of a man, who has links to Hampshire, who has been missing for two days. Michael Toms was last seen at 1.20pm on Monday in East Sussex. The 56-year-old does not have access to money or a mobile phone, police

  • IN THE COURTS: The latest cases from Basingstoke Magistrates'

    STEVEN Lee Ford, 23, of Corfe Walk, Winklebury. Pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in a public place on July 28, 2019. Fined £146 and ordered to pay £32 victim surcharge and £85 costs. ASHLEY O’Dell, 29, of Mornington Close, Baughurst

  • Three more join the Bison

    THE BASINGSTOKE Bison have added three more forwards on two-way deals to their roster. The trio Rhys McCormick, Sean Norris and Sam Talbot will play for the Herd, when not in action for their parent clubs, All three will be play in South One this

  • Fresh housing plans lodged to build 14 homes in Overton

    PLANS to build a new housing development in Overton have been revived after a fresh application was lodged last week. The proposal could see up to 14 homes, comprising ten houses and four flats, built in Court Drove. An original plan was submitted