AWE apprentice met with Nick Clegg
AN APPRENTICE at AWE met with Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg in Whitehall at a special reception to mark National Apprenticeship Week.
View ArticleCare home hits five out of six targets but told to improve cleanliness and...
WATCHDOGS say a Basingstoke care home has hit five out of six targets – but it needs to do better on cleanliness and infection control.
View ArticleEducation centre for excluded children could expand
AN EDUCATION centre for children, who have been excluded from mainstream school, could expand.
View ArticleNew councillor elected to Whitchurch Town Council
A NEW councillor has been elected to sit on Whitchurch Town Council following a by-election.
View ArticlePlans to bring John Lewis at Home and Waitrose stores to Basing View...
PLANS to bring a John Lewis at Home and Waitrose combined superstore to Basing View are being recommended for approval next week.
View ArticleAdministrators promise to honour wedding bookings at Basingstoke hotel
ADMINISTRATORS who have been appointed to take over a hotel chain have promised all wedding bookings will be honoured at a Basingstoke hotel.
View ArticleBasingstoke and Deane Borough Council set to apply for Government flooding funds
BASINGSTOKE and Deane Borough Council is set to apply for up to £500,000 from the Government to cover the cost of the flood relief efforts in the borough.
View ArticleChineham Brownies visit Planetarium
THESE Brownies had stars in their eyes when they visited a planetarium as part of their work towards achieving a stargazer badge.
View ArticleMan with fear of heights to take part in charity abseil
A MAN so afraid of heights that he had to lie down during a trip on the London Eye, is set to abseil 350 feet down the Spinnaker Tower.
View ArticleFairtrade event raises awareness of problems faced by banana farmers
SHOPPERS in The Malls went bananas for a Fairtrade event aimed at getting fair prices for banana farmers across the world.
View ArticleCash stolen from van parked near Airkix
THIEVES stole up to £3,000 from a van parked at Basingstoke Leisure Park.
View ArticleTadley residents to decide whether youth facility loan should be taken out
OVER the next few weeks all Tadley residents who are on the electoral register will be receiving a ballot paper through the post, asking if they want the town council to borrow £250,000 to contribute...
View ArticleSex attacker jailed for four years after abusing 14-year-old girl
A MAN with an “extremely low” IQ has been jailed for four years for sexually abusing a teenage girl.
View ArticleFull extent of flooding damage to roads not yet known
THE full extent of the damage caused by flooding is not yet known, according to the environment chief at Hampshire County Council.
View ArticleBus boss invited to explain service changes at public meeting
BOROUGH councillors will invite the managing director of Stagecoach South to come and talk at a public meeting about the company’s radical and controversial bus service changes.
View ArticleMan charged after raid in South Ham
AN ALLEGED cannabis dealer has appeared in court after officers raided a house in South Ham.
View ArticleBurglars steal booze and a CCTV system from The Great Western Hotel
THIEVES took more than £400 of spirits and a CCTV system during a burglary at a Basingstoke pub.
View ArticleSchoolchildren enjoy Oscar-themed event
CHILDREN dressed in Hollywood glamour to walk down a red carpet at an Oscar-themed event to celebrate their work.
View ArticleMan with limp attacks teenage girl in Popley
A MAN with a limp attacked a 17-year-old girl in Popley.
View ArticleSoldier sentenced for racist comment on Facebook
A HAMPSHIRE soldier has been sentenced in Basingstoke today for making a racist comment on Facebook.
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