Gazette reporter tries out indoor skydiving
I’VE always liked the idea of skydiving but have never quite plucked up the courage to actually sign up to throw myself out of a plane.
View ArticleFirefighters offering free safety visits
FIREFIGHTERS are offering a free safety visit to vulnerable people and groups in Basingstoke and Hart.
View ArticleMan has image of Margaret Thatcher shaved into his hair
THERE are not many people who could say they have enjoyed a close shave with Margaret Thatcher – but Louis Rogers is clearly one person who has.
View ArticleCall for more educational volunteers
A VOLUNTARY provider of education in Basingstoke is appealing for people to help keep its classes going.
View ArticleSummer fete after seven-year absence for North Hampshire hamlet
A NORTH Hampshire hamlet put on a summer fete after a seven-year absence and banked thousands of pounds for charity.
View ArticleBank cash will help improve Whitchurch hall
A TOWN hall will be updated using money paid by a bank which previously occupied part of the building.
View ArticleTrio charged with conspiracy
THREE men from Kent have been charged with conspiracy to steal heating oil from homes in north Hampshire.
View ArticleCouple married for 60 years have 'never had an argument'
THEY have been married for 60 years and raised four children together, but Jean and Maurice Wicks say they have never had an argument.
View ArticleSnail racing championships will be held tomorrow
A SNAIL racing championship will be held in Sherborne St John tomorrow.
View ArticleGary and Raymond Collins sentenced for brutal attack in Market Place,...
TWO brothers left a man unconscious on the pavement after attacking him in the middle of Basingstoke.
View ArticleFormer drugs team leader at Fairfields House, Basingstoke, accused of poor...
A MAN who was in charge of an NHS team helping drug addicts in Basingstoke, failed to supervise his team properly, a disciplinary hearing in London was told.
View ArticleSainsbury's plans bigger supermarket near Griffin Way in Hook
PLANS to build a new supermarket in Hook have changed following feedback from villagers, Sainsbury’s say.
View ArticleKingsclere-born Clare Balding receives an OBE
KINGSCLERE-born Clare Balding has received an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
View ArticleSilchester couple are pulling in the pounds for a great cause
A SILCHESTER couple, who know first-hand how devastating cancer can be, are fundraising for the provision of more local radiotherapy.
View ArticlePolice caught drug dealer after smelling smoke
ALERT officers caught a drug dealer after smelling cannabis smoke that drifted over a garden fence.
View ArticlePolice appeal for information about poachers
POACHERS in north Hampshire kill for fun and seldom for the cooking pot.
View ArticleHeavy rain blamed for landslip on Basingstoke Canal
HEAVY rain earlier in the year was probably the cause of the landslip on the Basingstoke Canal at Dogmersfield.
View ArticleSteve Hewlett talks of his BGT experience
HE SAID it has taken him 26 years to become an overnight success – but there is no doubt that the people of Britain now know that Basingstoke ventriloquist Steve Hewlett has got talent.
View ArticleBasingstoke girl carried meat cleaver
A 17-YEAR-OLD Basingstoke girl has appeared before justices after being found carrying a meat cleaver in Andover.
View ArticleGolf club to hold a firewalk
SANDFORD Springs Golf Club will hold a firewalk on Friday, June 28, to kickstart their partnership with their charity of the year, Prior’s Court School.
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