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Cow's about that... Frank wins bull-runner honour

Frank Teylor (left) at the Spanish night at the Barley Mow in Winchfield

4:00pm Thursday 9th July 2009

HE HAS put his life on the line by running from raging bulls in a Spanish town year after year, and has been just inches from death.

Towns pool ideas for the future

2:00pm Thursday 9th July 2009

DELEGATES from Basingstoke have taken part in a ground-breaking pan-European conference to share ideas on how towns can develop in environmentally sensitive ways.

Woman attacked

2:07pm Thursday 9th July 2009

A YOUNG man indecently assaulted a woman on a Basingstoke footpath while his companions watched.

Pride of place for Pepe at Trafalgar

Pepe Tozzo is going to be one of the first people on the fourth plinth for the Antony Gormley art installation

12:00pm Thursday 9th July 2009

A MAN from Basingstoke who wrote a book about calculators is to be put on a pedestal in the centre of London.

RAF chief hails young cadets

The Air Cadets from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight on parade at RAF Odiham

9:38am Thursday 9th July 2009

HUNDREDS of Air Cadets from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight stood to attention at RAF Odiham as the Red Arrows shot through the sky.

Rescuers train Kenyan firefighters

Rescuers train Kenyan firefighters

5:00pm Wednesday 8th July 2009

A SPECIALIST rescue team from Hampshire helped train new firefighters in Kenya and fitted their fire station with a new kitchen.

Music fans ready to party in park

Music fans ready to party in park

1:30pm Wednesday 8th July 2009

MORE than 100 acts and award-winning headliners will be descending on War Memorial Park at the weekend for this year’s free Basingstoke Live music festival.

Laura tops public vote at pageant

Laura tops public vote at pageant

11:50am Wednesday 8th July 2009

AN ASPIRING catwalk queen has missed out in her bid to take the crown at a top modelling competition but is still in with a chance of being entered for England’s biggest beauty pageant.

Will you give these birds a loving home?

Will you give these birds a loving home?

8:58am Wednesday 8th July 2009

RODDY and Lola are a pretty pair of lovebirds in need of a new home.

Pedal power paying off

Pedal power paying off

5:00pm Tuesday 7th July 2009

EMPLOYEES at a Basingstoke firm donned cycling helmets and went on a sponsored bike ride in aid of a north Hampshire children’s charity.

Pte Cowton died a hero, inquest told

Pte Cowton died a hero, inquest told

1:20pm Tuesday 7th July 2009

A PARATROOPER from north Hampshire was a hero who died despite the valiant efforts of his comrades to keep him alive under fire.

£200,000 antiques haul for home raiders

11:10am Tuesday 7th July 2009

DISTRESSED residents are reeling after burglars escaped with a £200,000 haul of antiques in a raid on a north Hampshire home.

Students rocket towards Moon

Students rocket towards Moon

9:41am Tuesday 7th July 2009

THE Moon landings were remembered by Basingstoke pupils with the launch of compressed air rockets.

Witness appeal after hit and run

6:22pm Monday 6th July 2009

A MAN was left lying in the road after he was injured in a hit and run collision in Tadley.

Swine flu confirmed at Queen Mary's College

Swine flu confirmed at Queen Mary's College

5:10pm Monday 6th July 2009

ONE case of swine flu has been confirmed and another is suspected at Queen Mary’s College in Basingstoke.

Diamond days ahead for a close couple

2:20pm Monday 6th July 2009

A BASINGSTOKE couple who grew up two doors away from one another are celebrating their diamond wedding.

YouTube plea to help trap Georgina's killer

Georgina Edmonds who was murdered on January 11 last year

12:00pm Monday 6th July 2009

MURDER squad detectives have turned to YouTube in the latest phase of their hunt for the killer of the widow of a Basingstoke coffee merchant.

Spotlight is shone on councillors' expenses

Conservative Councillor Horace Mitchell

10:04am Monday 6th July 2009

THE borough councillor who claimed 15 times the average amount in travelling and subsistence allowances last year has slashed his claims.

Splashing achievement

Splashing achievement

9:10am Sunday 5th July 2009

A PROFOUNDLY deaf Basingstoke youngster who has refused to let her hearing hold her back has won an award from swimming celebrity Duncan Goodhew.

M3 work welcomed despite delay fears

4:50pm Saturday 4th July 2009

DRIVERS on the M3 between Hook and Basingstoke are set to face three months of delays as multi-million pound improvements start on the motorway next week.

War on waste sets up plastic bag amnesty

Valerie Huckstepp traded in plastic bags for a jute reusable bag as part of national recycling week

4:50pm Saturday 4th July 2009

A WAR was declared on plastic bags in Basingstoke.

Permanent sites for travellers set to be opposed

2:40pm Saturday 4th July 2009

A PLAN to put more than 25 permanent travellers’ pitches in the borough is set to meet with opposition tonight from councillors.

Police will target under-age drinkers

2:30pm Saturday 4th July 2009

A POLICE sergeant has warned that a campaign tackling under-age drinkers in north Hampshire is being stepped up over the summer holidays.

Helicopter's flying visit

Helicopter's flying visit

12:50pm Saturday 4th July 2009

A HELICOPTER turned heads in Whitchurch as it landed at the local primary school.

Apology follows 'stupid' rebuke

Apology follows 'stupid' rebuke

12:40pm Saturday 4th July 2009

AN ANGRY email slamming council staff as “blind and stupid” led to a district councillor issuing an apology.


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