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Women's support group clocks up 40 vital years
12:40pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
A CHARITY is celebrating 40 years of helping and educating women and girls in Basingstoke.
Traffic chaos
10:38am Tuesday 16th March 2010
MOTORISTS faced a hellish commute into Basingstoke this morning after roadworks caused massive tailbacks.
Party time as Honeycomb centre celebrates first anniversary
8:50am Tuesday 16th March 2010
A SURPRISE party marked the first anniversary of a Basing-stoke family drop-in centre.
'I need your votes to become Face of 2010'
4:50pm Monday 15th March 2010
A BASINGSTOKE beauty is looking for support from Gazette readers as she bids to become the face of 2010 on a national breakfast TV show.
Silky skills enhance The Willis café
12:30pm Monday 15th March 2010
THE silk-weaving skills of local craftspeople now have pride of place in The Willis Museum’s café.
Brother and sister flee man
10:31am Monday 15th March 2010
A BROTHER and sister fled after a man approached them in the street.
So who is top neighbour?
10:20am Monday 15th March 2010
A HOUSING association is encouraging residents to become good neighbours by nominating those who help others for A Place to be Proud of Award.
Logging on for learning
8:50am Monday 15th March 2010
A SCHOOL has spent £100,000 on new technology including Nintendo DS, Wii Fit and video cameras after achieving specialist status.
Developer makes fresh move over key scheme
4:50pm Sunday 14th March 2010
THE developer seeking to build hundreds of new homes, a hotel, offices and shops in Basingstoke has appealed after planners rejected the scheme.
Pub supporters' car park fears
12:50pm Sunday 14th March 2010
A FORMER pub that is being knocked down could be turned into a commuter car park.
Police begin rural initiative
9:50am Sunday 14th March 2010
REDUCING rural crime, burglary and theft – that’s the aim of a new six-week police operation in Hart.
Skate news for park revamp
4:40pm Saturday 13th March 2010
TADLEY youths are getting their new skate park now that all funds are in place.
Mayoral twist
12:50pm Saturday 13th March 2010
CONSERVATIVE attempts to install their man as mayor could founder on a requirement that a member of another political group supports their candidate.
Partner's tribute after tragic fatal crash inquest
9:00am Saturday 13th March 2010
'You think you have all the time in the world'
Ceremonial knife stolen in house raid
5:40pm Friday 12th March 2010
A CEREMONIAL knife was stolen during a raid on a Basingstoke house.
Real bad hair day
4:50pm Friday 12th March 2010
HAIR-RAISING – or losing – locks were the height of fashion as people around the Basingstoke area helped pull in vital funds for St Michael’s Hospice.
Cannabis factory raided
2:50pm Friday 12th March 2010
MORE than 500 marijuana plants have been seized by police officers raiding a cannabis factory in Basingstoke.
Day to inspire women
12:50pm Friday 12th March 2010
INSPIRATION and self-confidence were hot topics at a celebratory event to mark International Women’s Day.
Meet our own Cheryl and Ashley Cole. . .
10:30am Friday 12th March 2010
WHEN you are called Cheryl and Ashley Cole, you can expect to get a fair bit of attention.
Library support is 'a disgrace'
8:59am Friday 12th March 2010
ANGER has erupted over the failure to provide Basingstoke with an adequate replacement library while a major revamp is carried out.
Ideas go on show
4:50pm Thursday 11th March 2010
IDEAS for developing land near Basingstoke railway station have gone on display to the public.
The top dogs!
12:50pm Thursday 11th March 2010
IT’S the canine competition of the year, and two pooches from north Hampshire have been thoroughly pampered and prepared for the big event.
Masters of our destiny
10:00am Thursday 11th March 2010
Should Basingstoke and Deane go it alone as a unitary authority? That is the question being asked by local politicians. Today, borough Labour group leader Councillor Laura James explains why she and members of her group believe the idea has merits.
Plumber on run to raise flood of cash
8:36am Thursday 11th March 2010
A PLUMBER will down tools and raise money for a Basingstoke hospice when he takes on his first half-marathon next week.
Bowlers strike form in Haiti quake fundraiser
3:10pm Wednesday 10th March 2010
BOWLERS turned out in record numbers to raise money for Haiti earthquake survivors.
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