Basingstoke news and sport from the Basingstoke Gazette

Stories for 16 December 2006

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Elderly woman rescued after fire in home

AN elderly woman was taken to hospital with severe burns and smoke inhalation after a fire broke out at her Hampshire home.   more...

Cost-cutting threat to Winchester maternity unit

MIDWIVES say they fear for the future of maternity services in Winchester after health chiefs announced a sweeping range of cost-cutting measures.   more...

The end of a century of production at BAT

THE LAST cigarette made in Southampton is set to roll off the production line today, extinguishing almost 100 years of history.   more...

Tributes and tales on Ron flooding into cyberspace

THE funeral takes place tomorrow of one of Winchester's best-known characters.   more...

£1.2m city projects close to approval

REGENERATION projects totalling more than £1.2m in Southampton's Shirley area look likely to be approved.   more...

Pensioner dies in road accident

A 69-year-old pedestrian died in a road traffic accident in Salisbury on Friday evening.   more...

Yobs won't put our lights out

DEFIANT traders in a Hampshire community say they will replace Christmas decorations that have been wrecked by vandals.   more...

Police cutbacks a "major blow to the war on crime"

EASTLEIGH civic chiefs are pressing for round the table talks with the Home Office over the Whitehall decision to cut cash support for police community support officers.   more...