PURPLE Room Productions present Lust, a musical by the Heather brothers, at Central Studio, QMC, from Thursday, June 22, to Saturday, June 24, at 7.45pm. Based on William Wycherley's The Country Wife, this rollicking restoration revel throws off the
THE Basingstoke Lions have booked Chas and Dave for Thursday, July 13, at the Haymarket Theatre for the third concert in their "variety for charity" season. Tickets, priced £15, are now on sale from the box office on 01256 465566. The final concert
NEW Yorker Julia Stiles' face is well-known to moviegoers. Having started her career aged 11, when she made her debut with the experimental off-Broadway La MaMa Theatre, she was considered for the role of Claudia in Interview With the Vampire, but
TOTALLY Tennis Tournament 1 performance player David Charlton has won through to the main draw in the Ariel British Junior National Championships. Charlton is one of four players who won a qualifing place in the under-14 boys' event at Sutton Junior
A RECORD entry of 171 teams - 25 per cent up on last year - contested Basingstoke Town Colts' annual six-a-side soccer tournament at their Linde Materials Handling sports ground at Water End. Teams travelled from Kent, London, Sussex, Nottinghamshire
DESPITE a late scare, Basingstoke and North Hants managed to secure a draw with high-flying Farnham Royal. On Saturday, away to the leaders of Home Counties League division two west, the Bountymen managed to bat out the 50 overs required to avoid defeat
IT IS not only regarding on-the-pitch matters where Basingstoke Town has made a signing - as a commercial manager has been appointed by the board of directors. The new man is Steve Duly, who links up with Town manager Francis Vines again after their
NEVILLE Roach has said he is absolutely delighted to have rejoined Basingstoke Town - and admitted he should never have left in the first place. The 27-year-old striker is Francis Vines' first official signing of the summer - and the Town manager is
FRIENDS and family have rallied round to help a 15-year-old boy from Chineham who has been left paralysed from the waist down after a motocross accident. Aaron Morgan, from Martins Wood, was out on his bike with his dad Ron, 46, at the Cusses Gorse
THE high street was hushed but the pubs roared with jubilant celebrations as the final whistle of England's opening game seemed to echo all the way from Frankfurt to football-loving Basingstoke. Hundreds of fans had packed into the watering holes in
Sir.-Regarding the story "Homeless dad forced to live in his work van" in last Monday's Gazette. I sympathise with this man as to how difficult and frustrating it is to find affordable rented accommodation in Basingstoke, as my daughter and her boyfriend
A MYSTERY cat sniper is being hunted after a treasured family pet was shot in the leg with an airgun. Minstrel, a 13-month-old black and white cat, had to have more than £700 of veterinary treatment as a result of his extensive injuries and may never
DINING the old-fashioned way was on the menu when Cliddesden Primary School held a Victorian lunch to celebrate the school's 130th birthday. Pupils sampled a traditional dish of toad-in-the-hole, as it would have been served more than a century ago
THE Duke of Edinburgh joined about 80 people in a north Hampshire horse carriage driving event. Prince Philip spent three days competing in the Farleigh House Carriage Driving Trials, which took place on the Farleigh House estate, Farleigh Wallop,
