AN ELDERLY woman is critically ill in hospital following a crash on the A34 near Whitchurch. At about 9.35am today, a blue Ford Fiesta car travelling northbound on the busy commuter route near Whitchurch was in collision with a blue Ford Fiesta van,
THE Gazette Sports Personality of the Year competition for 2007 was launched last Thursday, so make sure that your favourite is in the running - send in your voting coupon printed in your Basingstoke Extra today. The winner will be announced and presented
A SECTION of the A33 at Sherfield-on-Loddon has been closed in both directions following a serious collision between a HGV and a Land Rover this afternoon. The incident happened at the junction with Breach Lane at around 1pm and involved a white HGV
DETECTIVES are continuing to question a man in connection with the brutal murder of a Basingstoke coffee merchant's widow. Georgina Edmonds, 77, was found beaten to death in her cottage in the Hampshire village of Brambridge last Friday. Her late husband
Heathpark suffered their heaviest defeat of the season in division two after a well-contested first half in which they took a two-goal lead. Chris Dobbie scored both to bring his tally for the season to 16. His first came in the 19th minute when a
A tight game at Newfound saw Murray Knox's Tadley side record their third premier division win in four matches to go second in the table. Oakley threatened early on when 'keeper Danny Nocella had to make a one-on-one save from the nippy John Williams
CUT-PRICE food waste digesters are set to be offered to borough householders in a bid to reduce black-bin rubbish. Officers at Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council reckon more than 125 tonnes of waste could be saved from going into bins each year
A CRACKDOWN on traders who dump waste at Basingstoke's Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) is to begin on St Valentine's Day. From February 14, commercial vehicles, and those over 3.5 tonnes in weight, will be banned from leaving waste at HWRCs
PART of the A34 at Bullington Cross has been closed following a serious collision between two cars this morning. Police, fire and ambulance crews were called to the incident around 9.30am, which happened close to the junction with the A303, one mile
A DANCE enthusiast and long-standing British Red Cross volunteer in Basingstoke has died at the age of 89. Kathleen Laws died of pneumonia at her home in Sarum Hill. More than 40 people attended a memorial service for Mrs Lewis at St Mary's Church
THE decision to shut Hampshire post offices has annoyed county council chiefs and prompted further comment from Basingstoke's MP. Councillor Ken Thornber, leader of Hampshire County Council, said that he is concerned about how local communities will
