STUDENTS from schools in Basingstoke and Andover became book critics for the day when they met to vote for their favourite paperback. More than 80 pupils visited Fort Hill Community School, in Winklebury, Basingstoke, to take part in the Hampshire
JOIN a small mouse on a life-sized adventure in Stuart Little at the New Victoria Theatre in Woking from July 4 to 9. This new stage adaptation (pictured) of the classic children's story is based on the book by E.B. White and adapted by Joseph Pobinette
LOCAL Reading duo Thom Hammond and Stuart Clark launch their debut album clarkhammondDuo at Reading's South Street on Thursday, June 22, at 8pm. The pair will then promote the album with a tour of art centres nationally before heading off to Spain
A LATE-GEORGIAN farmhouse, with three acres of grounds and paddocks, is being sold for upgrading with a price guide of £700,000. Folly Farmhouse in Bramley is marketing through Lane Fox and is billed as having the potential to extend and improve.
AFTER 30 years, the British International Motor Show, in partnership with Lloyds TSB Insurance, returns to London this summer (July 20 to 30) to unleash its glamorous new format on the capital. The UK's largest and best-loved show is a spectacular
ONE of the South's leading specialist financial recruitment firms is launching an innovative incentive scheme for its own star performers. Basingstoke's CMA Financial Recruitment, which advises companies throughout the South, is rewarding its own team
IT'S time to vote and make sure your own Local Heroes can go all the way in one of the most exciting music events in the UK. Gazette Newspapers has been getting behind a number of bands in Basingstoke who have entered this competition for up-and-coming
I WAS pleased to be invited to take part in Basingstoke Citizens Advice Bureau's (CAB) away day last week. The CAB offers help and support to those in debt - an increasing problem as credit becomes more easily available. We should be doing more
THE top nursing care at Basingstoke hospital is set to be recognised at a new awards ceremony next month. The first-ever Director of Nursing Awards will honour some of the best nursing individuals and teams that work at the hospital. It is a chance
OFFENDERS wanting to leave their criminal past behind and focus on job-hunting received a boost at the official opening of Basingstoke Probation Office. The office, based at St Clement House, Alenon Link, Basingstoke, was officially opened by Helen
A PART of Basingstoke looks set to become a conservation area after residents and planning chiefs gave the idea the thumbs up. In a public consultation held in the spring, 90 per cent of people supported the idea of South View becoming a conservation
THOUSANDS of pounds could be set aside to deal with nuisance trees that tower over residents' homes and gardens. Borough councillors were not happy with budget proposals put forward by officers and asked for a five-fold increase in the amount of cash
A SUMMER charity market at The Malls brought a taste of British seaside holidays to Basingstoke. The market, organised by Basingstoke Voluntary Services, gave a host of local charities the opportunity to raise money and awareness for good causes.
