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  • Chinese to make business visit

    MEMBERS of the Chinese Embassy will visit Basingstoke today on a fact-finding tour that could help to bring investment to the borough. The visit comes after links were established between Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and the embassy during

  • Borough goes Live with musical showcase

    BASINGSTOKE has come alive with the sound of all kinds of music this week as the first-ever Basingstoke Live music festival gets into full swing. The festival, which has been organised by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in conjunction with EVPS

  • Wheelie bin grabs questioned

    A CONSERVATIVE borough councillor has questioned the council's powers to confiscate wheelie bins. Cllr Phil Heath is concerned that the full council did not approve the measure as part of a policy sanctioned last year to tackle residents who leave

  • Pub’s bid to lift restrictions fails

    RESIDENTS have won their battle to stop the bosses of a Chineham pub from reopening their gardens to drinkers late at night throughout the week. The Chineham Arms, in Ajax Close, was ordered by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in December 2005

  • Die Hard 4.0 (15)

    ARNIE may be governing California, but Sylvester and Bruce are still showing the young pretenders just what 1980s action men are capable of. The former garnered some of the best reviews of his career for Rocky Balboa, and now, nearly twenty years after