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  • Woman dies in road crash

    A WOMAN whose car was involved in a head-on-collision with a lorry on the Hampshire/ Berkshire border has died. The Vauxhall Astra car she was driving was in collision with a Leyland DAF lorry on the B4640 Newtown Straight between the A34 Tot Hill

  • Looking to build on success

    IN RECENT years, Basingstoke and Deane has made great strides forward - and the new chief executive at the borough council is now looking forward to helping it achieve its full potential. Tony Curtis, who took up the top post at the start of this month

  • Proud day for officer of the year

    A SPECIAL community officer has been given a top Hampshire award for helping to expand a community safety scheme. Rob Green, an accredited community safety officer (ACSO), won the Margaret Leece Community Safety Officer of the Year Award. The accolade

  • Police hunt vandals after attack on Hindu temple

    VANDALS are being hunted after a Basingstoke Hindu Temple was targeted by ransacking louts. A large stone was thrown through the window of the Hindu Temple in Carnival Hall, Council Road, overnight between Wednesday, August 29, and Thursday, August

  • Officers swoop on immigrant workers in shopping centre

    IMMIGRATION officers have arrested two men found working illegally in Basingstoke. An Israeli man and a Pakistani man were found working on stalls, selling shoes and mobile phones, in Festival Place on August 29, when 14 officers from the Border and

  • Have fun, orders Basingstoke skipper

    BASINGSTOKE and North Hants captain Mitch Stokes wants his side to have fun today as they finish their Home Counties League division two west cricket campaign with a visit from Wokingham. For the first time in three years, the May's Bounty men, who