TOTALLY Tennis performance players will be travelling to Rome to compete in a Prince Plugged In (PPI) challenge event in May. A group of eight players, including Prince-sponsored players Luke Miles, Rachel Whiteside and Simon James, will be accompanied
MAZDA'S latest supermini, the Mazda2, has just been voted World Car of the Year 2008. Now, I'm usually a bit of a cynic about COTY awards - exactly what criteria allows the judges to decide that a family hatchback is better than the latest Italian
BASINGSTOKE College of Technology has a number of places available on its BA (Hons) in education, starting in September. This degree is designed to provide opportunities for teachers/trainers in the post-compulsory sector to develop knowledge and understanding
ONE hundred years ago, in early 1908, rumours began to circulate from London that elderly people may receive weekly payments from the Government to allow them to live decent lives without having to work or beg for money on the streets. The confirmation
AN INVESTMENT seminar hosted by Clydesdale Bank made purr-fect business sense. With the end of the tax year looming for many businesses, owners could keep one eye on their bottom line and the other on how best to invest or spend their hard-earned profits
PLANS have been submitted to build a 99-bedroomed budget hotel to meet Basingstoke's growing business market. Huggler Hotels, which owns the town's four-star Apollo Hotel, has sent amended plans to the borough council after nine months of planning
A FORTNIGHT ago, the Chancellor of the Exchequer stood up to make his first Budget speech. He had slightly less money than he thought he had, but was consoled by the thought that he owned one more bank into which to put it. His Budget was half as
A FEMALE shop assistant was tied up and gagged during a robbery at a newsagents. Police are hunting the robber who entered McColls Newsagents, in Brighton Hill Parade, Basingstoke, at 8pm on Saturday. He demanded that the woman hand over the takings
RESIDENTS who lined the streets of Bramley to witness the arrival of a 150-ton supergrid transformer were caught by surprise. More than 100 people turned out yesterday to mark the 67-metre transporter's arrival at the Bramley Frith Electrical Substation
HAMPSHIRE captain Shane Warne will not be returning to May's Bounty this summer as the Australian spin king has announced his retirement from first-class cricket. The skipper of the Hawks was already due to miss a large chunk of the season due to his
A HIGH-PROFILE borough councillor has been rapped on the knuckles for being abusive and threatening towards council and housing association staff. A standards committee panel at Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council found Councillor Phil Heath, who
BASINGSTOKE'S shuttle bus service has been relaunched after switching to a more environmentally-friendly form of fuel. The buses, which run between Basingstoke Leisure Park, the town centre and Basing View, were altered to run on bio-fuel after the
Sir.-It has been a heart-warming sight to witness the very warm support being given to our returning soldiers from conflicts such as Iraq and Afghanistan over past weeks as they have marched proudly through towns throughout the south of England. On
Sir.-Basingstoke and District Cats Protection would like to thank all the volunteers and the many people who supported the charity's cause at our spring fair, in Tadley, on March 15. The total raised was £904.37, including a kind donation from David
Sir.-Recently, I saw such an act of stupidity I felt I had to put pen to paper. I was driving along the dual carriageway towards the Brighton Hill Roundabout, after leaving Toys R Us, just before the end of a home game at the Camrose Ground. It
THE Warham Trust is an informal Church of England, cafe-style congregation with young people's groups. Every first Sunday of the month, there is tea at 4.30pm and a service at 5pm, and every third Sunday there is a service at 12.30pm with lunch at 1.30pm
THERE is still time to sign up to the St Michael's Hospice Lottery before the first draw on Friday, May 16. So far, more than 500 people have signed up to the fundraising lottery. However, there are spaces for 1,100 people to take part in each draw
READING captain and Old Basing resident Graeme Murty has been granted a testimonial after spending 10 seasons at the Madejski Stadium. The right-back joined the club in the summer of 1998 from York City and has been a key figure in the Royals' rise to
