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Reader's pic - flooding in Old Basing
This picture was submitted by Adrian Pink of flooding under the railway bridge in Milkenpen Lane, Old Basing, taken on Saturday morning after heavy rain on Friday. If you have any pictures you would like to submit to us either use the form here or
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Bison tame the league leaders
Belfast Giants 3, Basingstoke Bison 0 THE Bison produced their best performance of the season so far against Elite League leaders Belfast, but still came away from the Odyssey on Thursday night with nothing to show for their efforts. As in previous
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Plans to boost recycling rates
BINMEN educating residents about recycling, home composting and more bottle banks are being planned to boost recycling in the borough. The measures are being looked at by borough council officers to push recycling rates up from 17 per cent towards
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By-election candidates named for vacant seat
TWO candidates have been nominated for the by-election in the Buckskin ward of Basingstoke council. Labour and the Conservatives have chosen representatives to fight for the seat on Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, which is vacant following the
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Homes evacuated after gas leak
NEARLY 20 homes and a restaurant in the Chineham area of Basingstoke had to be evacuated last night after a car carrying three people mounted the kerb and hit a mains gas pipe. A large section of Reading Road was cordoned off between 7.45pm and 10pm
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Bus company under fire over children’s fare row
A BUS company has been slammed by parents who claim their three children were told to get off a bus "in the middle of nowhere" in the dark. Ami Udal, aged 15, was travelling on a Stagecoach bus from Basingstoke to Camberley with her sister Chloe, 12
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Arts chief speaks out
It has been a dramatic few months off-stage in the local arts community, culminating in the final decision by the borough council's Cabinet on Tuesday, October 31, that the Haymarket Theatre will close from January to September 2007, before reopening