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Bryant at blues club
DANNY Bryant's RedEyeBand, plus special guests The Jives, will play at Basingstoke Blues Club on Saturday, December 2. Performing blues/rock with passion, Danny Bryant's RedEyeBand started in 1999 and today comprises songwriter Danny on lead guitar
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Insufficient infrastructure
BUILDING new houses and offices in and around our town has to go hand-in-hand with improved local services. For the past decade, this has not happened, and, as a result, Basingstoke is suffering from an "infrastructure gap". My week has been dominated
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Would-be coaches join the passing-out parade
THE third and final phase of the Totally Tennis Junior Coaching Award ended last week with the presentation of certificates to the 13 students. The 14 to 16-year-olds, who were selected from Brighton Hill Community College, Costello Technology College
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Swift progress from ’Stoke’s newest side
A LANDMARK occasion for the women's section at Basingstoke RFC came with a first-ever national league game for the under-17s. Such has been the growth over the past two seasons, particularly among younger girls taking up the sport, that the Swifts
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Overseas visitor's high praise for 'beautiful' Basingstoke
Sir.-I wish to say what an honour and privilege it was to spend three weeks in and around your beautiful town recently. This was my very first visit abroad - and what an experience! I had a culture shock like never before, as everything is so well
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Impassioned plea for people to park more considerately
Sir.-I would like to ask people to be more considerate to neighbours when parking their cars. If you park over the "drop" kerb section of a path, you are obstructing someone's driveway. The drop kerbs are there for easy entry to, and exit from,
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New licensees aim to turn troubled pub around
THE new landlords at a troubled Basingstoke pub say they want to get off to a fresh start as they open for business. Kathy and Terry Alexander have taken over the running of the Great Western Hotel, in Vyne Road, and say they are determined to turn
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'Catch coach to game' police tell fans
FANS travelling to Basingstoke Town Football Club's FA Cup clash with Aldershot are being advised to go by coach. The advice has come from Hampshire Constabulary as the club prepares for the derby with longstanding local rivals Aldershot FC in the
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Experts explore site for historic artefacts
ARCHAEOLOGISTS are searching a controversial site for historic artefacts before diggers get to work developing the land into a housing estate. The project started in September and archaeologists have been busy exploring the history of the 30-acre site
