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Your chance to quiz the chiefs
RESIDENTS will tonight get the first of two chances to quiz the top men in charge of local services and plans for the future of the borough. Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council leader Councillor Andrew Finney and chief executive Tony Curtis
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Unlocked van stolen
THIEVES stole a van after it was left unlocked in a north Hampshire street. The white Ford Transit van was taken from Almswood Road, Tadley, sometime between 10pm and 10.40pm on Monday, November 30. PC Mark Pullman, of the Tadley Safer Neighbourhoods
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Thieves pinch horse trailer
POLICE are investigating after a horse trailer was stolen in a north Hampshire village. The theft of the trailer took place between 4pm and 8pm on Wednesday, November 25, outside a block of garages in Breachfield, Burghclere. PC Matt
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Garden project is helped to take root
A MARKET gardening project for disadvantaged people enlisted the mayor of Basingstoke and Deane to dig in its first fruit tree. Councillor Brian Gurden performed the honours for Growing Together, an organisation that provides people with learning disabilities
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Pair-fect team effort seals win for Sherpas
EACH of the three LoddonSherpas pairs won two rubers each to give them a 6-3 victory over Phoenix in the Basingstoke and District Badminton League’s Ladies Division of Six. The winning trio of pairs were Michelle Tomlinson/Heather Skilton, Heather Farquhar
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Royal guardian honoured
A FIRE chief from Basingstoke, who is responsible for Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament, has been presented with an award recognising 30 years’ service. Andrew Chandler, 53, a father-of-two, from Black Dam, has the key role of being London
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The story of a true diplomat
IF ANYONE knows his way around the world, it is Ken Kelley who has written a book describing his 44 years in the Diplomatic Service. Working Class Diplomat describes a career which began in 1944 when Anthony Eden was Foreign Secretary and the
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Basingstoke Archaeological and Historical Society
DOCTOR Richard Carter, of the University of Sussex, described the results of his researches into ‘Mesolithic Settlement and Subsistence in Southern Britain’ at the monthly meeting of the society held on Thursday, November 12. The Mesolithic
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Old Basing WI
AT our annual meeting in November, our committee for the coming year was elected to work under the leadership of our ongoing president Jan Blight. The report for 2009 showed just how many outings and other activities took place. We now look forward
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A seasonal offering from talented Olesea
CLASSICAL and seasonal songs are being performed by a talented young singer at a Basingstoke arts venue this week. Olesea Perelighina, pictured, is putting on a Christmas Concert on Friday at Fairfields Arts Centre, where she is an artist-in-residence
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Playful Pepe in need of home
PEPE is a very clean young cat in need of a new home. The furry fellow is about six or seven months old and very playful. He would be happy to live in a home with other cats or on his own, and he is very affectionate and loves cuddles
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Morris major!
Basingstoke Bluefin Morris Dick is celebrating after beating a former world record holder on his way to claiming a hat-trick of gold medals at the Glasgow International Masters Swimming Championships. The 67-year-old, who lives in Ellington Drive, Brighton
