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Town game postponed
BASINGSTOKE Town's Hampshire Senior Cup trip to VT has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. The game has been re-scheduled for next Tuesday (kick-off 7.45pm).
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RAF man charged with cigarette smuggling
INVESTIGATORS have charged an RAF serviceman from Basingstoke with smuggling cigarettes on military flights. Sergeant Stuart Walker, 42, was one of four servicemen charged today with cigarette smuggling offences following a joint investigation
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Council tax rebate scam
A SCAM falsely offering council taxpayers a rebate in return for account details has been exposed. The Valuation Office Agency has claimed crooks posing as council officials have called vulnerable people across the country to offer thousands
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Shoeboxes will bring festive joy to the needy
MORE than 1,000 shoeboxes filled with gifts have been collected and shipped off to disadvantaged children as part of a seasonal charity effort. Residents in Basingstoke have defied the recession and given as generously as ever to this year’s Operation
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Petchey backs Josh for a Davis Cup role
ANDY MURRAY’S former coach, Mark Petchey, insists the British number one should stand down from Davis Cup duties with immediate effect and hand Basingstoke’s Josh Goodall a permanent role. The 24-year-old was given his Davis Cup debut against Ukraine
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North Waltham, Steventon, Ashe & Deane History Society
FROM the North Waltham Mummers, streamers blowing in the breeze, to the elegance of Vine Hunt leaving Manydown House, and the efforts of the farm labourers to control a blaze with Basingstoke’s fire brigade charging to the rescue, all on silent
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Woman assaulted in town centre
POLICE have issued advice to Christmas revellers after a 29-year-old woman was subjected to an indecent assault in Basingstoke town centre. The attack took place between 1.15am and 2am in the early hours of Saturday, December 5, as the woman
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Tim to read at carol night
TENNIS ace Tim Henman is among guests who will be reading at a festive night of carols in Basingstoke tonight. St Michael’s Hospice is this year teaming up with the trailblazing research charity, Pelican Cancer Foundation, for Carols by Candlelight
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Fresh bid for landmark scheme
CONTROVERSIAL plans to create a new quarter for Basingstoke on a landmark site are back on the agenda – and plans are also in the pipeline for an appeal against the refusal of the original £300million scheme. Developer Lemon Land has altered its original
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Memorable evening
A CROWD of more than 400 helped make the 2009 Sparstoke Cup event a resounding success. The annual match between Basingstoke Academy and Sparsholt College, played in memory of former ’Stoke colt Tom Aslett, took place at Down Grange last month
