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Basingstoke Bison lose table topping clash with Guildford Flames
THE Basingstoke Bison suffered a 5-2 defeat at the Guildford Flames on Sunday night which sent their rivals back to the top of the English Premier League. After no goals were scored in the first period the Flames fired themselves into a 3-0 lead
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Basingstoke has tenth worst recycling rate in Britain
BASINGSTOKE and Deane Borough Council is the 10th worst district in Britain for recycling household rubbish, the latest Government figures show. An annual review of recycling published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (
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'Stoke claim victory in big promotion clash
BASINGSTOKE RFC are just one point off second-placed Chichester in the London One South standings after beating the Sussex side 26-16 at Down Grange on Saturday. The hosts led 9-6 following an early flurry of penalties and scored the opening try
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Borough car park strategy brings in more than £1million
BASINGSTOKE and Deane Borough Council made more than £1million from its car parks strategy last year. Figures from IAM (Institute of Advanced Motorists), calculated using data from the Department for Communities and Local Government, show that
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London Waterloo train still a strain
ON MONDAY, I joined the commuters on the 7.29am train from Basingstoke to London Waterloo. Last year, I made the exact same journey, and it was a miserable experience – I was squashed in with other passengers, without a seat, being thrown about
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CarFest revs up again
CARFEST is coming back to north Hampshire this summer. The festival of cars, pop music and food near Overton is to return with an extra day. Organisers of the event, which is the brainchild of media star and Radio 2 DJ, Chris Evans, are putting
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HAMPSHIRE Chamber is now accredited with the British Chambers of Commerce
HAMPSHIRE Chamber has become a member of the British Chambers of Commerce Accredited Chamber Network. This follows Sussex Enterprise agreeing to cease its North Hampshire Enterprise operation. Its 37 members have transferred to Hampshire Chamber
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Basingstoke nets cash boost for building new homes
BASINGSTOKE has netted just short of £1million in the latest round of Government payments given for building new homes. The borough council is to receive £943,717 in New Homes Bonus from the Department for Communities and Local Government.
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Borough mayor to remember holocaust victims
BASINGSTOKE and Deane mayor Councillor Martin Biermann is inviting residents to join him at a ceremony to remember the millions of holocaust victims. The mayor will lay a wreath at the war memorial outside the Civic Offices, in London Road, on
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Sing out if you were at Foundry
Sir.–The Friends of The Willis Museum would like to make contact with anyone who worked at the Morris Singer Foundry when it was located in Basingstoke. This is in connection with a book they are preparing to publish on the Triumphal Gateway, in
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Tribute to hospice nurse Claire Allum
THE grieving husband of a woman who died suddenly on Christmas Eve has paid a moving tribute to his wife of 18 years. Mother-of-three Claire Allum, 51, died in her sleep from a brain haemorrhage at the couple’s home in Gilbert Close, Popley, Basingstoke
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Day to remember for Bramley couple
IF YOU are already thinking about the cost of next Christmas, spare a thought for Bramley mum Samantha Middleton. The 28-year-old gave birth to 6lbs 12oz Jack on Christmas Day – which is also her husband Richard’s birthday. The mother-of-two
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Blizzards boost promotion hopes with key win
THE Basingstoke Blizzards basketball team maintained their challenge for promotion as they beat joint leaders Yateley Silverbacks 81-61. Rob Gerrard was talked into playing by coach Marcel Mavronicholas, even though he was nursing a fractured collarbone
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Shire races in as a sponsor
CHINEHAM-based biopharmaceutical firm Shire was quick off the mark to sign up as the headline sponsor of the third Basingstoke Half-Marathon. Jessica Mann, senior vice-president of Shire Global Communications & Government Relations, said: “
