Archive
-
Date
Basingstoke Street Gang members caught breaching order by policeman in unmarked car
TWO more teenage members of the Basingstoke Street Gang have been found guilty of breaching their injunction order. The boys from South Ham and Popley, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were part of a group of ten young people aged between
-
Date
CCTV captures 'horrible' moment gang raids family home for £80,000 motorbikes
A mum says she ‘doesn’t feel safe’ after CCTV caught three thieves ransacking her home just metres from where her daughter sleeps. Hayley Hallas’s family, who live in Riseley near Wellington Country Park, were robbed in the early hours of
-
Date
Grandfather's Basingstoke-based crime novel set to be released this week
A grandfather's second novel is set to be published this week, imagining a high-octane version of Hampshire full of murder and intrigue. Norman Townsend’s follow-up to his 2018 thriller Trashed! sees the aftermath of the events of the first novel
-
Date
Weekend weather forecast: Sunshine, blue skies and highs of 17 degrees
IF YOU are planning to head to a pub garden or sit outside with a coffee in a café this weekend then you will be pleased to know the sun will be shinning. Basingstoke residents will be able to enjoy a warm and sunny weekend, the Met Office has
-
Date
Grandmother's conviction quashed after 'the biggest miscarriage of justice'
A grandmother who was forced to remortgage her house after being accused of stealing £36,000 has been cleared of wrongdoing after the Court of Appeal ruled the Post Office’s case against her was riddled with “pervasive failures”. Josephine ‘Jo’
-
Date
Former South Warnborough sub-postmaster could finally have name cleared
A FORMER sub-postmaster from South Warnborough who was accused of fraud and theft by the Post Office could finally have her name cleared. Jo Hamilton was one of hundreds of sub-postmasters prosecuted for false accounting, and in 2008 she pleased
-
Date
Care home residents bury time capsule to share life during pandemic
A care home in Hook near Basingstoke has commemorated the recent easing of lockdown restrictions by planting a time capsule in the home’s garden. The residents and staff of the Old Raven House care home filled the time capsule with written notes
-
Date
Reverse the Cut: Anvil Arts to ramp up campaign with projections beamed at its venues
ANVIL Arts is set to ramp up its campaign against Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council’s decision to cut funding by beaming large projections this evening (Friday). The windows of The Anvil and The Haymarket will both be used to project the campaign