Man injured in snowball attack
5:13pm Thursday 9th February 2012
A MAN who tried to stop a group of youths throwing snowballs at cars was left injured after they attacked him, kicking him repeatedly in the head.
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Plan lodged for 450-home scheme
5:00pm Thursday 9th February 2012
PROPOSALS to build a new 450-home development to the north of Basingstoke – which will include a new primary school and community centre – have been lodged with the borough council.
Top stuff - from start to finish
1:00pm Thursday 9th February 2012
SIMON MOSS reports on what it's like to be part of the audience at the filming of one of Britain's most popular TV shows - Top Gear LIKE thousands of others who have grown to love the Sunday evening injection of tomfoolery, explosions and cars that is Top Gear, I had longed to be one of the lucky few standing in the crowd watching it all unfold.
Go-ahead for atomic weapons centre
12:27pm Thursday 9th February 2012
PLANS for a new atomic weapons facility at the AWE site in Aldermaston have been given the go-ahead.
Hats the way to do it, says knitting gran
11:00am Thursday 9th February 2012
A KNITTING-mad granny is supporting a charity campaign by making bobble hats at her Basingstoke home.
TOWIE star cancels town date after split
9:01am Thursday 9th February 2012
A REALITY TV star who was meant to visit Basingstoke to launch a wedding competition with her boyfriend has backed out because they have split up.
Nominations D-day looms
4:00pm Wednesday 8th February 2012
THE DEADLINE is less than a week away for nominations for a new award scheme that puts the spotlight on the achievements of young people in Basingstoke and Deane.
Park is on trail of rare snail
2:00pm Wednesday 8th February 2012
IN A battle to save Partula snails, Marwell Wildlife is now breeding a further four species.
Dormice transfer to zoo a great success
12:00pm Wednesday 8th February 2012
TWO dormice, which were saved and taken to HART Wildlife Rescue after their nest was wrecked by a cat, have been successfully transferred to Paignton Zoo.
Digital switchover begins this morning
11:35am Wednesday 8th February 2012
THE BIGGEST change to television in a generation began today, with BB2 analogue channel turned off in much of Basingstoke.
On track for peak performance
10:00am Wednesday 8th February 2012
TRAIN capacity between Basingstoke and Reading will be beefed up by 12 per cent at peak times – thanks to investment from rail operator First Great Western.
Head quits after school is slated in watchdog report
6:00pm Tuesday 7th February 2012
ANXIOUS parents have been assured that their children’s school is not at risk of closure after the headteacher suddenly quit and it was put into “special measures” after a mauling by education watchdogs.
Showcase of the past by students
4:00pm Tuesday 7th February 2012
ARTEFACTS including Roman pottery and a 17th century cannonball have gone on display in a Basingstoke museum as part of an exhibition organised by students at The University of Winchester.
'All in this together'
2:17pm Tuesday 7th February 2012
“IT’S all of us versus cancer”. That’s the rallying cry being issued to women across Basingstoke by organisers of Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life.
How big decisions can take minutes
2:00pm Tuesday 7th February 2012
IN LITTLE more than the time it takes to boil a kettle, Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council’s decision-making Cabinet agreed its budget for the next financial year, set out the grants it will give to voluntary groups and made six other important decisions.