ON JULY 1, Rotary clubs worldwide (there are more than 30,000 clubs with total membership exceeding 1.25 million) start their new year. Rolf Holstein is the new president of The Rotary Club of Basingstoke; Basingstoke Deane is now headed up by Alf McCarthy
KENWYNE JONES has set himself a 20-goal target to help fire Saints back into the Premiership. The 21-year-old grabbed his second in as many games at the weekend when he bagged the only goal on his return to Hillsborough. The former Sheffield Wednesday
A planning inspector will decide if a house in Bishop's Waltham will be levelled to make way for apartments. Mapledean Developments appealed against Winchester City Council's decision to refuse their application to build four one-bedroom and six two-bedroom
CATHEDRAL chiefs have defended their decision to allow some scenes of the Hollywood version of Dan Brown's controversial bestseller The Da Vinci Code to be filmed in the north transept of Winchester Cathedral. The novel has attracted strong criticism
ALTHOUGH they do not make Wonka bars, staff at Bendicks, in Winchester, would certainly relate to many of the themes in Tim Burton's latest version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The city's very own chocolate factory has been producing luxury confectionery
A HUGE tree is making the lives of a small Winchester community a misery. Enid Boyd, 74, who lives at Denham Court at Denham Close, Hyde, has spent more than a decade trying to replace the 50-foot lime, which is in her front garden and is protected by
PLANS to cut or limit bus services, including many rural services, across Hampshire have been met with fierce criticism. The county council says it cannot afford to continue subsidising dozens of routes because it is running over budget. It plans to target
A CAR rolled down a car park ramp and knocked over its driver who was purchasing a ticket, before smashing into a wall. The drama happened on Monday afternoon at The Brooks centre car park in Winchester, which had to be closed for three days. The incident
HE came to England from Hungary to find work and build a life before being joined by his girlfriend of eight years. But three months after arriving in the country the life of Krisztian Takacs, pictured, was cut tragically short after a massive gas explosion
A 600-year-old Hampshire market could close at the end of the year, after operators threatened not to renew their contract. Kingsland Market, in St Mary Street, Southampton, could be axed if no new operators are willing to take it over. Traders have warned
PEOPLE involved in crime prevention schemes have been invited to apply for grants of up to £4,000 a time from Hampshire Police Authority. During the past year the authority's crime prevention committee awarded a total of £249,480, with 52 grants given
ALMOST half of the licensed premises in Basingstoke and Deane have missed the deadline to convert their licences to comply with new laws. Saturday, August 6, was the last day for pubs, clubs, community centres, supermarkets, shops and traders wishing
A BASINGSTOKE councillor is calling for Stagecoach to repay a Hampshire County Council subsidy after figures showed a 16 per cent increase in passengers on a route being funded by taxpayers. The final section of the Number 5 bus service, between Popley
A RALLY to both mark the 60th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and demonstrate against the development of nuclear weap-ons was held outside the AWE nuclear base. In the last of a series of demonstrations, protesters held a peaceful rally outside
THE A30 at Water End Lane has seen an alarming number of accidents in the past three months with three people killed. Last week, I discussed with Hampshire County Council its plans to reduce the speed of traffic at this point on the A30, including a new
Harry Redknapp believes Djamel Belmadi was the difference as Saints claimed their first Championship win of the season at Sheffield Wednesday. The Algerian international started on the left of midfield and put in an impressive display which added an extra
Another epic partnership between Nic Pothas and Andy Bichel, and an inspired bowling performance late in the day, has kept alive Hampshire's championship title hopes against leaders Kent. Eleven days after their astonishing eighth wicket partnership against
Live music will continue at a pub near Winchester, thanks to support from locals. Carl Carley, landlord of The Dove Inn, on Andover Road, Micheldever Station, had applied to Winchester City Council to renew the pub's public entertainment licence. The
THERE was road chaos after thousands of dead fish were left strewn across one side of the M3 at Winchester this week. They were being transported in boxes, stacked in a trailer towed by a Land Rover. The vehicle overturned on the southbound carriageway
TIME has been called on a fifth of pubs and takeaways in Winchester which have missed the deadline to apply for new liquor licences. Around 100 out of 500 premises failed to meet the August 6 deadline, including around a dozen establishments which were
A LOCKS Heath man escaped from his home shortly before it went up in flames following a suspected electrical fault. His two cats died in the blaze, which caused severe heat and smoke damage to the ground and first floors of the terraced property in Drake
SOME may have dismissed it as a bird-brained idea but for a Southampton pigeon fancier it was the perfect charity venture. Barry Mcintosh auctioned 60 racing pigeons to raise £3,400 for the Royal South Hants Hospital radiotherapy unit. Barry, 57, and
