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Stories for 5 December 2003

Basingstoke News

Computer 2000 wins award for fifth time

A BASINGSTOKE-HEADQUARTERED computer company has gone into a class of its own by being named Distributor of the Year for the fifth time. more...

Read in Friday's Gazette Business News about why there was a teddy bear's picnic at an antiques centre in Hartley Wintney more...

Lilly lovelies pose

LILLY employees have produced a 2004 calendar to help raise awareness of issues surrounding breast cancer. more...

Shire enjoys the gift of giving

SHIRE Pharmaceuticals in Chineham has shot up to fourth place in the list of the top 100 FTSE charity givers. more...

Ely Lilly underlined its commitment to Basingstoke by opening its doors to the community. Read more in The Gazette's Business News pages this Friday. more...

Basingstoke Property

Crowning glory

THIS Basingstoke house looks as though it is detached - but, in fact, it stands at the end of a terrace in Kings Road, South Ham. more...

A property with a lot of sty-le

PIG PEN is the name given to a cottage-style home on a small development built by Berkeley Homes. more...

Take the plunge

SWIMMING is said to be one of the best forms of exercise - and there's no excuse for the over-55s not to taken an early morning dip at Seymour Place in Odiham. more...

Delightful family home

WESTON Mark Cottage is a detached house with Edwardian origins which has been extended into a four-bedroomed home. more...

The countryside is calling buyers

AGENTS FPD Savills are reporting a resurgence of the country house market in the build-up to Christmas - and one in which local buyers have been outbidding those from London. more...

Time of festive cheer and serious buyers

THE AVERAGE house price in Basingstoke for the third quarter of the year was £173,572, with an average of half-a-dozen viewers before a sale was clinched. more...

Basingstoke Sport

One of the brightest youngsters in Australian cricket has been signed by Hampshire. Read more in Friday's Gazette. more...

Hook climbs in the national rankings

LAURA Hook has jumped a place in the national biathlon rankings following her fourth finish in the weekend's national championships in Sheffield. more...

Town win brings a cup of cheer

ERNIE HOWE believes an air of optimism and confidence is returning to his Basingstoke Town side after their FA Trophy triumph took their unbeaten run to four matches. more...

Macca penalty seals Town win

Basingstoke Town 1, Chippenham Town 0 more...

For more Bison news, including a regular column by Steve Moria, see our Follow the Herd page every Friday in The Gazette. more...

Bison hoping for a bit of Minnesota magic

THE BASINGSTOKE Bison have signed a new player this week, and released another - Finnish forward Markku Takala. more...

Basingstoke Whatson

Classic sword tale gets to the point

THERE'S been a lot going on at Basingstoke's Haymarket Theatre. more...

Echowinchester News

Civic chiefs unveil the library `Plan B'

CIVIC chiefs in Winchester are promising the city a new "cultural' quarter" after agreeing to shelve plans for a new £7m library because of overwhelming public opposition. more...

Farehamandgosport News

Riding school bid fails

A RIDING school owner facing eviction from his Portchester home on New Year's Eve has now lost his bid to live on the site of his business because of planning rules. more...

FATAL SLIP

A BINMAN was crushed to death after he was accidentally run over by a dustcart at a Hampshire landfill site, a jury heard. more...

Forestandwaterside News

Tribute to `man of the people'

TOP brass from organisations throughout Hampshire packed into Fawley Parish Church yesterday to pay their respects to former New Forest Council leader and chairman John Coles who died last week. more...

Southampton Leisure

CINEMA LISTINGS

Films showing in the Hampshire region until 11th December. more...

WILBUR (WANTS TO KILL HIMSELF) (15)

WILBUR (Jamie Sives) is a pessimist who is so disillusioned with life his only thought is how to end it: hanging, paracetemol overdose, slit wrists - everything Wilbur tries comes to nought and, invariably, his long-suffering brother Harbour (Adrian Rawlins) arrives just in the nick of time to save the day. more...

TIMELINE (12A)

TIMELINE is a surprisingly subversive nugget of sci-fi hokum. more...

S.W.A.T. (12A)

THERE'S nothing subtle about S.W.A.T., Clark Johnson's testosterone-fuelled action-thriller inspired by the popular 70s television series of the same name. more...

BROTHER BEAR (U)

THERE are some animated films, like Finding Nemo, that are great for everyone and there are others, like Brother Bear, that are only suitable for small children and their immediate families. more...

Simple Minds

IT'S been 25 years since Simple Minds, the most successful Scottish rock band of the 1980s, exploded on the music scene. more...

Feeder

ALMOST two years on from the death of their band-mate Jon Lee, Grant Nicholas and Taka Hirose are still keeping the Feeder name alive. more...

Paul Weller

Paul Weller is an established name in the hierarchy of the music business. ANDREW WHITE looks back at The Modfather's many incarnations and successes... more...

Review: Robin Hood, Nuffield Theatre, Southampton

THE Nuffield Christmas show may not be the biggest under the tree - but it's certainly one of the best. more...

Animal Farm

AWARD-WINNING Eastleigh Borough Youth Theatre will be `revolting' when they perform George Orwell's classic Animal Farm from Wednesday. more...

Southampton News

Is your electric blanket safe?

HUNDREDS of electric blankets failed tests carried out by safety watchdogs in Hampshire. More than half of 850 blankets checked across the county proved hazardous. It was in contrast to the previous year when 37 per cent of those looked at were found to be faulty. more...

School's anniversary events smash record

A CITY school smashed all records when it raised thousands of pounds for charity to celebrate its 450th anniversary. more...

Move to save historic ground

IT USED to be home to the champion football team in Southampton. more...

That's the ticket as wardens nab buses

TRAFFIC wardens have a new target in their sights - buses. more...

How medieval man made his mark

IT HAS been the scourge of most modern cities. more...

Worker's neck broken by block

A BUILDING firm has been fined £15,000 after a worker suffered a broken neck when a concrete block plummeted 30ft on to his head. more...

Brothers orphaned by air crash

A HAMPSHIRE family has been rocked by a second tragedy in just three years after father of three Neville Moger died in a helicopter crash. more...

Residents demand action over bikers

"JUST do something." That was the message from more than 100 angry residents who turned up to voice their views on nuisance bikers at a meeting in Lordshill last night. more...

Investment in staff reaps its rewards

SOUTH coast Volkswagen group Peter Cooper is reaping the rewards of its investment in the best staff to care for customer vehicles. more...

Memory Lane: Grand's theatrical past

THE Grand Theatre in Southampton played host to many dramas in its time. more...

Southampton Shipping

In Port

Today's Principal Arrivals: CMA CGM Balzac, container, 0030, 207; MOL Progress, container, 0200, 205; Hual Trotter, roro, 0200, 205; CMA CGM Pasteur, container, 0600, 204; Aurora, passenger, 0630, 106; Caronia, passenger, 0700, 38/9; Vytautas, cargo, 0900, 102; OOCL Malaysia, container, 1130, 206; Don Quijote, vehicle, 1230, 34/35; Philipp, container, pm, SCT. more...

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