PRIMARY school and early years provision in the south-west of Basingstoke will be significantly improved because of the decision not to rebuild Beech Down Primary School, says Hampshire education chief Don Allen. Reacting to comments made by borough council
Today's Principal Arrivals: Tanabata, ro/ro, 0630, 40; NYK Antares, container, 0830, 207; Strong Virginian, military, No 7 Dry Dock, 1100; APL Sardonyx, container, 206, 1300. Today's Principal Sailings: CCNI Arauco, container, 0300, 206; Strong Virginian
BRENDAN Devlin has been banned for 126 days and fined £60 in the latest Hampshire FA disciplinary findings. The Waggon and Horses, Hartley Wintney player was found guilty of violent conduct and causing a game to be abandoned. His ban runs until November
BASINGSTOKE and Deane triumphed over their French twin town visitors Alenon in the 34th annual Festival of Sport. The festival consisted of seven sporting events over two days. Sports clubs from Alenon pitted themselves against local counterparts in angling
LEE Nurse has vowed his Basingstoke and North Hants team will end a depressing sequence of league defeats that has started their season. After a third successive Home Counties League defeat on Saturday at High Wycombe he said: "It's got to come together
ALL HONOURS have now been decided in the Basingstoke and District Table Tennis League. In division two, RAF Odiham made sure of the title, as predicted. Two 8-2 wins enabled them to surge to a 16-point gap at the top. John Edbrooke led the RAF side in
FOUR Basingstoke athletes have been given the chance of a place in the England team at the Commonwealth Games this summer. Each of the Basingstoke and Mid-Hants quartet has been invited to contest the Commonwealth Games trials at the new Manchester arena
THE SOUTHAMPTON company behind Thomas the Tank Engine could soon be teaming up with Bob the Builder after the pair's owners confirmed talks about a possible tie-up. HIT Entertainment, which owns Bob - and Barney the Dinosaur, said it had approached smaller
A SHORTAGE of entrepreneurs in Southampton is preventing a healthcare employment agency from creating more than 150 jobs for the region. Abacus Care would create the jobs for both full- and part-time healthcare staff with hospital, residential and care
FAREHAM residents had an early opportunity to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee with a weekend of events to commemorate the occasion. Civic party organisers couldn't wait to string up the bunting in the town centre for the two-day celebration a week
SHE was dubbed the queen of consumer journalism by millions of fans. Now former That's Life star Esther Rantzen has paid tribute to a real royal - by helping a Hampshire school to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Netley Marsh Infant School decided
A NEW appointments system is cutting down on the number of time-wasting patients who fail to turn up at Basingstoke hospital's outpatients department. The new "partial booking" system has reduced the number of patients' cards marked "Did Not Attend" by
IT'S been a tough two years for Beech Down headteacher Ann Macdonald (pictured). But the positive attitude to carry on - regardless of what problems are thrown at her and the school - has created a strong bond that no-one wants to see broken. Supporting
REBUILD Beech Down Primary School - that's the message of a Gazette campaign being launched today. Parents, staff and pupils were devastated after Hampshire education chief Don Allen announced that the Basingstoke school - seriously damaged by fire two
RUCSTALL Primary School won the under-10 Hampshire Schools Cup, coming from behind to beat Horndean Junior School 2-1 in the final. At half-time Rucstall were 1-0 down but they turned it around after the break as Christian Waite and Jamie Allen sealed
THE WOMEN'S team from Basingstoke and Mid-Hants travelled with only 10 athletes for their opening British League division three match at Stoke-on-Trent. The fixture completed a busy weekend for the team with three of the athletes in competition at Colchester
ONE week after closely tailing Tiger Woods and Colin Montgomerie in Heidelberg, Justin Rose struggled to recover his form at the Volvo PGA Championships at Wentworth's West Course. A triple bogey seven at the third hole on Thursday's opening day put pressure
A HAIRDRESSER from the Isle of Wight scooped £300,000 in TV quiz show The Vault at the weekend. Millions of viewers heard bubbly Leah Nicholls, 23, scream "I'm going to spend it, baby," after she won the jackpot on the new ITV show. Lucky Leah landed
The fleet is approaching the Dover Straits en-route to Gothenburg where they should arrive by Wednesday evening. 1 ASSA ABLOY 2 Tyco 3 News Corporation 4 Amer Sports One 5 illbruck 6 SEB 7 djuice 8 Amer Sports Too
P&O Cruises Southampton's entire fleet of superliners could be put up for sale if Carnival Corporation, the world's biggest cruise company, takes control of the city-based company. "For Sale'' signs are set to be slapped on Aurora, Oriana and Arcadia
Two local round the world yachtswomen will be entering the 'Ladies Who Launch Challenge' over the Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend - all in aid of the Southampton-based charity Leukaemia Busters. Jan Cox and Andrea Bacon, now Mrs Mike Golding, will be taking
Victory for Fandango, Hobby Horse & Manushi The Royal Southampton Yacht Club's Clarkson Cup Regatta on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 May was dominated by strong winds gusting up to 34 knots on both days. Thirty four boats entered in four classes. On Saturday
