A MAJOR review of primary school provision is to be launched in the Tadley area. Hampshire County Council is proposing the review after a study revealed that the town has a surplus of primary school places, with some schools nearly half empty. A similar
HEALTH authority chiefs have put the controversial proposal to move a vital after-screening breast cancer assessment clinic from Basingstoke to Winchester on hold. On Tuesday, members of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Strategic Health Authority voted
RESIDENTS in Basingstoke could be set to take part in a pilot scheme which would revolutionise the way people cast their vote in local elections. Under a radical proposal, Basingstoke council is planning to completely do away with voting papers and have
A ONE-WOMAN business has got into some hot alphabet soup with the Basingstoke-based Automobile Association over the use of its distinctive trademark AA letters. Annelie Ash named her mortgage broking business "AA Mortgage Services" after her own initials
TEACHERS and parents at a Basingstoke infant school have reacted angrily to plans of a potential merger with its junior school neighbour. Jane Ballard, headteacher of Worting Infant School, in Old Kempshott Lane, told The Gazette she fears a lowering
A MOBILE phone mast has been hidden on a Shell garage forecourt in Basingstoke for at least a year - and it did not even require planning consent. Unsuspecting residents and businesses along Worting Road, Buckskin, have been living just metres from the
THE Peak Copse travellers' site off the A30, south of Basingstoke, is to remain closed. Following a secret review of gypsy and traveller services, Hampshire County Council executive member for policy and resources, Cllr Ken Thornber, is set to make the
