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In a poll last week hundreds of you had your say. The results might come as a bit of a surprise. A whopping 30 per cent of people say the North Basingstoke area is the best place to live. Readers think Tadley, Bramley, Sherfield, the Sherbornes and Chineham rank top of the property list. But second, third, fourth and fifth place were close with only a handful of votes between each place. Coming in second with 19 per cent is Central Basingstoke with areas such as Black Dam, Eastrop, Kings Furlong, Viables South Ham and West Ham. A close third place was taken by South Basingstoke ...

DENNIS COOK, LOH Passed away peacefully on 18 December 2020 after living a long and happy life. Much loved Husband of the late Joan, loving, cherished Father of Brian and Gillian, Grandfather, Great Grandfather and Uncle. Dennis will be very sadly missed by all his family and many friends. The funeral service will be held at Basingstoke Crematorium on Monday 11th January 2021 at 11.00am. Please note, attendance at this funeral service will be restricted to 30 people. This service will be streamed for those that cannot attend, please contact the family for access. Family flowers only and,...

The woman says that she won't pay the fine. A RESIDENT has refused to pay her parking fine, after accusing a company of "entrapment" when she unwittingly parked in a bay with a time-limit. The woman, who wishes not to be named, had visited Nando's in St Michael's Retail Park back in the autumn, and parked in one of the bays which has a 30-minute limit. She parked there because her husband cannot walk the distance from the free bays to the restaurant. However, she said she was unaware of the time limits because the signs were too high and out of her vision, and the writing was too smal...

A GP surgery in Hook is using marshals at their front door after two patients displaying Covid symptoms entered the surgery against advice. Whitewater Health partnership, which also runs the surgery in Hartley Wintney, said that the patients ignored the signage outside the Hook surgery, and entered anyway. It tells patients to not enter if they are displaying any of the three main Covid symptoms - a high temperature, a new continuous cough or a loss in smell and/or taste. The surgery also revealed that a quarter of their staff are off work because of illness or self-isolation. A let...

A NURSERY school in Old Basing has been awarded a prestigious accreditation in recognition of its quality of childcare. Old Basing Village Nursery School, based at the Old Basing Village Hall, was opened in September 2018 by Victoria Grayson and her husband, Andy, and has around 60 children from babies to pre-schoolers attend each week. Victoria and Andy were both previously assistant headteachers, and had also both taught in Old Basing earlier in their careers, at St Mary’s and Great Binfields schools. “We are a new site. We are a team of quite experienced practitioners from a va...