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AN OAKLEY man has admitted to faking petty cash reports to steal more than £4,000 from a funeral directors.

A BASINGSTOKE college is set to hold its annual apprenticeship recruitment fair - though this year proceedings will be online. For the fourth year running, Basingstoke College of Technology’s fair will be taking place again this year on Tuesday, February 9, from 5pm to 7pm. For the first time ever the event will be taking place online, as part of National Apprenticeships Week. A spokesman for BCoT said: “Although this year’s Apprenticeship Recruitment Fair will look different to previous years, a number of employers have continued to get involved in the event, which aims to give...

A MULTI-MILLION pound scheme to reduce the risk of flooding to 170 homes in Basingstoke has finished. Hampshire County Council announced that the work it has been carrying out in Buckskin after the area was flooded in 2013/14 is now complete, seven years later.  The council committed £6.4m to carry out works in the area to reduce the risk of flooding, after dozens of families had to evacuate their homes when groundwater contaminated with raw sewage flooded into their properties. Deputy leader of Hampshire County Council and executive member for economy, transport and environment, Co...

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,...

This is the story of two chapels separated by nearly 250 years. In 1208, a dispute between King John and the Pope meant that burials in consecrated ground were forbidden for about 6 years. During this time, the townspeople buried their dead on the slope north of the town. Later, the ground was consecrated, and became the town’s burial ground for the next 700 years, until the new cemetery opened in Worting Road in 1913. The first chapel was built by 1280, with a Guild of Townsmen to oversee the site and collect offerings of money and land, left as bequests in return for prayers for lif...