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HAFBC (Hampshire Armed Forces Breakfast club ) We meet on the 1st Saturday of each month for Breakfast & banter at 9.30 – 11am at Basingstoke Golf Club.RG25 2AD (Formerly Dummer Golf Club). The...

The vanishing call of Britain’s lapwing Spring in the British countryside once echoed with the distinctive, trilling call of the northern lapwing (Vanellus Vanellus), a striking black-and-white bird with a shimmering green back and...

News from your local Prostate Cancer Support Group The speaker at the recent North Hampshire Prostate Cancer Support Group monthly meeting was Fiona Labrooy from Heartburn Cancer UK,  a national charity based here in...

BIG DREAMS activity trail at The Vyne Little People, BIG DREAMS® activity trail at The Vyne encourages kids to be bold, be brave and dream big Saturday 3rd May – Sunday 22nd June 2025:...

Forty Years! That’s how long our language school has been going! It wasn’t always called Linguatastic and of course, it has changed a bit since it first started, but the ethos is still very...

Struggling to pay your monthly mortgage payments If you’re finding it hard to pay your mortgage, you might be able to: reduce your household costs or increase the money you have coming in switch...

  We would like to invite you to the next Charity Chat session, which is a chance for local community groups to meet, network and discuss any collaborative solutions to issues currently being faced....

Summer starts here with the return of Basingstoke Festival for 2025 Start your summer with Basingstoke’s award-winning free annual celebration of art, culture, heritage, community and outdoor arts. Join Basingstoke Festival over three weekends...

If you’re renting privately This advice will usually apply to you if you rent from a private landlord and you don’t live with them, the council or a housing association. Your landlord is responsible...

War Time Commemorative Sign Investigated Chris Perkins MVO, a member of the Probus Club of Basingstoke and retired RAF Squadron Leader, came across a memorial dedicated to Spitfire pilot Sgt Bernard Bryn Goodall on...