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Tim Towers obituary

Other lives: Head of English at Queen Mary’s College, Basingstoke for more than 20 years

The Guardian - UK

Banknote maker De La Rue sold to US buyout firm for £263m

The more than 200-year-old company, which is based in Basingstoke, will be taken off the London Stock Exchange and acquired by Atlas.

Evening Standard

‘A slice of 1970s Babylon restored’: living the office dream at the Hanging Gardens of Basingstoke

This trailblazing office building by Arup Architects has been treated to a subtle £32m renovation that still has wellness at its heart

The Guardian - UK

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A brutalist garden revived: the case of the Mountbatten House grounds by Studio Knight Stokoe

Tour a brutalist garden redesign by Studio Knight Stokoe at Mountbatten House, a revived classic in Basingstoke, UK

Wallpaper

Reform UK drops candidate revealed to have been BNP member

Exclusive: Raymond Saint, who is standing in Basingstoke, was recorded as BNP member on list published in 2009

The Guardian - UK

Tim Dowling: a bargain sofa sounded too good to be true. And so it was

When does a good deal on a love seat become a bad one? When I realise I have to drive to Basingstoke and back to get it

The Guardian - UK

‘Bring back Thatcher’: voters in ‘blue wall’ voice scepticism before budget

Trip through M3 corridor’s traditionally Conservative seats finds distrust of politicians and discontent over range of issues

The Guardian - UK

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Man racially abused by fellow passenger on Waterloo to Basingstoke train

Officers are investigating a hate crime

Evening Standard

Woman, 52, left burning and blistered after mystery substance thrown at her in pub

Two arrested after attack in crowded pub in Basingstoke

Evening Standard

The low-cost initiative attracting newcomers to motorsport

“Reverse?!? Sh*t! First? First!” In complete darkness and somewhere along a B-road on the outskirts of Basingstoke, it’s been a shaky start to this writer’s first exploits on a 12 Car Rally.

Autosport

Thousands of households to get cost of living cash boost worth £1,000 - are you due money?

Residents living in Basingstoke and Deane can claim support cash of up to £1,000 through the council's 2023-24 Cost of Living Assistance Fund

Daily Mirror

Train operator slashes timetable due to ‘fuel problem’

South Western Railway is to run a reduced timetable between Basingstoke, Salisbury and Exeter St Davids ‘until further notice’.

The Independent UK

All the trains running during the next round of rail strikes

Tens of thousands of RMT union members will walk out on 16, 18 and 30 March, plus 1 April

The Independent UK

All the trains running during the next round of rail strikes

Tens of thousands of RMT union members will walk out on 16, 18 and 30 March, plus 1 April

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Evening Standard

Beavers set to return to Hampshire after 400 years in nature restoration scheme

A pair of beavers are set to be released in an enclosure at Ewhurst Park, near Basingstoke

Evening Standard

Rail chaos continues as ‘huge’ landslip near Basingstoke leaves trains to London Waterloo cancelled

South Western services that usually run to Waterloo will instead terminate at Basingstoke

Daily Mirror

Heavy rain sees landslip hit train line leaving track hanging in mid air and rail chaos

South Western Railway and Network Rail have urged passengers to check before they travel and plan for alternative routes to or from Basingstoke to London due to a "huge" landslip

Daily Mirror

Missing schoolgirl, 13, found safe after vanishing from family for a week over Christmas

Lyla Lake, 13, went missing from her home in Basingstoke, Hampshire, on December 21, and after mass searches and a family appeal she has been found, police confirmed

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The Independent UK

Police ‘extremely concerned’ for missing cousin, 13, of British Olympian

Lyla-Jane Lake, 13, was last seen in Basingstoke on 21 December

The Independent UK

Five men to face murder trial over 2019 Halloween attack

Frazer Brabant was found with serious head injuries in Basingstoke on October 31 2019 and died in hospital on January 21 2020.

Wales Online

All the services cancelled in Wales from Wednesday as four days of rail strikes hit the UK

The RMT union says it will "effectively shut down the railway network"

The Guardian - UK

This Tory crisis reveals a party that has lost touch with reality – and its own heartlands

Liz Truss is unashamed about a plan that will hit even the middle classes hard. But her party’s drift away from them began long ago, says Guardian columnist John Harris

Daily Mirror

Man, 82, who died on escalator at Gatwick airport lived for his grandkids and wife

Gerado Silano fractured his spinal cord on his way home back to Basingstoke, having travelled to his native Italy with his wife Imra and son Paul, landing at Gatwick Airport where he died

Daily Mirror

Man, 82, has lived in same house his entire life and sleeps in room where he was born

Philip Jarman inherited the three bedroom property in Basingstoke, Hants, from his parents and has lived there ever since with his wife and their two children

Daily Mirror

Babysitter killed couple after finding they 'planned to blame him for £28k bingo raid’

During Stanley Elliot's four-week trial at Winchester Crown Court, prosecutors suggested the attack could have been linked to a statement regarding a burglary that was written by one of the victims

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