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basingstokegazette.co.uk | Matt Rooks-Taylor
3 1/1 A POPULAR charity event returned to its sweet home in Basingstoke as more than 500 cyclists took part in 'Big Wheel'. Big wheels kept on turning on Sunday, June 1, as hundreds of participants cycled through the countryside to raise vital funds for St. Michael’s Hospice (North Hampshire).
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3 days ago | 
basingstokegazette.co.uk | Matt Rooks-Taylor
4 1/1 A woman has walked 85 miles in under 85 days ahead of her 85th birthday in memory of her son-in-law. Rosemarie Cooke, from Hartley Wintney, completed the charity walk ahead of her 85th birthday in July, raising more than £1,000 for Woking and Sam Beare Hospice. The walk was a tribute to her son-in-law, Kevin Winters, who died of pancreatic cancer last August.
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3 days ago | 
basingstokegazette.co.uk | Matt Rooks-Taylor
The effort, led by Basingstoke Heritage Society member Liam Harding, 22, was backed by Basingstoke MP Luke Murphy after a bid to secure national listing through Historic England for nine monuments was rejected.
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3 days ago | 
basingstokegazette.co.uk | Matt Rooks-Taylor
Trinity Methodist Church, in Sarum Hill, has closed its doors, marking the end of a long-running Methodist presence in the town centre. In light of this, the church is due to sell of its entire contents at the end of the month, with proceeds going towards a charitable fund.
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3 days ago | 
basingstokegazette.co.uk | Matt Rooks-Taylor
11 1/1 A TEENAGER who launched a women’s health business raised £3,000 for charity with a celebrity football match and now plans to host more events. As previously reported, Chelsey Crawford, 19, set up a social platform to educate others about conditions like endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), along with co-founder Clara, whom she met online.
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4 days ago | 
basingstokegazette.co.uk | Matt Rooks-Taylor
The application, submitted by Persimmon Homes on behalf of Vivid, proposes a '100 per cent affordable housing' scheme at Merton Rise. Concerns have been raised, not about the proposal itself, but about what councillors have described as a "complete breakdown" in communication between Vivid, Persimmon, and the local community. Councillor Simon Minas-Bound, who represents the area, expressed frustration at the housing association’s refusal to engage.
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4 days ago | 
andoveradvertiser.co.uk | Matt Rooks-Taylor
Made up intruder story 'stopped ambulance' from getting to murder victim (Image: Hampshire Police) A made-up cover story about a third-party intruder being involved in a murder in Andover delayed the ambulance from arriving at the scene, a court heard. As previously reported, Justin Griffith, 42, is on trial, charged with the murder of Sean Ember, 35, in Arcaro Road, Andover, on November 29 last year.
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4 days ago | 
salisburyjournal.co.uk | Matt Rooks-Taylor
Salisbury Reds R5 (Image: Newsquest) AN elderly woman with a disability was left feeling 'vulnerable' and 'upset' after a bus driver refused to lower a step so she could safely get off. Laura Burden, 74, caught the Salisbury Reds R5 bus from Norfolk Road, Harnham, to New Canal at 1.53pm on Friday, May 30.
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4 days ago | 
basingstokegazette.co.uk | Matt Rooks-Taylor
7 1/1 A FAMILY-run Indian restaurant that 'serves the community with passion' has celebrated its eleventh anniversary in style. Spicy Tadka, located in Westminster House, just outside of Festival Place, has enticed passers-by in with its distinct aromas for more than a decade.
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4 days ago | 
basingstokegazette.co.uk | Matt Rooks-Taylor
Six-year-old boy seriously injured in hit and run crash with motorbike (Image: Newsquest) A SIX-year-old boy has been seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash. At around 2.45pm yesterday, Sunday, June 1, a six-year-old boy was hit by a motorcyclist who failed to stop in Claycart Road, Aldershot. The boy, who was walking down the road at the time, suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries. The motorcycle is described as black and 'off-road style' with a learner plate.
