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Collection cheer for Amnesty

11:43am Friday 2nd January 2009

Sir.–I would like to thank all those people who contributed to our collection in The Malls, Basingstoke, on November 22.

Generosity of store’s shoppers

11:43am Friday 2nd January 2009

Sir.–The local collectors of Macmillan Cancer Support would like to thank everyone who gave so generously at Morrisons, in Basingstoke, during the week of December 8 to 14.

Barrel Boys are very grateful

11:42am Friday 2nd January 2009

Sir.–We would like to thank the generous shoppers of Basingstoke, who, despite the current economic climate, gave a total of £162.66 for Shopmobility, when we recently performed in Castle Square.

Society sets out conversion fears

11:41am Friday 2nd January 2009

Sir.–We have noted the recent correspondence about the effect on communities of houses to flats conversions, which have been consistently turned down by the council and then won on appeal by the applicant because the council’s own planning rules are not sufficiently robust to resist the appeal.

Fashion passion hailed

Emma Butler and Francesca Perkins, the organisers of the Queen Mary’s College fashion show, held to raise funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust

11:38am Friday 2nd January 2009

Sir.–I had to write to say what a fanastic evening was had at Queen Mary’s College Fashion Show on December 16.

Can Heaths be truly independent?

Phil and Christine Heath

10:54am Friday 19th December 2008

Sir.–The borough’s Conservatives are becoming ever more dictatorial and, like the Labour Party at national level, are making it procedurally ever more difficult to scrutinise and challenge their council decisions.

Attend a service, says Sir Cliff Richard

10:52am Friday 19th December 2008

Sir.–It has been 40 years since The Children’s Society introduced Christingle to the Church of England and I am calling on everybody in Hampshire to attend their local service and make this a 40th birthday to remember.

Many thanks

10:52am Friday 19th December 2008

Sir.–I left my shopping bag in BHS cafe on Friday, December 5.

Cash not cards

10:51am Friday 19th December 2008

Sir.–This year I am not sending Christmas cards locally or giving presents to adults. I will send the money saved to Naomi House.

Top effort for Poppy Appeal

The Mayor of Basingstoke and Deane Councillor George Hood lays a wreath during this year’s Remembrance Sunday service at the War Memorial in Basingsto

10:51am Friday 19th December 2008

Sir.–On behalf of the Royal British Legion at Overton, I would like to thank The Gazette, Festival Place, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, ASDA and Somerfield, as well as The Malls, for all their help with this year’s Poppy Appeal.


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