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Scarecrow Festival raises £10,000 for village recreation
Overton’s seventh Scarecrow Festival has raised an impressive £10,000 for the village’s recreation facilities, helping to ...
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Calm space for younger visitors at Carpark-Fest
Younger visitors to this Sunday’s Carpark-Fest event will have a little respite from the live music, games and general excitement of t...
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Popham Airfield Reopens Following Plane Crash
Popham Airfield has reopened following a plane crash which left a student pilot with serious injuries and forced the airfield to close for s...
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Everything you need to know for Sunday's Carpark-Fest
Although we are deep in negotiation with the 'UK Bank Holiday Weather Gods', we are pleased to confirm full event details for this...
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Watership Down Health to Close for Staff Training on September 3rd
Watership Down Health will be closed on Thursday 3rd September from 1pm until 6.30pm to allow members of its Primary Care workforce to take ...
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Sports
Overton 5 returns for another big day of running
The Overton 5 returns on Sunday, 6th September, as the second fixture in the Hampshire Road Race League, with organisers promising another e...
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Popham Airfield closed after student pilot seriously injured in crash
Popham Airfield has been closed until further notice after a student pilot was seriously injured when a light aircraft crashed and overturne...
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Sports
Town Meadow Golf Club Continue Winning Ways Against Worldham Exiles
Town Meadow Golf Club continued its impressive run of form with another victory, beating Worldham Exiles on a glorious sunny morning....
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Postal disruption hits thousands of households across Basingstoke and Deane
Thousands of households across Basingstoke and Deane were affected by disruption to postal deliveries last week, with Royal Mail apologising...
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