A total of £8.42m has been set aside by the Government to deliver superfast broadband to rural and hard to reach areas in Hampshire.

Around 50,000 households and nearly 7,000 business in the county fall into so-called 'not spots' that suffer from poor broadband coverage and could potentially benefit from the funding.  Hampshire County Council said these were areas that were unlikely to upgraded without Government intervention.

Another 64,000 households in nearby areas could also see...

A unique store in Festival Place is in pole position to bring car buying together a shopping centre for the first time in the UK.Visitors to the upper levels of the centre in the pas two weeks will have seen a range of cars on display at the new Martins Renault shop, thought to be the first of its kind in the UK.  The store, which was officially opened by Basingstoke mayor David Leeks on Thursday evening, allows shoppers to browse through a range of merchandise, see the cars themselves...

An internet radio station set up four years ago to serve Basingstoke is to start broadcasting 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Station director John Hicks said he had decided to stream Radio Basingstoke as a stand-alone station to raise its profile, with a range of local presenters coming on board to provide topical content.  The service currently shares its broadcast stream with Radio Alton and the UK-wide station, Radio UK International.

The combined stations attract more than...

I don't know, but I've been told - Apple store's in Basingstoke.

That was the refrain sung gustily by dozens of blue-shirted Apple employees bused in from stores across the country for the grand opening of the world's biggest company.  As diehard Apple fans patiently queued outside the store in Festival Place ahead of its 9am opening on Saturday, store workers whipped themselves into a frenzy before running out of the store to high five shoppers, whooping and hollering as they...