A month-long fitness initiative in the borough promises to be bigger and better than ever.

Basingstoke Get Active Month runs throughout July with more than 40 sports clubs and facilities signed up. Offering cheap memberships and trial periods, it is hoped the whole borough will get involved in the lead up to the London 2012 Olympics.

Now in its third year, Get Active Month continues to grow and a host of new initiatives are promised for 2010. Chris Scragg, chair of the Get Active...

Basingstoke firefighters will be supporting a charity drive in honour of a service member.

Crew Manager John Taylor, from Kingsclere fire station was recently diagnosed with leukaemia and big-hearted colleagues have set up donor recruitment sessions across the county. Working in partnership with The Anthony Nolan Trust, an event will take place at Basingstoke Fire Station on Tuesday, June 22 between 2pm and 8pm.

After the Kingsclere event more than 100 people signed up to the register and...

A team of ladies from Great Guns Marketing will be taking on this year’s Race for Life in Basingstoke in memory of a colleague.

The team, headed by Liz Jackson, will be taking on the 10k charity challenge to remember Debbie Jenkins, who passed away last year after suffering from cancer.

Liz, who appeared on Channel 4’s The Secret Millionaire, is a well-known entrepreneur in the town and said she is excited by the event.

“We’re really looking forward to taking part in this year’s...

Hampshire police are warning youngsters celebrating the end of exams of the dangers of ‘legal highs’.

Drugs including Sparkle, MDAI and NRG-1 can be legally purchased but still pose a threat, according to officers. The ‘legal high’ mephodrone was banned by Government earlier this year and is now classified as a Class B drug.

Acting Superintendent Alison Scott, of Hampshire Constabulary, said: “Many people wrongly assume that these drugs are harmless because it is legal to buy...