More than 300 days worth of disruptions on Hampshire’s roads have been avoided, the county council has claimed. Gas works and structural improvements cause delays and misery each year but thanks to good management this has been largely avoided. This has been achieved through working closely with utility companies and service contractors to ensure work schedules can be carried out at the same time.

Over the 12 months to June 2010, council figures show more than 300 days of disruption has...

Hampshire will get its share of £100million to spend on the ‘colossal’ task of improving the county’s roads.

Operation Restore and Resillience has been by the county council launched as part of a long-term investment to improve the strength and condition of Hampshire’s road network. Last winter’s arctic blast wreaked havoc on the county’s streets and highways, with potholes littering roads and causing misery for many.

The crackdown will begin in 2011 but an initial...

Basingstoke’s Emily Wilson is training for a week-long cycle around France's battle sites to support her fiancé and his fellow RAF servicemen in Afghanistan.

The Brighton Hill resident will take part in a 350-mile bike ride for charity across Northern France in the last week of May. The Big Battlefield Bike Ride is the signature event for Help for Heroes, a non-political charity that gives practical support to British servicemen wounded in action since 9/11...

A new initiative to combat road accidents involved motorbikes has been launched in Basingstoke.

The Get On campaign, headed by THINK! Aims to encourage borough drivers to try out being a biker in the hope they will watch out for motorcyclists on the road in the future. Motorbikes are only around one per cent of traffic yet account for 19per cent of road deaths. So visitors to Basingstoke’s Get On centre, at Bike 2 Bike in Kempshott Hill, can have a free one hour session on a bike or...