West Berkshire & North Hampshire
Local Buzz Magazine: What's On in your local area.
Grant funding available for borough’s sporting stars
The borough’s sporting stars are being invited to apply for sports funding through the Sports Grant Aid scheme funded by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, and administered by Basingstoke Sports Council. The funding can be used to help with everything from travelling and coaching expenses to competition entry fees, equipment and clothing requirements. Those people […]
Positive parking on the agenda in Hampshire
Hampshire County Council has signed up to the Positive Parking Agenda, a national initiative between local authorities and the British Parking Association which works to promote best practice in the …
Work continues to clear the air
A government direction, issued with the aim of reducing vehicle emissions on a short stretch of the A339, has been withdrawn after air quality in the area was found not to breach exposure levels for N …
CLOSED Win a guided factory tour for two and one hour driving experience in a Morgan
Enjoy a Family Morgan Motor Company Factor Tour at the country’s longest-surviving family-owned car manufacturer. Along this fantastic tour, you can celebrate over 100 years of driving passion, and …
Aston Martin Vantage, a true sporting dynasty
Introducing the new Vantage: the successor to a true sporting dynasty…
Vantage. An evocative name for a magnificent bloodline of thoroughbred sports cars. For seven decades the heartbeat of Asto …
Thornycroft Roundabout improvement
Councillor Rob Humby, Hampshire County Council’s Executive Member for Environment and Transport, has approved the implementation of the A340 Thornycroft Roundabout Improvement Scheme in Basingstoke. …
Newbury’s new bus station
The new Bus Station for Newbury.
A ribbon was cut to mark the opening by Councillor Jeanette Clifford, West Berkshire’s Executive Member for Highways and Transport and Richard Benyon MP.
Located …
Dynamic and Innovative
Did you know that just seven per cent of engineering graduates are female? We must do more to encourage our youngsters, especially girls, to consider it as a career option – and I had the pleasu …
£9.5 Million Upgrade To Basingstoke Roads
Thornycroft Roundabout improvement scheme will keep Basingstoke moving
Councillor Rob Humby, Hampshire County Council’s Executive Member for Environment and Transport, has approved the implementatio …
Older and disabled people urged to check bus passes!
Image: Eamonn Kentell
Older and disabled people urged to check bus passes are valid
Hampshire County Council is advising people using concessionary bus passes, an older person’s or a disable …
Bentley Launch Event for New Continental GT
Bentley
H.R. Owen Bentley Berkshire marked the launch of the new Bentley Continental GT with exclusive drive activities from its state-of-the-art showroom.
Hosted in the delightful setting of the H.R …
Check before they travel this August Bank Holiday
Passengers across Britain urged to check before they travel this August bank holiday!
More than £84m to be invested this August bank holiday
Railway open for ‘business as usual’ a …
Town Council Supports Proposed Boat Yard.
Newbury Town Council’s Planning and Highways Committee has supported the plans for a new boat yard at Greenham Mill, on an Island to the east of Mill Lane.
The proposal is to erect workshops and a d …
West Berkshire scoops International Road Safety Award
Safer Roads Berkshire has received the Prince Michael International Road Safety Award for its DriveStart programme.
Cheryl Evans, West Berkshire Council’s Senior Road Safety Officer, collected the …
Christmas Drink Driving Campaign
In the last 50 years, road casualties caused by drink driving have fallen dramatically, but there were still a large number of deaths due to drink driving. By drinking and driving, you risk your life, …
Sascron – Car Of The Month
Mercedes-Benz Cla Class 2.1 CLA220 AMG Line Shooting Brake 7G-DCT 5dr
£23,990 or £441 per month.
Sascron Car Supermarket are pleased to offer this stunning Mercedes CLA220 AMG Line having covered on …
LAND ROVER DISCOVERY
The Land Rover Discovery is hugely capable and very desirable, equally at home both on-road
and off.
You might imagine a 2.0-litre diesel would struggle in a car as big and heavy as the Discovery, but …
Road safety week
Driving is unpredictable and if something unexpected happens on the road ahead – such as a child stepping out from between parked cars – it is a driver’s speed that will determine whether they c …
Marshall Jaguar & Land Rover opens Dec17
Jaguar Land Rover’s new corporate identity showcased in Marshall’s three brand new, state-of-the-art showrooms in Cambridge, Ipswich and Oxford – all now open.
Significant investment in …
#TheBigEvent Guest Speaker Christopher Ganley on My Life-changing Incident
“I joined the army in 2006 and was a soldier in 1st battalion the Rifles. I served in the Falkland Islands just after my 18th birthday and was deployed to my first tour of Afghanistan in 2008. After …
