Kestrel FM - News across Basingstoke and North Hampshire

Building company Redrow has announced they are to shut there Basingstoke centre to cope with plunging sales.

The firm will also shut its Warrington offices, with an estimated forty per cent of staff being axed.

It comes as rival firms cut over three thousand jobs last week to cope with the down turn.

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People in Basingstoke are being offered the chance to get involved in policing, instead of complaining about it.

Hamsphire police authority ensures that the constabulary is running smoothly, and are now looking for three new recruits.

If chosen your time could be spent working with officers making sure targets are met, and that money is being spent effectively.

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Students across Basingstoke are gearing up to take part in the borough's annual business challenge.

Tomorrow teams from the town's secondary schools will visit Queen Mary's college to develop a marketing campaign, which they will then have to pitch to a panel of judges.

Prizes will then be given in a number of areas including best presentation, financial plan and teamwork.

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Over one and a half thousand pounds worth of goods have been stolen from a house in Basingstoke .

The burglary happened on Friday the 4th of July while the owners of the property in Blackbird close slept.

Items taken included a flat screen TV, laptop, cash and credit cards.

Although break in's like this are rare, Basingstoke police are now urging residents to make sure they double lock their doors and windows, and keep valuables out of sight.

Anyone with information can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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Nearly two thousand illegal novelty lighters have been seized in Hampshire.

The lighters are particularly dangerous because they look like toys, meaning they often fall into the hands of youngsters.

Every year there are around forty deaths as a result of children playing with unsafe lighters, therefore they were banned across Europe in March.

In order to meet the new laws shops across the county have been handing the lighters into trading standards officers

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