SaturdayKestrel FM - News across Basingstoke and North Hampshire
Two students from Queen Mary's College are the latest confirmed cases of swine flu in Basingstoke.The college says they're remaining open as normal, after taking advice from the Health Protection Agency.
Staff and students with underlying medical problems have been advised to contact their Doctors to see whether they may be at risk.
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A video's been posted on Youtube to help Police in Hampshire gather more information about the murder of Georgina Edmonds.
The appeal film's been launched almost eighteen months after Mrs Edmonds was murdered at her home in Brambridge to mark what would have been her 79th birthday.
The five minute film features CCTV footage of an unknown man attempting to use Mrs Edmonds' cash card, as well as news coverage of the incident and footage from a Crimewatch appeal.
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A burst water main left many homes in Popley without water yesterday.
One resident's told Kestrel FM they weren't able to report it to South East Water - because a massive power failure took out the company's phone lines.
A crew was called in to fix the problem that evening - it's thought the pipe cracked in the heat.
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The saga of Boundary Hall in Tadley may not be over just yet.
Yesterday we told you the plans for a housing estate on the site was greenlit by the borough council - but the Health and Safety Executive has expressed their concerns.
They objected to the plans to maintain the emergency planning zones around AWE Aldermaston.
But in a statement to Kestrel FM they've said they'll be holding discussions with the council in respect of how it'll maintain appropriate control of those zones.
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Almost eight hundred people in Hampshire have started their own business in the past ten months, despite the recession.
That's according to the business advice service Business Link
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The wait is nearly over for Basingstoke Town.
They'll be finding out who they're facing in the new season in the Blue Square South when the fixtures are revealed later.
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