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BBC News
01-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Players injured due to limited pitch access says Basingstoke team
A football team says its players are being injured as it is being forced to play on uneven ground in a Cavaliers play a non-contact, five-a-side version of American football, known as flag team says its growth is being impacted by the lack of access an official pitch in the and Deane Borough Council said it has been working with the American flag football club over a number of weeks to try to book facilities. Club founder Andy Oram said they currently play on the War Memorial Park in Basingstoke, but not on an official pitch."It's not maintained, the grass is too long and of course the rabbits, the moles and other animals are digging holes," he Oram added that one of his team members "sprained his ankle" after he accidentally put his foot in a hole in the uneven ground. He admitted the council has offered them the chance to book local pitches, which are predominantly used for football and rugby, but it only offered them specific time slots which Mr Oram said were not suitable for his council also requires teams to book the whole pitch, however Mr Oram said because his team only plays five-a-side they only require half the council said it has also offered the team the chance to book artificial pitches in the area but Mr Oram said the cost of these pitches "is extraordinary" and "way to high for a new club". Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council said: "Our grass pitches can be booked for a range of sports between September and April. The artificial pitches are also available for hire all year round."We have tried to be as flexible as possible, but we can only book a whole pitch and this needs to be in advance. "At weekends there are separate booking times for adult and youth teams to ensure our safeguarding responsibilities are met." You can follow BBC Hampshire & Isle of Wight on Facebook, X, or Instagram.
BBC News
29-03-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Basingstoke council wins court ban on illegal encampments
A council has successfully applied for a court order which bans members of Gypsy and traveller communities from camping in part of its and Deane Borough Council, in Hampshire, was granted a one-year renewal of a High Court bans have greatly reduced unlawful encampments in the area, while neighbouring boroughs without injunctions have seen an increase, the court was Kirsty Brimelow KC, sitting as a deputy judge, said the borough was not meeting the needs of Gypsies and travellers and should reconsider a decision not to provide them with a transit site. In her written judgement, Ms Brimelow said: "A transit site would satisfy anxiety of Gypsies and travellers that they might be moved from whenever they stop in the borough."The injunction, lasting until 3 April 2026, was granted against "persons unknown", who were not represented in covers the town of Basingstoke, as well as rural areas around Bramley, Silchester and Tadley injunctions in Basingstoke and also in Test Valley have deterred encampments and gave police enhanced powers of arrest, the court was in neighbouring areas without injunctions, the problem had escalated, the judge in Berkshire currently had 59 unauthorised encampments, police told the evidence, Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council said it feared the return of previous problems involving untreated human faeces in fields, intimidation of residents, noise and financial acknowledged that anti-social behaviour was not representative of the Gypsy and traveller authority said it was updating its local plan, calling for new September 2024, the borough approved a "negotiated stopping policy", tolerating encampments on council-owned land on a case-by-case Brimelow renewed the injunction, covering 10% of the borough where encampments would be "especially harmful". You can follow BBC Hampshire & Isle of Wight on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
BBC News
10-02-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Basingstoke: Former Beacon pub set to become community hub
A former pub has been bought by a council wanting to turn it into a community and Deane Borough Council said it would lease the Beacon pub building on Kings Road, South Ham, to housing provider Sovereign Network Group (SNG), who were working with Westside Community Association (WCA) to provide a community council said it hoped the building would reopen later in the Blunden from WCA said the opportunity meant they could "ensure key services remain available for the community". "With help from SNG and the council, we're excited to start to shape ideas to maximise the use of the space at the new facility," she said Raac found WCA has been looking for more space for its community activities since the discovery of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (raac) forced the closure of Westside Community Centre and South Ham council said that it, alongside SNG, had been supporting WCA in their search, and that Russell Howard Park, the Ridgeway Centre in Buckskin, and a new shop in Kings Road were all being used to deliver services such as a community cafe and council's cabinet member for communities, partnerships and inclusion, John McKay, said the WCA's services were important to the local community."We have been doing everything we can to explore opportunities for temporary space in the heart of South Ham to support them to restart more activities for residents of all ages," he said."The purchase of this building provides a unique space to provide these life changing activities in a central and accessible location."He said the council was working to firm up the plans, as well as looking at a more long-term solution. You can follow BBC Hampshire & Isle of Wight on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
