1. Deputy mayor accused of racist remarks

Rushmoor's deputy mayor sparks a row after allegedly upsetting schoolchildren with comments seen by some parents as racist.

2. Burglars bungle tree heist

Bungling burglars who made off with hundreds of stolen Christmas trees were thwarted when their getaway van ran out of fuel.

3. Brave paratrooper dies

A former paratrooper has died after braving a serious illness to raise thousands of pounds for charity by tackling one final parachute jump.

4. Preparing for new Gurkha influx

Public services will need to prepare for a new influx of retired Gurkhas and their families, according to a community forum.

5. Death after 'inexplicable' crash

A mother was killed after the car driven by her daughter inexplicably swerved off a motorway and crashed into a ditch, an inquest has heard.

6. A303 hedge 'acted like a steeplechase fence'

7. Tributes to 'one of the good guys'

Gurkhas from across the area have paid tribute to a senior comrade who was killed in Afghanistan at the weekend.

8. Bus firm slammed for 'charging pensioners at border'

Bus drivers on routes from Hampshire into Surrey have wrongly stopped on the county border to collect full fares from elderly passengers to continue on their journey, it has been claimed.

9. Vulcan bomber roars away from Farnborough

The roar of the Vulcan bomber taking off from Farnborough Airport, possibly for the last time, brought people across the area to their windows.

10. Engineers attempt to get Vulcan off the ground