Aldershot News & Mail
Better station access campaign given a lift
A RAILWAY station in the News & Mail area could soon be in line for a major revamp, including the installation of a lift. Ash Vale station is one of eight picked by the Department for Transport for important accessibility works that could change how...
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Family pay tribute to crash pedestrian who ‘lived life to the full’
THE family of a young man who died after a crash on New Year’s Day has paid tribute to his “warmth and generosity”. Police were called to Station Hill, in Farnham, at 1.10am on Thursday, January 1 following a collision involving a car and a...
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Feedback sought on 20mph Old Dean plan
SURREY County Council is proposing the introduction of a 20mph speed limit on all residential roads inside a neighbourhood in Camberley. The Old Dean area could soon see speed limit reductions across the neighbourhood if the county council’s plans go...
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Wedding florist Monet recognised for artistry
AN Aldershot-based florist who overcame doubts that she could run her own business is celebrating after being named South Central regional winner in the florist category at The Wedding Industry Awards (TWIA) 2026. Wedding florist Monet Martin, the...
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Mayor brings Christmas cheer to care home festivities
THE Mayor of Camberley, Councillor Louise Ashbery, paid a special visit to TLC’s Camberley Manor Care Home for a special evening to switch on the home’s Christmas lights and unveil this year’s festive trees. A statement from the care home said...
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Villagers oppose plan for huge development
MPS and residents of a Surrey village between Aldershot and Guildford have expressed their disdain over proposals submitted by a major housing developer to create what they describe as an ‘urban fringe’ consisting of 950 homes. Residents and the...
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Parking scheme may continue into spring
TRADERS and shoppers could benefit from lower parking charges until March if a Christmas scheme proves a hit. From next week, parking charges in Farnham will be cut to a flat £1 after 1pm from Mondays to Thursdays at Waverley Borough Council car...
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Train naming tracks Shots’ Wembley win
SOUTH Western Railway (SWR) has honoured Aldershot Town FC’s historic FA Trophy victory by officially naming one of its new Arterio trains the Phoenix – a nod to the club’s emblem. Shots chairman Shahid Azeem led the unveiling, joined by players Dejan...
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‘A place to truly thrive’
A PRIMARY school in Aldershot has become the second of three new primaries in Hampshire to mark its official opening. Having opened in September, Stanhope Primary School now serves Aldershot’s Wellesley housing development alongside The Cambridge...
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Student recognised for building a better future
STAND-OUT plumbing student Nathan Barnes, from Farnborough College of Technology’s Aldershot Construction College, has been honoured with a certificate of commendation and a £500 prize at the prestigious Young Builder of the Year Awards. Run by...
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Town malls mark the witching hour
CAMBERLEY’S shopping centres have hailed this year’s Halloween celebrations a tremendous success, bringing families and visitors across the town together for a week of free, frightfully fun activities. From Monday, October 27 to Friday, October 31,...
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Prostate treatment tackled in record day
A HOSPITAL has performed a record number of pioneering prostate procedures in one day to help curb NHS waiting lists. The majority of men given the robotassisted water jet technique for enlarged prostates at Frimley Health NHS Foundation trust were...
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SUBURBAN CONSPIRACY
The team behind Slow Horses has turned again to writer Mick Herron for inspiration, adapting this story of his into an eight-part drama. When a house in a quiet Oxford suburb explodes and a girl goes missing, neighbour Sarah Trafford (Ruth Wilson)...
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BANKING ON IT
MORTIMER & WHITEHOUSE: GONE FISHING BBC Two, Sunday, October 26, 9pm ■ More tales from the riverbank as Bob and Paul are back for another series of fishing and tomfoolery around Britain’s waterways. This time around they’re visiting people and places...
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HIGH STAKES
THE IRIS AFFAIR Sky Atlantic/Now, streaming from Thursday, October 16 ■ From Neil Cross, the creator of Luther, comes this tense eight-part thriller that combines high-tech knowhow with old fashioned cat-and-mouse games. When genius problem-solver...
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GOING TO EXTREMES
THE LAST FRONTIER Apple TV+, from Friday, October 10 Stunning scenery and high-stakes drama make for a compelling combination in this 10-part action thriller starring Jason Clarke. He plays US marshal Frank Remnick who has the unenviable task of...
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FAMILY AFFAIR
Prime Video, streaming now There’s something very Coen brothers about this crime film that makes the most of an impressive cast. Ed Harris is Vincent who is trying to live a very ordinary, uneventful life until his ex-wife Ruth (Jennifer Coolidge),...
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BROTHERS AT ODDS
BLACK RABBIT, Netflix, streaming from Thursday, September 18 On the surface, this eight-part drama seems to bear similarities to Disney+’s hit The Bear, revolving as it does around a restaurant with two brothers in the thick of things, but things go...
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MURDER MOST COSY
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING Disney+, streaming now Cosy crime capers are everywhere at the moment but one of the best is this thoroughly entertaining series back for its fifth run. Steve Martin, Selena Gomez and Martin Short play the podcasting...
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Driver dragged from vehicle in taxi theft
A DRIVER was dragged from his taxi, which was then stolen in a robbery in Farnborough. Police are appealing for information about the incident at the taxi rank in Union Road, near Farnborough Main Railway Station, at around 9.55pm on Thursday. A man...
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COSY CRIME
THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB Netflix, streaming from Thursday, August 28 Richard Osman’s best-selling, hugely popular whodunnit comes to the small screen with high expectations thanks to the involvement of Steven Spielberg’s production company Amblin and...
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ORIGIN STORIES
Prime Video, streaming now MGM via As fans of the fantasy time-travelling series await next year’s eighth and final season, showrunner Ronald D Moore has come up with this prequel about the origins of Outlander’s lead characters, Jamie Fraser and...
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ON THE RUN
ASSASSIN Prime, streaming from Friday, July 21 The presence of Keeley Hawes in anything is a sign that it’s well worth a watch and so it is in this new six-part thriller which has distinct echoes of 2022 Toni Collette drama Pieces Of Her. Hawes plays...
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BY THE BOOK
BOOKISH U&Alibi, streaming now THE latest project from the ever-inventive Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, The League Of Gentlemen) is an intriguing proposition as he plays a bookshop owner with a penchant for solving crimes in this post-war drama. Gatiss is...
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SCI-FI EPIC
THE FOUNDATION AppleTV+, streaming from Friday, July 11 There’s been a two-year wait for the third series of this acclaimed adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s epic sci-fi novels and things have moved on apace. Set in the far future, we follow the decline...
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ODD COUPLE
Don’t let the notion of plausibility enter your mind when you watch this comedy action thriller and there’s a decent chance you might actually enjoy it. The heads of state in question are British Prime Minister Sam Clark (Idris Elba) and US President...
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TWISTED FIRESTARTERS
Writer Dennis Lehane (Mystic River, Shutter Island) and actor Taron Egerton previously collaborated on the excellent Blackbird for AppleTV and they’ve teamed up again for this new nine-part thriller based on true crime podcast Firebug. Egerton plays...
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GRIT AND GLAMOUR
THE BUCCANEERS Apple TV+, streaming now The lavish period details of this returning drama might have you thinking you’re in for a familiar study of late 19th century manners and morals but this is a more gritty affair, based on Edith Wharton’s final,...
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SEA CHANGE
OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH Disney+ and National Geographic, streaming now ■ He may have turned 99 recently but Sir David Attenborough is showing no signs of winding down in either his involvement in landmark documentaries or campaigning for...
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RUB OF THE GREEN
In the wake of Ted Lasso, here comes another sporting underdog series to warm the cockles of your heart. Owen Wilson plays Pryce Cahill, a golf prodigy who was destined for greatness until an on-course meltdown ruined his career. Now 20 years later,...
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TOXIC MALES
MOUNTAINHEAD Sky Atlantic/Now, streaming from Sunday, June 1 Jesse Armstrong’s black comedy about the rich and powerful, Succession, provided us with one of the most addictively watchable series of recent years and the writer/director is back with...
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BACK TO NATURE
SPRINGWATCH BBC Two, Monday, May 26, 8pm Springwatch is back and it’s celebrating its 20th year with two new locations where we can enjoy seeing some of Britain’s diverse flora and fauna. Springwatch stalwarts Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan will...
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BEING BOB
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN Disney+, streaming now Director James Mangold has decent form in the area of biopics of musicians with his study of Johnny Cash in Walk The Line, a big hit 20 years ago. This time, he turns his attentions towards another American...
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PAPAL INTRIGUE
Available on various streaming services With the death of Pope Francis, the Vatican will initiate the business of selecting his successor in an ancient and secretive election process that was depicted in one of the best films of last year, Conclave....
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REBEL WITH A CAUSE
ANDOR: A STAR WARS STORY, DISNEY+, now ■ The first series of this slowburn Star Wars series came out at the tail-end of 2022 to much acclaim, with showrunner Tony Gilroy building a prequel story to the Rogue One film that felt very grounded and...
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MUM’S NIGHTMARE
THE STOLEN GIRL, DISNEY+ streaming now The stuff of parental nightmares is examined in this five-part thriller based on Alex Dahl’s novel Playdate. When Elisa Blix (Denise Gough) lets her young daughter Lucia sleep over at her new best friend’s house,...
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Ski centre closes as operator folds
RUSHMOOR Borough Council has said it is seeking legal advice following the sudden closure of a ski centre in Aldershot. Alpine Snowsports, in Gallwey Road, had been operated by wellbeing charity Active Nation UK Limited, which informed the council...
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Blade-wielding thug jailed for slashing victim
A 51-year-old has been jailed after a man was stabbed outside a pub in Ash Vale. John Jones, from Ash, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after being found guilty of one count of causing grievous bodily harm and one count of possession of a...
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BEHIND THE SCENES
THE WHITE LOTUS Sky Atlantic, Monday February 17, 9pm The black-humoured satire set amid the moneyed classes in luxury hotels returns for a third series, this time located at a beach resort in Thailand. An entirely new cast has been assembled by show...
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UNDER THE INFLUENCE
APPLE CIDER VINEGAR Netflix, streaming from Thursday, February, 6 This six-part series is a cautionary tale from the early days of influencers, social media and the wellbeing trend that continues to grab headlines and shape our lives. Kaitlyn Dever...
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ON THE CASE
THE CROW GIRL Paramount+, streaming from Thursday, January 16 Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Erik Axl Sund, this six-part series follows police detectives DCI Jeanette Kilburn (Eve Myles) and DI Lou Stanley (Dougray Scott) on the...
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Focus on CCTV in ‘arson’ probe
A NEW CCTV image has been released as investigations into a suspected arson attack in Aldershot continue. Police were called to a commercial property off Eastern Road following a call from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service at 12.37am...
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FRESH START
DEATH IN PARADISE Sunday, December 22, 8.30pm The continuing success of Death In Paradise despite - or maybe because of - its continual change of lead character shows what a powerful combination a crime mystery and a beautiful setting is. The series...
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GALACTIC QUEST
STAR WARS: SKELETON CREW Disney+, streaming now Another Star Wars spin-off, this eight-part series is set in the same period as the Mandalorian (ie between the first and last trilogies of films) but narratively shoots off in its own direction...
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WAR STORY
BLITZ AppleTV+, streaming from Friday, November 22 Director Steve McQueen (Hunger, 12 Years A Slave, Widows) has had a diverse career and this film sees him delve into the realms of Second World War drama and, although it seems pretty conventional...
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TEAM WORK
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Disney+, streaming now ■ The Marvel Cinematic Universe was enduring a dramatic slump until this superhero team-up revived their box office fortunes over the summer, making more than $1 billion globally with what is the...
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Fireworks watchers have a blast – P4
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CLASSIC HORROR
THE OMEN Thursday, October 31, 11.05pm and on BBC iPlayer If you’re looking for something scary for Halloween, look no further than this chilling 1976 film by Richard Donner starring Gregory Peck. Peck is American diplomat Robert Thorn who, with...
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STRANGER DANGER
WOMAN OF THE HOUR Netflix, streaming from Friday, October 18 Anna Kendrick is best known for her roles in comedies and musicals, but her directorial debut shows she is a sure hand with darker fare in this troubling thriller based on actual events in...
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PAST LIVES
DISCLAIMER Apple TV+, streaming from Friday, October 11 This seven-part drama looks to be one of the big shows of the autumn and boasts a starry line-up with Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline and Sacha Baron Cohen starring and Alfonso Cuaron directing....
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