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Ark Day 2020 has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic – but the organisers have pledged it will be back bigger and better next year.

The Hampshire Hospitals Panto Players have delivered a welcome boost for three good causes - oh yes they have!

'Sick Whittington' entertained and delighted audiences with two performances of the panto at The Haymarket Theatre in Basingstoke in January.

Charity bucket collections were held after both performances, and representatives from the cast and crew have now presented £1,500 cheques to Ark Cancer Centre Charity, St Michael's Hospice and Tourettes Action.

Unfortunately, A Night of Swing & Strings, starring Clive Fortune Big Band and Basingstoke Area Youth String Orchestra, has been postponed from the planned March 21 date.

Today, the organisers of the event said: “The health and safety of everyone is of paramount importance.

"Following the Government’s updated advice relating to the Coronavirus situation, we have decided to postpone the concert.

Christmas may have come and gone but Basingstoke Hospital Male Voice Choir (BHMVC) proved that some things are worth waiting for as they put on their delayed festive concert.

An outbreak of Norovirus in Basingstoke hospital meant the original concert had to be postponed from December - but the show finally went on this week as BHMVC entertained and delighted their audience who came along to the performance in the hospital restaurant, where the choir regularly rehearse on Wednesday nights.