The UK has entered day one of it's third national lockdown.

There are now more Covid patients being treated at Hampshire hospitals than there was at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic's first wave.

A Basingstoke man who had only just been released from prison has been sentenced to 21 months imprisonment after being found to have played a “significant” role in the supply of cannabis.

Schools have been reacting following Prime Minster Boris Johnson's televised address yesterday evening.

HAMPSHIRE and Isle of Wight police could receive a windfall of more than £20m in the next financial year.

The PM Boris Johnson is set to decide whether to implement a third national lockdown.

England has been plunged into a third national lockdown, the prime minister has announced tonight.

THE PRIME Minister is under pressure to announce an immediate new lockdown after acknowledging there was "no question" tougher action was needed.

AN INSPIRING Basingstoke man who lives with a rare condition has lost three stone to help his health.

Concerns have been raised about the safety of nursery workers after the government announced England was heading for a third national lockdown.

THREE new coronavirus deaths have been recorded at Hampshire Hospitals Trust over the weekend, the latest official figures show.

THE landlord and operators of Basingstoke’s ice rink have hit back at the borough council aftert’ at the companies’ action on repairing the rink.

Updates on which schools are closed and open in the Basingstoke and wider North Hampshire area

The new national lockdown will see schools closed and people told to stay home.

As primary schools across the UK reopened today (Monday), there are still debates and uncertainties regarding the safety of children and staff.

The number of coronavirus cases is more than doubling each week in six places of Basingstoke and Deane, new figures reveal.

Dozens of Hampshire A&E patients waited over 30 minutes before entering hospital after arriving in ambulances over the Christmas period, new figures reveal.

POLICE officers on patrol in Basingstoke and Deane's countryside over the weekend were unimpressed to find a pile of furniture, discarded in the middle of a rural lane.

All you need to know about travel in lockdown 3.

Schools in Hampshire will not be providing work for children whose parents decide to keep them home

A BASINGSTOKE care home is among the first to see its residents receive the new coronavirus vaccine - a moment described as a 'light at the end of the tunnel' after a tough 2020.

A LAWNMOWER has been stolen from a rural area of the borough over the weekend, police have reported.

AS WE experience lots of cold weather at the moment, residents in Basingstoke can use an interactive council tool to track where gritting vehicles are headed, and where they can access grit salt for themselves.

PLANS for nearly 80 new apartments in the town centre "run roughshod" over the community, a businessman has said.

Police in Overton have appealed for information after a car was stolen at the weekend.

​As the Christmas break comes to an end, these Basingstoke primary schools will remain closed today.

England enters their third national lockdown, with restrictions including schools closed and clinically vulnerable people being asked to shield again.

ARMED robbers allegedly attacked a teenager in Brighton Hill yesterday, threatening him with a knife and hitting him over the head.

A BASINGSTOKE primary school is one of 12 in Hampshire to announce it will be partially closed this week.