A CAMPERVAN fire spread to the roof space of a nearby home in Beggarwood the early hours of this morning (Thursday, April 22).

A BASINGSTOKE pensioner has been threatened with having her possessions seized after someone she has never met received a parking fine at St Michael’s Retail Park.

DESTINATION Basingstoke has launched entry to the popular running race around the town centre, the Croudace Festival 5.

Tributes have been paid to a "funny" and "caring" father who lost his life in a car crash earlier this month.

Police are searching for the driver and passengers of a white BMW which fled the scene after crashing into another car.

Part of Winchester Road has been cordoned off by police tonight.

A man from Tadley "loved by many people" has died after being involved in a crash with a lorry.

THE borough’s political parties have pledged their dedication to addressing the climate crisis.

THE trust which runs Basingstoke hospital uses more than 57,500 face masks a week.

FIREFIGHTERS from Basingstoke were called to a garage fire in South Ham in the early hours of this morning (April 21).

POLICE are appealing for information as they investigate an arson incident at a nature reserve in Tadley.

A coroner has ruled that a man who killed a children’s author died following a police pursuit when he struck a tree at 145mph after taking cannabis.

Here's a look at what you can expect from this week's edition of the Gazette, out Thursday (April 22).

POLICE have said that 'enquiries are ongoing' into a garage fire in South Ham in the early hours of this morning (Wednesday, April 21).

There has been a sharp rise in the number of mental health therapies given to children in west Hampshire including Basingstoke since the start of the pandemic, figures reveal.

A VIRTUAL reality experience which opened in Basingstoke last year is launching outdoor games this month.

The family of Connor O’Shea, aged 26, who tragically died following a road traffic collision on 11 April on the A33 near Swallowfield, have paid tribute to him.

VIGILANTE signs have been put up in a Basingstoke car park to warn shoppers about the controversial fines dished out to those who unwittingly breach restrictions.

FESTIVAL Place has marked Acute Myeloid Leukaemia Awareness Week by lighting up its tower orange for a week.

A HAMPSHIRE rescue charity has hit a major milestone this week.

Do you know the safest streets to park on in Basingstoke?

Drivers will have to follow a 95-mile diversion around Basingstoke to bypass a stretch of roadworks just one mile long.

The political parties vying for your votes in next month's council elections have had their say on the most important steps to tackle the climate emergency.

The organisation responsible for GP services has pledged to learn lessons after a surgery responsible for the care of 14,000 patients was temporarily closed last week.

A senior GP has pledged that services at a surgery in Popley are now "better than business as usual" after its shock closure last week.

A COUPLE whose baby boy is waiting for a life-saving heart transplant married in the hospital where he is being cared for so that he could be with them for their special day.

THE chief executive of Anvil Arts has disputed the claims of two senior councillors that the arts trust’s ‘strategic planning’ is not up to scratch.

A senior GP has said that social media rumours claiming the proposed merger between two surgeries in Basingstoke had collapsed are not true.

TWO men who threatened pub stuff and customers after they were refused a buffet carvery have narrowly avoided a prison sentence.

THE chief executive of Anvil Arts has thanked the Basingstoke public for supporting the #ReverseTheCut petition - which now has nearly 6,000 signatures.

ONE of the youngest members of the Basingstoke Street Gang has been locked up after breaching an injunction order four times in one month.

The borough council has started closing the car parks of two of the town's beauty spots overnight.

BASINGSTOKE council has pledged to increase patrols at a play area in Oakridge following a fire thought to have been deliberately started by vandals.

THE deputy headteacher of a Basingstoke primary school will be running a marathon to make sure no child is left out of school activities.

TWO school friends who hadn’t seen each other in 60 years were reunited when they ended up in neighbouring beds at the Basing Cancer Unit at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital.

LESS than two per cent of hospital staff have declined to have a Covid-19 vaccine according to figures from the trust that runs Basingstoke hospital.

A TEENAGER from Kingsclere has admitted to driving while under the influence of cannabis, a court has heard.

The effects of Covid-19 vaccine supply constraints are being felt across the borough as the number of jabs administered has dropped.

A THIRD of people in Basingstoke and Deane who say the coronavirus pandemic has affected their well-being put it down to “lockdown loneliness”, new figures suggest.

Car boot sales across Hampshire have finally returned.

A MOTHER-OF-THREE has spoken out about the terrifying moment her car burst into flames on the M3 near Basingstoke last week.

A FIRE was spotted at a Basingstoke play park last night (April 18), thought to have been started by young vanadals.

A RETIRING Labour councillor has blasted at the party after her son wasn’t selected to stand in a ward he has represented for more than two decades.

Work to install a new fire alarm system at a block of flats that failed fire safety checks last year has been completed.

A coroner has ruled that a children's author and parish councillor was unlawfully killed after being assaulted by a neighbour at his Upper Enham home.

The first phase of a major development in Hounsome Fields in Trenchard Lane, Dummer will begin with construction of 143 residential units, a public notice advertisement has revealed.

A conservation group has today launched a campaign to halt massive housing development proposals in Whitchurch.

THE popular Downton Abbey will be back in cinemas with a sequel this Christmas.

POLICE are appealing for information following a fire at a Basingstoke play area, thought to be deliberate.

A BASINGSTOKE play area is open as normal this morning, after it was reportedly set alight by vandals yesterday evening (April 18).