The outgoing chief of a private healthcare firm that took over a Basingstoke GP surgery last year has been appointed an advisor to the Prime Minister.

Police are dealing with a crash on a country lane near Hannington this lunchtime.

Basingstoke's love for a roundabout is well known - we are doughnut city after all.

THE leader of the borough council has referred to residents in Sherfield-on-Loddon as “curtain twitchers” after some raised concerns about their borough councillor standing in the elections after moving to London.

Candidates for Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council have made their pledges ahead of 'all-out' elections that could change the face of politics in the borough.

More than half of the UK’s total population has received a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, figures show.

A PAEDOPHILE who carried out ‘systematic grooming’ to abuse children over nine years has been jailed.

In light of recent events around Basingstoke, we here at the Gazette wanted to focus on all the great things about the town.

Liz Truss said all rules had been fully complied with, after explosive allegations from Dominic Cummings.

Among the parties standing in this May’s elections are the Conservatives. They currently have overall control of the council, although they lost their voting majority in 2019.

AS BASINGSTOKE and Deane prepares to go to the polls next month to elect its representatives, The Gazette has invited the political parties to share their vision for the borough.

All Hampshire Independent candidates have pledged to support the following eight points.

We have invited the Green Party to explain in their words why you should vote for them.

Priya Brown is standing as the Women’s Equality Party’s candidate in Eastrop and Grove at this May’s borough council elections.

The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition have two candidates in this year’s borough council elections. Mayola Demmenie is standing in Norden whilst Ben McDonnell is standing in Brighton Hill.

According to Liberal Democrat leader Gavin James, there are seven key points to the Liberal Democrats’ manifesto.

As part of The Gazette’s coverage of this May’s all-out elections, we are giving each of the political parties standing in Basingstoke a chance to make their case to you, the voters, in their own words.

After spending a year in lockdown in our homes, it is easy to see why so many people are itching to move.

One of the best elements of lockdown loosening for me has been the lifting of the stay local ruling. Older readers might recall I’m a big fan of going cycling in the New Forest, something that I in no way did during those long winter months.

The images capture moments in museums, stadiums and cathedrals as efforts continue to vaccinate the nation.

QUESTIONS have been raised over the eligibility of a councillor to stand in the up-coming elections after he moved out of the borough to London to live with his girlfriend.

A Barclays bank in north Hampshire will close this summer, it has been confirmed.

What will the next stage of lockdown easing involve?

ALMOST 200 NHS staff were physically assaulted by patients last year at the trust which runs Basingstoke hospital, figures show.

A man has appeared in court accused of attempting to rob two people in Basingstoke.

Leaseholders at a block of flats in Basingstoke will not have to pay out any extra for costly fire patrols, it has been confirmed to the Gazette.

The county's fire and rescue service are warning people of the risk of wildfire with temperatures set to soar this weekend.

IT WAS almost as if the powers that be knew the town was beginning to open up a little when they graced Basingstoke with beautiful weekend weather.

FOR this week’s Flashback, we are sharing one of the columns written by the late historian and photographer Robert Brown for The Gazette in April 2005.

Losing personal relationship with surgeriesDear Editor,I was so shocked to read of the closure of Bermuda and Marlowe surgery in Popley. It is extremely worrying what is happening to the surgeries in Basingstoke.  I belong to the new CGH partners...

THE country has opened up a little and the sun is shining. What better way to celebrate than a trip to the pub.

If you fancy taking on the challenge of a new business, then there are plenty of retail units and businesses on the market waiting for new owners.

With spring well underway and summer just around the corner, flower displays are beginning to bloom, filling fields with vibrant colours and scrumptious scents.

The thieves were just metres away from their bedrooms

A grandmother who was forced to remortgage her house after being accused of stealing £36,000 has been cleared of wrongdoing after the Court of Appeal ruled the Post Office’s case against her was riddled with “pervasive failures”.

ANVIL Arts is set to ramp up its campaign against Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council’s decision to cut funding by beaming large projections this evening (Friday).

A FORMER sub-postmaster from South Warnborough who was accused of fraud and theft by the Post Office could finally have her name cleared.

A care home in Hook near Basingstoke has commemorated the recent easing of lockdown restrictions by planting a time capsule in the home’s garden.

TWO more teenage members of the Basingstoke Street Gang have been found guilty of breaching their injunction order.

A grandfather's second novel is set to be published this week, imagining a high-octane version of Hampshire full of murder and intrigue.

IF YOU are planning to head to a pub garden or sit outside with a coffee in a café this weekend then you will be pleased to know the sun will be shinning.

Police have said that a campervan fire in Beggarwood last night was suspicious.

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.

A BASINGSTOKE charity has donated more than £1,000 towards buying a special red trike for a ‘determined’ four-year-old.

People running waste disposal companies could need to register with the council in a bid to crack down on fly-tipping.

There were only two areas in Basingstoke and Deane that saw more than three new Covid cases in the week leading to April 16, latest figures have revealed.

A Basingstoke man has been sent to prison after he was found guilty of sexually abusing children.

Residents across the borough are preparing to go to the polls in all out borough council elections.

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