CASES of the Indian variant of Covid-19 have been identified in Southampton.

The borough council has been dealt a blow in the High Court after a blanket ban on unauthorised encampments was ruled illegal.

May has brought low temperatures, strong wind and freakish hailstorms. But is there any sign of sunshine on the horizon?

THE former owner of Basingstoke Town Football Club has escalated an appeal against the council for listing the Camrose football ground as an asset of community value.

A TADLEY schoolgirl has decided to donate her long locks to charity, inspired after seeing her grandfather’s journey through chemotherapy.

With Covid cooping up many of us indoors throughout the pandemic, and home working becoming the new normal, one of the mostly badly affected business areas has been hotels.

A MENTAL health charity is seeking new recruits to work in a brand new safe haven service opening in Basingstoke later this year.

Basingstoke Gazette Camera Club members share photos of storm.

AN APPEAL has been made to the Secretary of State against Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council’s decision to refuse permission to build houses in a residential car park.

A GROUP of volunteers in Tadley have come together to create three ‘Tree Trails’ for the whole community to enjoy this summer.

A CHILDREN’S hospice charity which has shops in Basingstoke will be receiving more than £500 worth of brand new books, after a Usborne books representative decided to launch a fundraiser to support them.

A BASINGSTOKE pub has been recognised with a national award for its community support during lockdown.

WITH just two weeks to go of their fundraiser, a Basingstoke sports club has raised more than £11,000 to help them come back stronger post-Covid.

The rise in cases of the Indian variant risks the next stage of England’s road map out of lockdown being delayed.

A CELEBRITY team of 12 are setting off to complete the final leg of their 30 mile endurace paddle across Basingstoke Canal today.

ON MONDAY (May 17), the country took another step towards ‘normality’ with another round of lockdown easing.

THE highly-anticipated reopening of a popular high street store in Basingstoke will take place later this month, the Gazette can reveal.

Jade Cox left her family home on Abbey Road at 6.15am on Thursday (May 13), but has not returned yet.

STAFF and customers at Buzz Bingo at Basingstoke’s Leisure Park were very excited to see doors reopen to the public this morning (Monday, May 17).

MANY businesses in Basingstoke have been celebrating reopening today (Monday, May 17), or welcoming customers indoors for the first time since December.

Susan Mary Docwra Douglas, a resident of Maywood House on The Street in Bramley, passed away on November 14, 2020.

There has been huge optimism in the air, thanks to the rapid vaccination programme and the public’s eagerness to get back to normal life.

A Freefolk plant nursery has been given a grand send-off by the leading lights of the horticultural world as it retires from the Chelsea Flower Show.

AS THE rain pours down on a miserable Monday afternoon, what better way to celebrate the easing of restrictions than with a free tea or coffee?

A 12-YEAR-OLD schoolgirl is taking on an epic walking challenge to raise awareness and funds for the mental health charity Mind.

The chain has been a flagship store in the town’s shopping centre since 2002, but the huge three-story unit now lays empty inside Festival Place.

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ANDOVER police have issued a tongue-in-cheek message to a passenger who left his stash of cannabis in the back of a taxi.

Rail depot worker Gavin Briggs was found dead in Little Somborne, near Stockbridge, on July 3 last year.

Fed up of the walking the same route over the last couple of months? Fed up with watching television every evening after work, and spending your weekends at home?

POLICE are appealing for information following a 'hit and run' incident near Overton in the early hours of Saturday morning (May 15).

A HAMPSHIRE artist left a surprise piece of work at Basingstoke hospital last week, to mark International Nurse's Day.

If you are planning to visit a restaurant in Basingstoke for a romantic dinner, the Gazette has suggested some charming spots.

THE four Basingstoke branches of the Royal British Legion gathered in War Memorial mark alongside the town's mayor on Saturday (May 15), to mark the organisation's 100th anniversary.

On MONDAY, May 17, Hampshire Constabulary will be recognising International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT).

Open letter to Cllr Ken Rhatigan

Date ideas for every kind of couple whether you want to splash out the cash or keep it cheap.

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

Alasdair described how Southampton and the south coast was something of a high-tech hub, a ‘Silicon Valley of the 1930s’

IT WAS an emotional scene as staff and customers gathered to bid farewell to Debenhams in Basingstoke’s Festival Place this afternoon (Saturday, May 15).

AMONG the otherwise quiet atmosphere of early Saturday morning in Festival Place, dozens of keen shoppers queued outside Debenhams in Basingstoke this morning (May 15) for the last time ever.

A NEW Covid vaccination centre has opened in Basingstoke - with the first set of patients receiving their jabs on Thursday (May 13) and many more booked in for the coming days and weeks.

KEEN shoppers were queuing outside Basingstoke’s Debenhams store in Festival Place this morning (Saturday, May 15) for its final day of trading.

IT'S a sad day for Basingstoke, as its flagship Festival Place Debenhams store marks its very last day opening.

Just one area across Basingstoke and Andover recorded more than two Covid cases last week as virus rates continue to decline.

BASINGSTOKE’s mayor has said she’s ‘looking forward’ to her return to party politics, after two years of ‘stepping back’ to fulfill her mayoral duties.

CAMPAIGNERS stood outside Whitchurch Town Hall today to demonstrate solidarity with the people of Palestine amid the ongoing conflict with Israel.

The Watertower in Limes Park, which consists of five apartments and the freehold of the block, is up for sale for £1.2 million.

For a relatively small town, Basingstoke has had a lot of charitable townspeople.

On Monday, a host of activities that have been banned under Covid rules will be allowed once again as the government’s lockdown easing continues.