Sixteen-month-old Sidney got most votes and emerged as the winner among 337 pets who we featured in our list of finalists.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a serious crash between a Audi A3 and a Vauxhall Astra left two people in hospital last weekend.

Here's a look at what you can expect from this week's edition of the Gazette, out today (Thursday, July 8).

Live coverage as England fans across Basingstoke cheer on the Three Lions against Denmark tonight.

As the England team prepares ahead of its quarter-final match against Ukraine, it has got us feeling all nostalgic.

WITH England now the bookies favourites to go all the way in the Euros, The Gazette takes a look at some of the best pubs in Basingstoke to watch the final.

THE housing developer criticised for spending £24,000 on a sculpture likened to dog excrement has promised residents that landscaping and works to complete the roads will be finished by the end of the summer.

A Basingstoke man has been charged after allegedly crashing into another vehicle whilst trying to flee from police at the weekend.

ANYONE aged over 18 in Basingstoke can now walk-in for their first or second COVID-19 vaccination at the Basingstoke Fire Station vaccine hub.

THE director of the development company which majority-owns the Camrose football ground has said that managing the security of the site is a “difficult situation” due to the “restraints we are under”.

HOOK golfer Justin Rose has been denied an opportunity to defend his Olympic gold medal after he was not selected in the Great Britain squad for this month's Tokyo games.

THE M3 carraigeway has reopened following three hour closure this afternoon.

A SECTION of the M3 has been closed following a serious collision.

IT WAS the first of many.

THE trust which runs the hospitals in Basingstoke, Andover and Winchester has this week unveiled three new benches to mark the NHS's 73rd birthday.

Up to 10 RAF Puma helicopters are set to take to the skies above North Hampshire this afternoon

A DEDICATED supporter of Cancer Research UK is going a few steps further this year.

A FOOTBALL match is being held in memory of two Basingstoke best friends to raise funds for hospice facilities for children and young people.

Research has shown that people who have received both doses of the coronavirus vaccine have reported different symptoms.

Hampshire has been hit with low temperatures, strong wind and with almighty down pours thrown in for good measure. Is there an end in sight?

The DVLA has issued a warning to all drivers in the UK.

The final of the Euro 2020 competition will take place on Sunday.

A total of 19 schools across Basingstoke and Deane have reported at least one positive case of coronavirus in the last 10 days.

THE artist responsible for a sculpture likened to dog excrement by residents has defended his work, saying that criticising it now is like “reviewing a new car before it was painted”.

BASINGSTOKE and Deane Borough Council has defended its plans to introduce charges to park at Eastrop Park.

RESIDENTS are calling for action to be taken to prevent further anti social behaviour at the Camrose football ground following another suspected arson incident at the weekend.

From this week's letters to the Editor

A 12-YEAR-OLD schoolboy from Basingstoke is braving his very first hair cut this week in aid of the Little Princess Trust.

SCHOOL "bubbles" in England will come to an end as the country moves towards the easing of lockdown restrictions, the Education Secretary has confirmed.

A father and son from Whitchurch have called time on their careers winding the town’s clock after more than two decades.

MORE deaths than births took place in the UK last year for the first time in nearly half a century, figures suggest.

A PLAQUE has been unveiled in Micheldever Station to mark the first recorded car journey in the UK.

Consumer watchdog Which? has issued a warning to parents after two popular sun creams failed to live up to their SPF and UVA claims

Tributes have been paid to a father and keen archer who died in a crash on the M3 last month.

JOHN Lewis has said it has 'no plans' to turn its Basingstoke store into housing, despite announcing its intention to build 10,000 homes.

A BASINGSTOKE doctor has urged residents to raise any concerns they have about the Covid vaccination directly with a health professional, after leaflets warning of its risks for children have been spotted around Basingstoke.

The man, 28, has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, failing to stop for police, and possession of a Class A drug.

BORIS Johnson has promised to tear up England’s coronavirus regulations at the next stage of the road map, which is expected on July 19.

Plans for a five-storey block of flats and six maisonettes in South View could turn the town centre into “a dormitory without facilities”.

A VEHICLE carrying 26 tonnes of scrap metal set fire near Hartley Wintney on Monday morning (July 5) causing road closure and traffic delays.

The council has pledged to tackle fraud after a report showed it lost more than £200,000 of public money last year.

With large numbers of fans now gathering in pubs to watch games, police officers were out patrolling the watering holes.

Welcome to our live blog. We will be bringing you live updates after a vehicle fire on the A30 near Hartley Wintney.

SPOTTED in Hampshire this week. A road sign partly in Welsh.

RESIDENTS in Basingstoke over the age of 18 can now get their Covid vaccination without an appointment, thanks to NHS England's new 'Grab a Jab' walk-in scheme which now has Basingstoke venues.

TWO GP surgeries in Basingstoke will be offering walk-in Covid vaccinations for any adult that has not already had their first dose.

HAMPSHIRE health leaders are celebrating the NHS's 73rd birthday today (Monday, July 5).

BASINGSTOKE is likely to be classed as a coronavirus ‘hotspot’ the day before restrictions are set to be lifted.

THE deputy leader of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, Cllr Simon Bound, has been elected chairman of the Hampshire Police and Crime Panel (PCP).

A BASINGSTOKE man, 54,  who was found dead at his home last October may have died of cardiac arrest, an inquest heard.