More than 100 care home residents across the Basingstoke area died from Covid-19, new figures have revealed.

Staff at a care home have revealed the fear of dealing with a Covid outbreak at the start of the pandemic.

Care home residents have been “failed by the system” according to one councillor after it emerged that more than 100 people died from Covid-19 at care facilities in the Basingstoke area.

A CARE home provider will contest a watchdog report regarding the number of deaths at its facilities.

The MP for Basingstoke has said lessons must be learnt after a report revealed the scale of Covid deaths at the town's care homes.

The authority with responsibility for the health of Hampshire residents has said that more deaths from Covid at care homes does not mean the quality of care was lower.

The crime and policing minister has praised the launch of an anti-social taskforce in Hampshire ahead of plans to roll them out across the country.

Good causes across Basingstoke have received grants from a local charity following a “difficult year”.

BASINGSTOKE vaccine refusers could be barred from events, according to a Cabinet Office minister.

A FREE mental health arts festival is returning to Basingstoke for its sixth year.

POLICE are looking for witnesses after a woman was assaulted in the Buckskin area at the weekend.

The Crowne Plaza has been officially confirmed as a quarantine hotel for travellers entering the UK from red list countries.

The council says that it needs to save £80 million a year to balance its 2022-24 budget. Among it is a plan to completely axe School Crossing Patrols.

A MAN jailed for setting up a county lines drug network in Basingstoke has been pictured for the first time.

MYSTERIOUS lights were spotted over Basingstoke on Saturday night, with suggestions ranging from shooting stars to aliens, to Santa’s sleigh.

THE reopening of the newly-refurbished play area in one of Basingstoke’s most popular parks has been delayed by more than three months.

There are no significant updates to give to committee members on the future of the town's two biggest sports clubs, the council leader has said.

A LABOUR councillor in Basingstoke has said the government’s travel quarantine procedure is ‘clear class discrimination’.

A BASINGSTOKE man has set himself the epic challenge of cycling 274 miles in August for a charity very close to his heart.

THE council has responded to calls for support from ‘Save the Camrose’ campaigners, saying it plans to help the club to become “financially sustainable in the future”.

A NEW defibrillator has been installed at a Basingstoke community centre.

A TADLEY schoolgirl has donated 30cm of her hair to The Little Princess Trust after being inspired to help cancer sufferers by her Grandad’s Leukaemia journey.

BASINGSTOKE schools broke up on Friday, ending a second turbulent school year interrupted by the national health crisis.

An ex doctor has been convicted of a series of sexual offences against five young people in Brighton, West Sussex, Hampshire and the West Midlands

Pictures have shown the aftermath of a car crash in Chineham last week.

69 children in Hampshire have been authorised to use guns, new figures show

Zara Rutherford will set off from her home city of Brussels next month for the circumnavigation, which is expected to take her up to three months.

A BASINGSTOKE charity shop has been forced to close because of falling footfall and anti-social behaviour at the Top of Town.

The party has sent a letter to Basingstoke, asking for assurances that employees are briefed on safety issues.

THE trust which runs Basingstoke hospital has said its experiencing 'high levels of demand' and is urging people to 'think carefully' about the help they need.

MORE than 400 Basingstoke residents have signed a petition calling on the council to reverse increased parking permit charges in residential areas.

A LABOUR councillor has slammed the Prime Minister’s ‘Freedom Day declaration’, and is now calling on Basingstoke council to boost public confidence.

IT IS A children's television programme that has little ones glued to their screens.

AFTER many months of waiting, Parkrun returned to venues in England on Saturday, July 24, including Basingstoke's own War Memorial Park.

A ‘KIND and gentle’ Whitchurch father died following a fall in his garden while picking vegetables, an inquest has heard.

A WOMAN has been sentenced after killing her newborn baby in Aldershot.

Police said contacting the local council is the best place to start if you have a problem with your neighbour.

For decades, kids have joined the Scouts in the hope of experiencing new adventures but instead, many endured horrific sexual abuse.

Hampshire constabulary has been named by Everyone's Invited, following allegations by an ex-officer of sexual harassment.

Richard Burnett, chief executive of the Road Haulage Association, said the country is “facing a collapse” of the food chain.

RESIDENTS of Culver Road have submitted their petition against plans for a halfway house in the area.

SUPPORTERS of the ‘Save the Camrose’ campaign gathered in protest outside the Camrose ground on Saturday, calling on Basingstoke council to act now to ensure the site’s future as home of the town’s football club.

Following the biggest heatwave of the year, showers and storms returned this weekend to Basingstoke, putting a dampener on the those hoping for another sunny weekend.

There is anger after the two biggest sporting scandals in Basingstoke did not appear on the agenda of an important council committee this week.

AFTER more than a year of restrictions on events, the buzz of a secondary school prom is a rare sight.

A BASINGSTOKE community safety patrol officer (CSPO) has been presented with the British Empire Medal, for services to homeless people.

Although the vaccination drive is on top gear, the Delta variant of coronavirus is still spreading across the country.

OFSTED inspects and rates all state schools across England to judge the quality of education pupils are receiving.

TWO men from London have been given prison sentences after they admitted running a county lines network in Basingstoke.

FIREFIGHTERS have been scrambled to the scene of an Andover home which was struck by lightning during the overnight storms.