History of The Angel in Wote Street and The Rose and Crown in Church Street.

A BASINGSTOKE man has admitted assaulting a police officer in London.

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.

Here, we take a look at four free and fun things to do in Basingstoke this weekend.

You may remember a striking image on The Gazette's front page of daredevils zip-wiring through the sky at a newly-reimagined Basingstoke Leisure Park.

Six in 10 local areas are currently recording a week-on-week rise in rates.

A BASINGSTOKE-BASED technology company has been revealed as the new deadline sponsor of the town’s community football club.

BASINGSTOKE and Deane Borough Council is working with local housing providers and other partners to offer homes for families who have had to leave Afghanistan.

BASINGSTOKE Hindu Society is holding its annual ‘Sewa Day’ charity cricket tournament this weekend.

The full line up for the All in the Mind Festival has been officially revealed and tickets are going fast.

IT WAS national bacon lovers day yesterday (August 20). To mark the ‘special’ day, we asked our readers on Facebook which are their favourite breakfast places in Basingstoke.

The Met Office hour by hour forecast for Basingstoke this weekend

Four suspects and criminals from across Hampshire are still at large, and are currently listed in the Hampshire Police's 'Most Wanted' list.

News that Basingstoke's ice rink could be sold has led to users feeling “surprised, disappointed and worried”.

A NORTH Warnborough man will face a jury after he allegedly attempted to murder a man by strangling him and firing a crossbow.

A councillor will work with police to "eradicate" discrimination, after it was revealed a former officer was found guilty of gross misconduct after sending homophobic and racist messages.

A MARRIED British Army instructor who raped a teenage recruit at a Hampshire base has been jailed for eight and a half years.

The borough council is preparing to welcome families who have had to leave Afghanistan after the country was taken over by the Taliban.

A BASINGSTOKE artist is giving all the proceeds from his recently released book to St Michael’s Hospice.

Hampshire County Council has called for tougher penalties for those who fly-tip in the county’s countryside.

Optical retail chain Specsavers said it has created a total of 41 new jobs in Hampshire region

A couple have opened a new hair salon and barbershop in Basingstoke offering a range of services for the community.

Basingstoke’s MP Maria Miller has thrown her full support behind the foreign secretary as he faces mounting calls to resign.

Dashcam footage shows the moment an "idiot" driver smashed into the side of another car on the A303 slip road and ended up flipping on its roof.

ANVIL Arts is delighted to announce that Strictly Come Dancing champion Joe McFadden will be taking the lead role of The Prince/Beast in The Anvil’s pantomime Beauty and The Beast.

The company that operates Basingstoke's ice rink has hit back at the council after it suggested they would take legal action to force repairs.

A BOROUGH councillor has said residents are owed an explanation about why “not a brick has been laid” on the Manydown development.

A resident who fled Afghanistan said they feel “immensely lucky” to have escaped the nation as Afghan families still strive to find a way out.

REFUGEES from Afghanistan are set to be housed in North Hampshire, it has been announced

In total, police have revoked the rights of Hampshire gun owners more than 800 times in 13 years.

A HAMSPHIRE charity has been named as one of Hart District Council Chairman’s charities of the year.

AS PART of its ongoing commitment to support local charities, AWE’s charity partner Thrive has received an AWE Charity Fund donation to help its client gardeners flourish at the weekly sessions.

Ryanair has warned customers that they could be refused entry to their flights when they get to the airport.

If she completes the trip, she will be the youngest woman to circumnavigate the globe solo, and the youngest person to do so in a microlight aircraft.

BASINGSTOKE'S ice rink has been put up for sale.

A MAN who claimed his driving was "reckless" but not dangerous has been convicted by a jury.

A BASINGSTOKE Gurkha on the 12th day of a hunger strike outside Downing Street has been taken to hospital.

Here's what you can expect from this week's edition of the Gazette, out Thursday (August 19).

FIRE crews from Basingstoke attended a fire at a residential block of flats in Sherborne St John this afternoon (August 18).

A teenager aiming to be the youngest woman ever to fly around the world solo has landed at a local airfield as part of her round the world journey,

The supermarket chain has applied for a new premises licence at the proposed 42-home retirement complex in New Road, Tadley.

THE number of patients waiting for treatment at the trust which runs Basingstoke hospital has reached a record high, but health chiefs are working on solutions to reduce the backlog.

A MAN who burgled a home in Basingstoke with accomplices will be sentenced next month.

A NEW food pantry service has opened its doors from its premises in Crown Heights in Basingstoke.

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A MAN accused of attempting to murder a police officer in Basingstoke will not face trial until October.

A TEENAGER has been arrested after being found with a knife and Class A drugs in Winklebury last week.

McCarthy Stone’s appeal has been approved by a Planning Inspectorate months after the borough council rejected the original application on an issue surrounding affordable housing.

THE Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Hampshire has reassured Basingstoke residents that the county force has an ‘additional layer of protection’ against gun violence following the tragic events in Plymouth last week.

THE new chair of Anvil Arts has outlined his vision for a Haymarket Theatre, featuring a bar and coffee shop to ‘help develop’ the Top of Town.