AN RAF veteran from Hook has pledged to keep cycling for as long as he is receiving donations, some 15 months after setting out on a charity cycle ride.

THERE will be a familiar face in the line-up of dance professionals as family favourite Strictly Come Dancing returns to our screens this weekend.

Every week and in every edition of The Gazette, we include community news from around Basingstoke and surrounding boroughs.

It's the weekend a former Basingstoke student has been waiting for as the Disney film that he stars in is released.

Plans for a new Taco Bell restaurant in Basingstoke are progressing after the chain submitted an application for a licence to sell alcohol on site.

Police have launched patrols in the Ellisfield area after reports of pheasants being shot with catapults by poachers.

HAMPSHIRE's police force is to receive a share of £4.12 million to increase policing in hotspots blighted by violent crime.

A MAN has been given a suspended prison sentence after he was found driving whilst disqualified.

NORTH West Hampshire's MP has been promoted to the top table of government after a cabinet reshuffle.

Many aspects of the area and its traditions go back a long way in history but not many are as historic as the Overton Sheep Fair now held four yearly.

Dust off your dancing shoes out because Strictly Come Dancing is back tonight.

As winter approaches, LeaseElectricCar are urging drivers to carry out regular safety checks to avoid danger on the roads this autumn and winter.

The Flying Scotsman has been back in service in 2021. Here's where you can catch a sight of it in the remainder of 2021.

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THE number of coronavirus cases in Basingstoke and Deane has increased by 60 in the last 24 hours, official figures have shown.

A LOVING grandmother from Basingstoke has been fundraising to receive a set of sparkling new teeth, after losing them during her chemotherapy treatment.

Hampshire Hospitals Trust was caring for 30 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

Dear Editor,

AFTER two years in the hotseat editing the historic Basingstoke Gazette, this is my final paper as newspaper editor before I embark on a new adventure.

For the first time, Oxford and Cambridge universities were beaten to the top spot in a national league table which saw St Andrews named top university in the UK.

Follow live updates as councillors continue to debate the future of housing in Basingstoke and Deane.

SHOPS are disappearing from our town at an alarming rate. The future of the home of the award-winning Bison ice hockey team hangs in the balance as the once iconic-Camrose football ground is left to rot.

BASINGSTOKE residents have expressed their anger and upset over the state of the town’s high street after this newspaper last week revealed the number of empty units stands at an all-time high.

THREE more Hampshire Hogs have been removed from the public art trail after they were vandalised.

Domestic abuse pushed Basingstoke and Deane people into homelessness or put them at risk of losing their homes dozens of times during the coronavirus pandemic, figures reveal.

Monsoon and Accessorize has reopened in Festival Place today.

TRAIN services traveling to London Waterloo this morning (Thursday, September 16) will be cancelled and delayed whilst emergency services deal with an incident.

Consumers could get caught out by changes introduced on 1 January.

Burger lovers grieving the loss of Basingstoke's Gourmet Burger Kitchen will be pleased to know a new chain has announced it is coming to town.

This is what you can expect from this week's Basingstoke Gazette.

The town centre has faced two bitter blows in recent days after a popular restaurant closed and another retail unit prepares to empty.​

HAMPSHIRES Police and Crime Commissioner is on the hunt for people to represent young people’s views on how to best tackle crime in the community.

A Café and grocery in Basingstoke has been given a one out of five, food hygiene rating following a recent inspection.

Hampshire police took cash and assets worth more than £800,000 out of the hands of criminals last year

A MOTHER from Hartley Wintney has marked the next stage of her business after opening her new hair salon.

THE inquests have opened today into the deaths of three drivers killed in a collision on the A303.

Boris Johnson is carrying out a Cabinet reshuffle. This is every minister that has been sacked.

Former Isis-bride Shamima Begum has begged the British public for forgiveness, saying there is “no evidence” she was a key player in preparing terrorist acts and is prepared to prove her innocence in court.

Two people have been taken to hospital after a fight outside the Barley Mow pub in Oakley.

The council have removed recycling banks from Stratton Park after a fire last night.

Basingstoke council cannot rule out providing overspill housing for other neighbouring authorities including London, the authority has said.

A PROPOSAL to build more than 100 homes on the edge of Oakley that was refused by councillors last year has been reversed after the developer appealed the decision.

THE trust which runs Basingstoke hospital said it is “on course” to deliver a new hospital in the latter half of the decade.

A BASINGSTOKE care home marked its 10th birthday in style earlier this month when fire breathers, an ice cream van and a steel drum band visited.

A MAN who sexually assaulted a woman after trespassing at Basingstoke railway station has been spared jail and walked away with a £346.

A CHURCH Crookham-based SEO agency is celebrating after being named one of the top search agencies in the country.

A Brighton Hill school appeared on our TV screens this morning after the government announced children aged 12 to 15 will be offered the COVID vaccine.

"The community now has the school it deserves."

HEAVY rain and downfalls are forecast to lash the Hampshire this afternoon, triggering warnings of flooding and travel disruption.

Another shop is set to close in Basingstoke town centre as jeweller Warren James advertises a final sale.