RESIDENTS could see a tax increase by £5 a year as Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council’s Conservative front-benchers backed the latest budget proposal.

A PUBLIC inquiry into an infected blood scandal that cost thousands of lives has heard that major failings occurred in Southampton.

Basingstoke Town came from behind to register a brilliant 2-1 win at Chipstead on Saturday.

CONNOR Benzey's excellent run on the Q Tour in Leicester helped him win the third leg of the Cuestars Under-21 Gold Tour in south London.

Basingstoke Ladies 1s restarted their league campaign this week in the Vitality Conference West Division with a home game against University of Bristol Ladies 1s, writes Roma Fox.

NETMINDER Jordan Lawday was just 63 seconds away from recording his first ever shut out for the Basingstoke Bison as they beat the Leeds Knights 5-1, writes Graham Merry.

Police say they are becoming “increasingly concerned” for a missing woman who is thought to be in Winchester.

THE first police officers to respond to a double murder in South Ham have described the harrowing crime scene they discovered.

A BASINGSTOKE mother pleaded with her killer to spare her for the sake of her son as he stabbed her to death with her toddler in a nearby room, a court has heard.

PARENTS of children with severe learning difficulties or disabilities are fighting to save a respite unit in Basingstoke which is under threat of closure by the county council.

A BED shop is looking to find a new home in Basingstoke as the owners of the retail park where it is located are planning to knock it down.

AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after a Saints fan was assaulted by a "Portsmouth fan" at a railway station.

A 47-YEAR-old man has been arrested after a spate of thefts from motor vehicles in areas between Burghclere and Beacon Hills.

THE new Covid variant of Omicron has continued to increase in Basingstoke, according to recent data.

HAMPSHIRE motorists are being urged not to use their mobile phones behind the wheel – one of the "main contributory causes of fatal collisions".

A FITNESS champion has finally opened her new female-only gym in Basingstoke as her dream becomes reality.

A TEENAGE girl from North Waltham is one of hundreds of the UK’s elite skydivers heading to Basingstoke this weekend to compete in the British Indoor Skydiving Nationals.

HAMPSHIRE'S police and crime commissioner has called for more support in raising the profile of Female Genital Mutilation.

The worst of the weather is anticipated to hit at the back end of this week and leading into next.

A HIGH street in Hampshire received a visit from a Hollywood actor this weekend as the star has reported started filming in the area.

RESIDENTS are being invited to submit feedback about proposed plans for a distribution warehouse at Basingstoke Gateway, the land near Junction 7 of the M3.

A COUNCILLOR who has been campaigning for safer roads is pleased 20mph speed zones could be introduced in Hampshire as a new review into the county’s roads begins.

Singer-songwriter Paolo Nutini and Brit Critics’ Choice winner Sam Fender have been announced as headliners for Southsea’s Victorious festival.

We're rounded up some of the best Valentine's Day stationery from Paperchase, Papier and more.

Kate Garraway, Rose Ayling-Ellis and Frankie Bridge are supporting this year's Comic Relief effort with T-shirts from TK Maxx.

Jacob Rees-Mogg will be focusing on "Brexit opportunities” in the latest shake-up.

ITV bosses have confirmed they will leave the door open for the character’s return.

The Queen is celebrating her Platinum Jubilee in 2022, here are some of her most expensive jewellery looks and how you can recreate them.

If you are looking for a truly unique holiday in the UK, then look no further than these quirky Airbnb stays.

A BASINGSTOKE couple were 'savagely' stabbed to death by someone they saw as a friend in their own home, a court was told.

Simon Tustain appears at Crown Court.

FAMILY of a six-year-old boy on full-time Oxygen support is over the moon after a report by the Gazette helped them.

The borough council is set to increase its portion of the council tax as part its budget proposals

MORE 20mph speed zones could be introduced in Hampshire as a new review into the county’s roads begins.

Good morning and welcome to our live blog where we will be bringing you updates from Winchester Crown Court as the trial of Stanley Elliott, accused of killing Geoffrey and Michelle Hibbert at their South Ham home on June 20, begins.

COMPLAINTS levelled against Hampshire’s deputy police and crime commissioner will be heard in private next week.

Martin Lewis's MoneySavingExpert has revealed how to use your central heating after an energy price hike was announced in the UK today.

A RESIDENT from Basingstoke said that an apprenticeship scheme will give him job opportunities he thought he would never have.

ICONIC pub chain BrewDog are planning to open at the end of March in Basingstoke shopping centre.

THE ACTING leader of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council has said that his job now is to keep a “steady ship”.

Tinnitus sufferers are calling for renewed efforts to research and find cures for the hearing condition.

Kate Middleton will read Jill Tomlinson's book The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark on CBeebies Bedtime Stories.

The Queen’s historic Platinum Jubilee celebrations have started with a bang - see the dramatic pictures.

Some 1.3 million coins are being made available on “limited release” at UK post offices.

A MUM from South Ham is requesting her housing association to remove mould from her flat as early as possible

ALMOST a dozen new schools will be opened in Hampshire over the next four years.

A BASINGSTOKE college has been included in the largest and most competitive recognition programme in education technology – for the third time

DEAR Editor, On my bus trips to town and back, I have followed the progress, of the conversion of a Brighton Way footpath to cycle track and footpath.

A textiles and embroideries exhibition has begun in Whitchurch.

A MAN from Hampshire is among four people arrested after a flare was thrown onto the pitch during an FA Cup tie