Fed up of the walking the same route over the last couple of months? Fed up with watching television every evening after work, and spending your weekends at home?

If you are planning to visit a restaurant in Basingstoke for a romantic dinner, the Gazette has suggested some charming spots.

Open letter to Cllr Ken Rhatigan

AFTER spending a year in lockdown in our homes, it is easy to see why so many people are itching to move.

Date ideas for every kind of couple whether you want to splash out the cash or keep it cheap.

Alasdair described how Southampton and the south coast was something of a high-tech hub, a ‘Silicon Valley of the 1930s’

IT WAS an emotional scene as staff and customers gathered to bid farewell to Debenhams in Basingstoke’s Festival Place this afternoon (Saturday, May 15).

TODAY marked the end of an era, as Debenhams in Basingstoke closed its shutters for the very last time - alongside the company's few remaining stores across the country.

AMONG the otherwise quiet atmosphere of early Saturday morning in Festival Place, dozens of keen shoppers queued outside Debenhams in Basingstoke this morning (May 15) for the last time ever.

A NEW Covid vaccination centre has opened in Basingstoke - with the first set of patients receiving their jabs on Thursday (May 13) and many more booked in for the coming days and weeks.

KEEN shoppers were queuing outside Basingstoke’s Debenhams store in Festival Place this morning (Saturday, May 15) for its final day of trading.

IT'S a sad day for Basingstoke, as its flagship Festival Place Debenhams store marks its very last day opening.

Just one area across Basingstoke and Andover recorded more than two Covid cases last week as virus rates continue to decline.

BASINGSTOKE’s mayor has said she’s ‘looking forward’ to her return to party politics, after two years of ‘stepping back’ to fulfill her mayoral duties.

CAMPAIGNERS stood outside Whitchurch Town Hall today to demonstrate solidarity with the people of Palestine amid the ongoing conflict with Israel.

The Watertower in Limes Park, which consists of five apartments and the freehold of the block, is up for sale for £1.2 million.

For a relatively small town, Basingstoke has had a lot of charitable townspeople.

On Monday, a host of activities that have been banned under Covid rules will be allowed once again as the government’s lockdown easing continues.

ANYONE walking through the Top of Town this afternoon may have spotted an interesting sight.

Wet and showery weather is set to continue this weekend as rain continues to batter Basingstoke.

A MAN has been jailed after a string of assaults on emergency workers whilst serving a suspended prison sentence.

From magical woodlands, vineyards and museums here are some unique Hampshire wedding venues to tie the knot in

Reported crime has fallen over the last year in North Hampshire but drug offences have risen, police records reveal.

PEOPLE aged over 50 and those that are vulnerable will get the second dose of a Covid vaccine a month earlier than planned.

The hotel in Chineham, which remained shut since the start of the lockdown, has been home to North Hampshire NHS team’s vaccination drive

67 per cent of adults in Basingstoke and Deane have had their first dose, as of May 9.

BASINGSTOKE too often is misdescribed as a modern town. But residents - and your local paper - knows different.

National Trust houses and other properties in England will start to reopen their doors to visitors from Monday as restrictions are lifted.

A member of acting royalty is Basingstoke-bound for his first performance in 14 months, the longest he has ever gone without acting.

HOTELS, cinemas and bowling alleys are just some of the businesses set to reopen from Monday as coronavirus restrictions continue to ease.

People in England will be able to hug loved ones, dine in restaurants and go on holiday abroad from Monday.

Ministers are believed to be considering altering the vaccine rollout to provide 'surge vaccinations' in areas with rising cases of coronavirus.

A new support network for foster carers has launched in Basingstoke.

The changes will come into effect from January 1, 2022 and will affect whether a person qualifies for state pension or not.

A LONELY widower who went viral after his story broke hearts across the nation has been banned from using a communal bin area after 9am.

A doctor, who was instrumental in creating the Chineham Medical Practice, has passed away last month.

CONTROVERSIAL plans to build a homeless shelter in the middle of a quiet residential area will be a test for three new councillors, it has been warned.

IT WAS a day of celebration for some, and commiseration for others, at Basingstoke's all-out election count on Sunday (May 9).

New details have been released over the location of traveller pitches on one of the town's major new housing developments.

ONCE a bustling town centre department store, in its final few days, Debenhams in Festival Place is eerily bare.

BASINGSTOKE’S Debenhams store is shutting its doors for good on Saturday (May 15) after an epic closing down sale to clear stock since shops reopened last month.

FIVE Basingstoke schoolboys are completing a ‘Marathon for Mind’ to raise money and awareness for Mental Health Awareness Week.

The CONSERVATIVE party has gained a majority on Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, which also sees an influx of newly-elected representatives following an all-out election.

A MOTHER has praised Basingstoke’s community spirit after tons of donations flooded in to help replace her son's stolen bike.

THE COUNCIL’S recent decision to cut 50 percent of its funding to Anvil Arts has been branded ‘outrageous’ by one Conservative councillor, and also called out by another, in line to be the town’s next mayor.

TO CELEBRATE the reopening of restaurants for indoor dining, Basingstoke diners will be able to get their hands on limited edition tea towels showing an exquisite map of our wonderful town.

Peter Stonehouse, who runs WoofNBoots Dog Walking and Pet Services, was sentenced at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court

THE date of reopening for the Tesco Express store in Popley has been revealed by staff on social media.

A POLICE helicopter is circling Basingstoke right now looking for a missing person.

“I looked down at myself and I could see spit all over my chest and my arm."