TV Presenter and antiques expert Kate Bliss is the final celebrity to be announced as a guest for the Hampshire Hero Awards 2021.

PICTURES show the damage caused to an Audi after a 'suspicious' car fire in Brighton Hill yesterday.

Hampshire Constabulary has now issued an appeal for witnesses in connection with the incident.

The first meeting of Basingstoke council since all-out elections will take place at the Haymarket theatre next week.

Restrictions on visiting patients at Basingstoke hospital have been eased.

A LABOUR councillor that was voted out of her seat at this month's elections has said she is "very proud" of the work she has done.

BASINGSTOKE Together, the town’s Business Improvement District (BID), is ‘winding up’ operations, after businesses chose not to renew it.

FIREFIGHTERS scrambled to the scene of Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital last night (May 19), to reports of a burning smell and possible fire.

RESIDENTS of one north Hampshire village have launched an innovative scheme which aims to eliminate disposable cups by allowing customers to 'hire' reusable cups - the first of its kind in the county.

AN UNINSURED and unlicensed driver took an acquaintance’s car without her permission and then went on a high-speed police chase until he crashed into a curb.

Nicola West took her five-year-old medical alert Labrador, Toby, out for his evening walk around Sherfield on Tuesday last week

VIEWERS who tuned into Channel 4 this week may have been surprised to spot some familiar sights in Hampshire in the latest episode of Crime and Punishment.

The video-sharing platform said the aim was to make the app safer.

A HAMPSHIRE teenager has appeared in court after assaulting two police officers in Basingstoke.

THE MET Office has issued a yellow weather warning covering Basingstoke and the south of England later this week.

A BASINGSTOKE man destroyed his 'sobriety tag' just days after being ordered to wear it, a court has heard.

A STOLEN dog has been reunited with its owners after being found in Basingstoke, 133 miles away from its home.

TRAVEL insurance quotes have more than tripled in the last two weeks, as international travel for holidays resumed to certain countries on Monday.

THE Indian variant of coronavirus has been found in several areas of Hampshire.

Here's a look at what you can expect from this week's edition of the Gazette, out Thursday (May 20).

Most people expect to be able to do their job without getting assaulted – unfortunately this is not always the case if you are an emergency service worker.

THE new headteacher of a Basingstoke secondary school which “requires improvement” has been credited with a “drive for improvement”.

Pubs got a much-needed spending boost on Monday as thirsty customers were allowed indoors for the first time this year.

CASES of the Indian variant of Covid-19 have been identified in Southampton.

The borough council has been dealt a blow in the High Court after a blanket ban on unauthorised encampments was ruled illegal.

May has brought low temperatures, strong wind and freakish hailstorms. But is there any sign of sunshine on the horizon?

THE former owner of Basingstoke Town Football Club has escalated an appeal against the council for listing the Camrose football ground as an asset of community value.

A TADLEY schoolgirl has decided to donate her long locks to charity, inspired after seeing her grandfather’s journey through chemotherapy.

With Covid cooping up many of us indoors throughout the pandemic, and home working becoming the new normal, one of the mostly badly affected business areas has been hotels.

A MENTAL health charity is seeking new recruits to work in a brand new safe haven service opening in Basingstoke later this year.

Basingstoke Gazette Camera Club members share photos of storm.

AN APPEAL has been made to the Secretary of State against Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council’s decision to refuse permission to build houses in a residential car park.

A GROUP of volunteers in Tadley have come together to create three ‘Tree Trails’ for the whole community to enjoy this summer.

A CHILDREN’S hospice charity which has shops in Basingstoke will be receiving more than £500 worth of brand new books, after a Usborne books representative decided to launch a fundraiser to support them.

A BASINGSTOKE pub has been recognised with a national award for its community support during lockdown.

WITH just two weeks to go of their fundraiser, a Basingstoke sports club has raised more than £11,000 to help them come back stronger post-Covid.

The rise in cases of the Indian variant risks the next stage of England’s road map out of lockdown being delayed.

A CELEBRITY team of 12 are setting off to complete the final leg of their 30 mile endurace paddle across Basingstoke Canal today.

ON MONDAY (May 17), the country took another step towards ‘normality’ with another round of lockdown easing.

THE highly-anticipated reopening of a popular high street store in Basingstoke will take place later this month, the Gazette can reveal.

STAFF and customers at Buzz Bingo at Basingstoke’s Leisure Park were very excited to see doors reopen to the public this morning (Monday, May 17).

MANY businesses in Basingstoke have been celebrating reopening today (Monday, May 17), or welcoming customers indoors for the first time since December.

Susan Mary Docwra Douglas, a resident of Maywood House on The Street in Bramley, passed away on November 14, 2020.

There has been huge optimism in the air, thanks to the rapid vaccination programme and the public’s eagerness to get back to normal life.

A Freefolk plant nursery has been given a grand send-off by the leading lights of the horticultural world as it retires from the Chelsea Flower Show.

AS THE rain pours down on a miserable Monday afternoon, what better way to celebrate the easing of restrictions than with a free tea or coffee?

A 12-YEAR-OLD schoolgirl is taking on an epic walking challenge to raise awareness and funds for the mental health charity Mind.

The chain has been a flagship store in the town’s shopping centre since 2002, but the huge three-story unit now lays empty inside Festival Place.

All the latest updates as lockdown eases across England

ANDOVER police have issued a tongue-in-cheek message to a passenger who left his stash of cannabis in the back of a taxi.