Good morning and welcome to our live blog, where we will be bringing you live updates from the sentencing of Stanley Elliott taking place this morning (March 31) at Winchester Crown Court.

A COUNCILLOR has said rough sleepers and vulnerable people "deserve a home their own' after plans were rejected to build a house on Culver Road.

Bruce Willis will retire from acting after being diagnosed wth aphasia.

POLICE are appealing for help to locate a man who has been reported missing from Basingstoke.

CAMROSE protesters gathered outside the stadium as a Government inspector visited the ground before he starts the decision-making process and the fate of the ground is revealed.

THE Mayor of Basingstoke and Deane has said she is “worried” that democracy is “not working well” in Basingstoke.

A SENIOR council has expressed concern after councillors voted in favour of awarding a pay rise allowance to senior councillors.

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A MANAGER of a children’s respite unit in Basingstoke has been struck off the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s register after she dishonestly bought items for herself on a procurement card worth thousands of pounds, including perfume, chocolates, ...

DRIVERS who enter a Sainsbury’s car park in Basingstoke and stay for more than ten minutes after the store is shut will receive a £100 fine.

A LOCAL charity has kindly donated 77 wellbeing packs to a care home, giving one to every resident.

RESIDENTS and staff from a care home have been busy celebrating all things Irish in a series of exciting activities.

RACISM and prejudice in schools is being more widely reported in Hampshire than ever before.

FIVE employees at an electronics manufacturer who have together clocked up more than eight decades of working for the company have been honoured.

THE first showhome on a new 750-home housing development in Basingstoke has opened.

TODAY we can reveal Saintsplus – the new home for exclusive coverage of everything to do with Southampton FC.

MPs are joining Hampshire residents in welcoming Ukrainian refugees into their homes.

COMPANIES across the borough will be able to benefit from opportunities to develop their business and employees, advice and networking as part of an action-packed business festival this summer.

Just one exception has been listed as an excuse to be using your phone while driving as part of the Highway Code rule change.

HOSPITALS in Hampshire have been put on a top alert after seeing a surge in demand for their services.

TWO Basingstoke gymnasts won gold at the International Open Cantanhede 2022 in Portugal last weekend.

Game Of Thrones fans will be glad to hear that its prequel, House Of The Dragon, will be launching in the UK and Ireland this year.

Martin Lewis issued a bleak statement that 85% of people are now better off ditching cash ISA rates.

The driving test backlog will take a long time to clear in the UK

COUNCILLORS have agreed to work on protecting the character of rural villages in Basingstoke when building more houses in the borough.

An RSPCA inspector found herself in tears after she was called to pick up a cat that is thought to have been deliberately set on fire in Basingstoke.

BASINGSTOKE and Deane Borough Council will become a member of the Keep Britain Tidy network in a bid to clean up the borough.

COMMUNITY groups and businesses across Basingstoke and Deane will be able to benefit from funding as part of borough-wide plans to celebrate Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee.

A BASINGSTOKE shopping centre is inviting visitors to come face-to-face with an African lion, Bengal tiger, and a giant panda this Easter.

Harley Wintney eased their relegation fears as Harry Cooksley fired home a winner in added time to secure valuable three points.

A PROFESSIONAL dog walker has been jailed after a court heard she killed two of her clients' dogs by leaving them in her car on one of the hottest days of the year.

THE multi-award winning New Old Friends are at it again with another instalment in their hugely popular crime series of comedy thrillers.

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A MYSTERY National Lottery winner, known only as Mr W from Hampshire, has won £1,000,000.

A road traffic collision was attended by fire crews in Aldershot this morning.

Basingstoke Men’s 1s secured six points in two days as they had a double header weekend to continue their fight for promotion.

Walkers and pet-owners are being encouraged to play their part to help nature recovery after a resurgence of rare birds on precious heaths in Hampshire.

After committing to eliminating palm oil from its products in 2018, Iceland is now going back due to supply chain disruption

THE council has agreed to investigate using ‘hard data’ when producing the local plan for Basingstoke and Deane, instead of using data that will be 15 years old when it is published.

A NATURE group has called on the council to save a green space in Basingstoke from development after it gained more than 3,000 signatures.

A NEW barbecue takeaway and restaurant has opened in Brighton Hill.

A DEDICATED charity shop manager has left her position after seventeen years at a ‘delightful’ charity shop.

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GARDENING, travelling and spending time with his family – that’s how  the outgoing Hampshire County Council leader pictures his retirement.

SPRING seemed to have arrived in Basingstoke over the past week, with residents basking in the late-March sunshine.

UNMARKED high-performance motorbikes will soon be used in the fight against 'high risk' and anti-social drivers.

A YOUNG football team from Basingstoke raised more than £1,000 for Ukraine by organising a 14-mile sponsored run.

BASINGSTOKE is set to host its “biggest wrestling show ever” as the superstars of SWF Wrestling and Kapow Wrestling are joining hands to return to town.

A BASINGSTOKE photographer claims to have put the town “on the map” after his picture appeared on national television.

A MAN who underwent a life-saving double lung transplant is planning to walk 100 miles to raise money for the hospital charity where he was treated.