HOME schooling is on the rise in Hampshire since the start of the new school year, the county council has confirmed.

FROM Dummer to Hazeley Bottom, Basingstoke and Deane has many places bearing unusual, amusing, and interesting names.

A surgeon who pioneered life saving cancer surgery in Basingstoke has been recognised in The Queen’s New Year Honours

PARENTS have had their child’s school place withdrawn after lying on an application form, figures reveal.

From bomb hoaxes to cannabis factories, and the small matter of the Covid pandemic, the police have had their work cut out this year.

BASINGSTOKE Symphony Orchestra this year celebrates an amazing 90 years of music making in the town.

2020 was a year nobody could have predicted.

A liver surgeon, landlord and charity fundraiser are among the men and women recognised in the New Year’s Honours List.

The healthcare worker was sentenced at crown court for poisoning a four-month-old baby.

A MAN has potentially life-threatening injuries after becoming trapped between two vehicles.

A ROAD has been closed after a serious incident occurred in Kingsclere.

Schools in Basingstoke are preparing for a month of staggered return of students following a decision by the government’s latest coronavirus announcement.

A Baughurst woman who has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds to fight brain tumours has been recognised in the New Year’s Honours list.

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OFSTED suspended routine inspections of schools in March following the outbreak of Covid-19.

Act like you have virus and stay at home this New Year’s Eve, public warned

People weeing on the street and youths smoking weed are just some of the problems residents reported this year.

Here's everything you need to know about travelling and going on holiday in 2021.

Live updates as the Health secretary announces tougher measure to curb the spread of the virus before the new year.

A BASINGSTOKE pub landlord who raised £52,500 for various charities through virtual quizzes has been honoured with a British Empire Medal (BEM).

Coronavirus infections are soaring in the borough with a huge increase in cases.

AN INCREASE in Covid-19 cases in Bramley is down to “general community transmission” of the virus the county council has said.

Here's a look at what to expect from this week's edition of the Gazette, out Thursday (December 31)

The Plan, the opposition and the controversy: here is everything you need to know about Upper Swallick Garden Community

A new online calculator has been developed to calculate the date you will get the Covid-19 vaccine.

Dating show fans who missed out on Love Island this year will be thrilled to know there is a new dating show coming soon.

In the era of Covid, keeping healthy is at the forefront of all of our minds.

A fed-up nurse has sent a scathing letter to her local councillors after flooding on Christmas Day left residents trapped in their homes.

THERE IS a huge gap between residents with the fastest and slowest broadband speeds in Basingstoke and Deane, new figures have revealed.

THE number of new Covid cases across Hampshire is “slowly starting to rise” along with an increase in hospital admissions.

56 positive cases of coronavirus were recorded in Basingstoke and Deane yesterday.

Our travel plans will change on January 1, along with the way we study, work and shop.

Four new coronavirus deaths have been recorded at the trust that runs Basingstoke hospital over the Christmas period, the latest official figures show.

Basingstoke's policing team have outlined what they are doing to crack down on a number of concerns of residents.

The next tier review will determine if we enter 2021 in another lockdown.

There are now more Covid-19 patients in NHS hospitals in England than during the peak of the first wave in April.