Three men will stand trial later this year after denying a host of charges connected to the alleged racial abuse of a taxi driver on his way to Basingstoke.

The application, submitted by CK Hutchison Networks (UK) Ltd (Three) network, has already seen at least 16 public comments against the proposal

AROUND £70,000 is spent on maintaining Eastrop Park each year, the council has confirmed.

LESS than five per cent of rape investigations in Hampshire last year resulted in a charge, new data has shown.

A DOG owner’s ‘out of control’ pet attacked two people and an assistance dog, a court has heard.

Stewart, in a tweet, shared how the staff nursed him when he told them that he felt “depressed and was suffering a profound loss of self-confidence”.

Highways England will be closing Black Dam roundabout overnight next month to carry out improvements, motorists are being warned.

TWO Basingstoke councillors have hit out over the ‘menace’ of electric scooters, and are calling for a police crackdown to address illegal use of them in the town.

THE number of coronavirus cases in Basingstoke and Deane increased by 53 in the last 24 hour recorded period, official figures show.

A Whitchurch man has been released under investigation following the death of a cyclist in hospital on Wednesday.

The trust which runs Basingstoke hospital is expanding its mental health support for patients with specialist clinicians being placed on wards.

A HAMPSHIRE model has spoken out about feeling ‘worried in her own home’ after receiving an ‘inappropriate’ text from a Test and Trace worker.

A BASINGSTOKE resident has won a competition to name the suites at a brand-new care home in the town.

ONE in four adults in Basingstoke have not been hugged for more than a year, according to research that suggests people are less likely to build new relationships than they were during the first coronavirus lockdown.

The UK is starting to see increasingly extreme temperatures and it is unlikely to change.

A retired district judge has published a new legal book aimed at helping ordinary people taking action themselves without having to hire an extensive lawyer.

A BINMAN has claimed he was sacked after raising safety concerns to Serco as garden waste collections were suspended this week due to staff shortages.

A JEALOUS Popley teenager who showed no remorse after stabbing his friend in the face in a “vicious and cowardly” attack can be pictured for the first time after reporting restrictions were lifted.

IT MAY be twelve months later than planned, and the students may have flown the nest onto the next stage of their lives, but there was a big reunion for Brighton Hill Community School’s Class of 2020 last week as they finally held their prom.

THE key to getting affection from your cat may lie in letting it choose when it wants to be petted, new research suggests.

THIS summer, cinch presents The Isle of Wight Festival, which returns to its home in Seaclose Park from September 16 to 19.

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The e-C4 adds a bit of colour to the EV part of the family hatch segment, thinks Jonathan Crouch.

A WOMAN is fighting for her life after her car left the M3 carriageway and landed at the bottom of a verge.

The Trust says its A&E departments are "busier than ever"

POLICE are interested in speaking to two people seen in new CCTV images after a purse was stolen in Festival Place.

The road has now been reopened

Make sure you get your hands on a copy of this week's Basingstoke Gazette to check out the latest photos from two school proms last week.

THE leader of the Labour group in Basingstoke has called on the council to ‘stop making excuses’ over the future of the town’s ice rink.

A SENIOR councillor has said the council is providing activities to help bring shoppers back to the Top of Town, after news that a charity shop decided to close due to falling footfall and increased antisocial behaviour.

THE leader of the Labour group in Basingstoke has said the council’s failure to deliver major improvements to play areas in war memorial park on time is ‘very disappointing’.

A BLACK alert declared at Basingstoke hospital today could affect non-urgent care.

Here's a look at what you can expect from this week's edition of the Gazette, out Thursday (July 29).

More than 100 care home residents across the Basingstoke area died from Covid-19, new figures have revealed.

Care home residents have been “failed by the system” according to one councillor after it emerged that more than 100 people died from Covid-19 at care facilities in the Basingstoke area.

A CARE home provider will contest a watchdog report regarding the number of deaths at its facilities.

Staff at a care home have revealed the fear of dealing with a Covid outbreak at the start of the pandemic.

The MP for Basingstoke has said lessons must be learnt after a report revealed the scale of Covid deaths at the town's care homes.

The authority with responsibility for the health of Hampshire residents has said that more deaths from Covid at care homes does not mean the quality of care was lower.

The crime and policing minister has praised the launch of an anti-social taskforce in Hampshire ahead of plans to roll them out across the country.

Good causes across Basingstoke have received grants from a local charity following a “difficult year”.

More than a third of Basingstoke adults have multiple health problems in midlife and the trend is getting worse, new research suggests.

BASINGSTOKE vaccine refusers could be barred from events, according to a Cabinet Office minister.

A FREE mental health arts festival is returning to Basingstoke for its sixth year.

ONE lane of the M3 near Basingstoke is closed, with delays building, after a vehicle has reported left the carriageway.

POLICE are looking for witnesses after a woman was assaulted in the Buckskin area at the weekend.

The Crowne Plaza has been officially confirmed as a quarantine hotel for travellers entering the UK from red list countries.

The council says that it needs to save £80 million a year to balance its 2022-24 budget. Among it is a plan to completely axe School Crossing Patrols.