ENVIRONMENT Agency officers have been dealing with a major oil spill along the Bourne Rivulet in Hampshire– one of the country’s most important salmon fishing rivers. Environment Agency officers are doing everything they can to minimize the
A MOTHER has described her children’s near-miss after an “industrial-sized” padlock was hurled through the window of a bus in Basingstoke. Becky Dennis, 28, was on board the number 3 bus with her six-year-old son Samuel and her three-year-old daughter
STEP back into the 1950s with the sounds of Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison at a retro-American-style diner that has opened in Basingstoke’s Festival Place. Ed’s Easy Diner has opened in the shopping centre’s Festival Square, complete with
BEAUTY queen Laura Ashfield will represent England in a global pageant after winning a national competition. Laura won the title of Miss Intercontinental England after dazzling judges at the Palace Hotel in Manchester. She will represent the country
NORTH Hampshire British Touring Car Championship drivers Rob Collard and Nick Foster found their home circuit of Thruxton a wild and unforgiving place last Sunday. Heavy rain fell on the fastest track of the championships, making racing very
IT'S The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year – and as part of our coverage, The Gazette is now giving you the chance to send in your own message of congratulation to Her Majesty. The Gazette will be publishing a special Diamond Jubilee publication on Thursday
Sir.–SO now Tesco are prepared to spend in excess of £7 million on adding a through road to the Brighton Hill Roundabout to make it a throughabout. This may make the traffic flow better if you are travelling directly along the A30, but those
Sir.–Two of our local football teams, namely Reading and Southampton, are in the news with their promotion back to Premier League football. Congratulations to both teams. However, there is a third more local team, Basingstoke Town FC, who through
A NEW dad is taking part in a charity bike ride to raise money for a hospital which cared for his baby who was born with a rare condition. Steve Attridge will cycle 66 miles around the Isle of Wight this weekend to raise cash for Great Ormond Street
FC CENSO were crowned Basingstoke and District League Premier Division champions on Monday evening without kicking a ball in anger. This was after their closest rivals Basingstoke Royals lost 4-1 at Basingstoke Rangers. Playing twice
THE Conservatives remain in control of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, but have seen their majority cut to just four following yesterday's local elections. Click on the Local Elections 2012 bar above to see the results. See The Gazette
LODDON Players’ production of The Opposite Sex was held in front of an appreciative audience in the village. The play features just four characters – Mark, Vicky, Eric and Judith – two married couples in the 1980s who, at some point, have slept with
