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  • ‘Shock’ at hold up in housing project

    WARD councillors have said they have been left ‘shocked’ by the sudden halt of a housing development. The former hostel for homeless women in South Ham has been vacant for five years and was earmarked to be overhauled into new living accommodation

  • Basingstoke Bluefins are resounding county champions

    BASINGSTOKE Bluefins won the County Masters Championships in Portsmouth, by an impressive margin from nearest rival City of Southampton and Fareham Nomads. The best swimmers from around the county took part and the Bluefins were out in force with

  • Love Island star Danny Williams is coming to Basingstoke

    Love Island star Danny Williams will be heading to a Basingstoke nightclub to mingle with revellers.  The former contestant was booted off the show on Monday following a public vote. The Hull-native broke the hearts of viewers everywhere when

  • Weekly roadworks: Disruption expected on the M4 and M27

    WHETHER you commute to work outside of Basingstoke or like to travel around the county at the weekend, encountering unexpected roadworks can be irritating.  As a new weekly feature, each Friday the Gazette will publish a list of scheduled roadworks

  • FOODBANK IN FOCUS: Service users share their stories

    SINCE October 1 last year, Basingstoke Foodbank has provided in the region of 3,000 food crisis parcels. But behind every figure is a story - a person who finds themselves in the supremely vulnerable position of not knowing where their next meal

  • School's success with eco initiative

    A SCHOOL in Basingstoke has looked to help the environment by forming an ‘eco council.’ Park View Primary School, in Pinkerton Road, set up the council in September last year in a bid to make the school greener and get the bronze and silver Eco

  • Basingstoke and North Hants look to vacate the basement

    BASINGSTOKE and North Hants have their third skipper of the summer with David Griffiths now taking over. Mitch Stokes, who has now retired started the summer as captain, before Ben Thane took over the mantle, but a bad ankle injury is set to rule

  • "Man of the Year" scoops award after major weight loss

    A SUPER slimmer from Basingstoke has scooped the title of Kempshott’s Man of the Year after losing more than nine-and-a-half stone in a year. Tim Mortlock has gone from weighing more than 22 stone to 12 stone 13 pounds, proving that Slimming World