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Hospital bans visitors after outbreak of Norovirus
Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital is advising visitors not to attend after an outbreak of a vomiting bug. A statement from the NHS trust running the hospital announced on Tuesday afternoon that visiting hours would be restricted from the
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Maria Miller calls election material imitating local newspapers "appalling" and "potentially misleading"
THE INCUMBENT MP for Basingstoke has labelled the use of political leaflets that look like newspapers "appalling". Maria Miller, who is seeking re-election in this week's election, told the Gazette that the practice was "potentially misleading".
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Woman injured after rush hour car crash between two vehicles in Basingstoke
Emergency services are dealing with a two-car crash on Roman Road in Basingstoke tonight. A woman is being treated for a leg injury after her car, carrying a young baby, was hit by another vehicle shortly after 5pm. The two cars invovled
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Children homeless before Christmas
EIGHTY children in the Basingstoke area face being homeless this Christmas, according to statistics from charity Shelter. The worrying figure has been revealed in a report from the homeless charity, which shows that 135,000 children in Britain are
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Basingstoke boy band Concept split after nine years together (including X Factor stint)
A BASINGSTOKE boyband who reached the judges houses stage of the X Factor have announced their split after nearly a decade together. Posting on social media, Concept told their fans who have supported them for the last nine years: “We think it’
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Greenpeace volunteers demand fast-food chain stops 'flame-grilling' the Amazon rainforest
GREENPEACE volunteers spoke to people outside Burger King’s in Basingstoke, calling on the fast food company to stop ‘flame-grilling’ the Amazon rainforest. Forest fires in the Amazon have been raging throughout the summer, many started deliberately
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LETTER: Beware of private parking firm who have no sympathy for residents
Dear Editor, I would like my concerns known regarding Countrywide Parking Management of Bournemouth. I live in a private road in Basingstoke and the freeholder has employed this company to manage the parking due to cars being abandoned on the
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LETTER: Irony to Top of The Town eco-bus launch
IT SEEMS rather ironic that Stagecoach, in their wisdom, chose to display one of their new fleet of 32 buses outside the Willis Museum at the Top of The Town. With now so many of their buses no longer servicing the area, and preventing more people
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Scooter prize gives woman her independence back
A WOMAN has got her independence back after winning a state-of-the-art mobility scooter. Lorraine Evemy, from Basingstoke entered a competition run by Mobility Connect Ltd in November where entrants could be in with a chance of winning a mobility
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Hospital progress is ‘extremely positive’ following CQC inspection
AN INSPECTION into the region’s hospitals was “extremely positive”, according to a report. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital, as well as Andover War Memorial Hospital and Royal Hampshire