A DRIVER who crossed double white lines to overtake two cars caused the deaths of two young people in a horrific crash, a jury concluded today. Roy Morrissey, 45, was found guilty of two counts of causing death by dangerous driving, following the crash
AN INTERNATIONAL passenger plane has crash landed at Heathrow Airport. More than 130 passengers quickly escaped down the emergency chutes after British Airways flight BA38 from Beijing came down several hundred metres short of the southern runway, just
A TEENAGER from Basingstoke has become an overnight pop sensation in the Far East after posting a video of herself singing online. Rebecca Strachan, 19, from Aster Road, Kempshott, Basingstoke, was catapulted to attention when she uploaded a video
EXTENSION work is well under way on an historic church - and the revamp will bring it into the 21st century. Building began at St Mary the Virgin Church, in Church Lane, Silchester, in August last year, after five years of fundraising mustered the
FIRST-CLASS cricket will return to Basingstoke's May's Bounty in August when Hampshire County Cricket Club play Durham in a four-day County Championship match. The return - which is a victory for The Gazette's Back to the Bounty campaign - will mean
DETECTIVES have released a man they were questioning in connection with the brutal murder of a Basingstoke coffee merchant's widow. Police officers were granted an extra 30 hours to question the 37-year-old after he was initially arrested on Monday
AN AWARD-WINNING Basingstoke-based arts group is locked in a battle for funding after being told it could lose a major grant. Arts Council England's (ACE) decision to withdraw £106,000 of annual funding from The Making and axe or reduce grants to 193
