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A BASINGSTOKE man who arranged for waste to be collected that was later fly-tipped must pay a fine.

Eight cases heard at Southampton Magistrates Court

Community order for 27-year-old man

Basingstoke Magistrates Court. A man has appeared in court accused of manufacturing a gun. Alistair McGowan, of Reading Road in Sherfield-on-Loddon, was allegedly found in possession of the firearm on Sunday, April 25, and it is claimed by police that he intended to sell it. The 47-year-old has been remanded in custody pending his next hearing at Winchester Crown Court. No plea has been entered to either charge. A Popley man has been given a suspended prison sentence after he drove twice ...

THERE IS a huge gap between residents with the fastest and slowest broadband speeds in Basingstoke and Deane, new figures have revealed. Broadband tests reveal that some residents in Popley had an average download speed of just 0.6 megabytes per second (Mbps), whilst some people in Brighton Hill had a superfast speed of 398.7Mbps - more than 600 times faster. It means families using Zoom, Skype or Facebook to speak to relatives and friends could be faced with annoying freezes, cut-outs an...