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These are the areas with highest and lowest vaccine coverage in Basingstoke More than a quarter of people in Basingstoke and Deane have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, figures reveal. NHS data shows 38,043 people had received both jabs by May 2 – 27 per cent of those aged 16 and over, based on the latest population estimates from the Office for National Statistics. Of those to have received both jabs, 32,425 were aged 45 and over – 41 per cent of the age group. It means ...

Residents of Hampshire can get twice-weekly rapid Covid testing. Everyone in England will now be able to access twice-weekly rapid Covid testing at home. The tests, for people without Covid symptoms, are designed to prevent Covid outbreaks, by alerting people to the fact they have the virus before symptoms start. It had previously been reserved for those who need need to leave home for work and education, but after schools went back in March, the scheme has now rolled out to everyone in E...

A man has appeared in court accused of attempting to rob two people in Basingstoke.

Crabtree Plantation. Photo: Richard Curtis. The borough council has started closing the car parks of two of the towns beauty spots overnight. Car parks at the Lime Pits and Crabtree Plantation closed yesterday evening for the first time in a bid to crackdown on "persistent" anti-social behaviour. They will close every night at 8pm and reopen the following morning at 7am until October 31. In the winter, they will close at 5pm and reopen at the same time. Speaking last month after the a...

Of the entire Basingstoke area, house sales are quickest in Hook, according to the latest data. The fastest and slowest places for house sales in the Basingstoke area have been revealed. House buying firm Property Solvers have launched a new speed of sale tool that reveals houses in Basingstoke generally take around four months to sell. Comparing the 10 RG postcodes in the Basingstoke area, it reveals that Hook (RG27) is the fastest selling market over the last year, with sales taking on ...

12 pubs in Basingstoke and Deane with new and improved beer gardens Just 72 hours left. The day all of us have been waiting for is finally approaching. From Monday, our favourite local pubs with gardens seating will reopen as Government eases the strict lockdown restrictions. A few waterholes might also look a bit different than we remember as they have refurbished during lockdown to accommodate more people for outdoor drinking. Some of them have transformed their beer gardens into sty...

A FAMILY has been left distraught after their father’s ashes were lost by a care home clearing out their mother’s room after she died. Great-grandmother Rita Dunnett died in Basingstoke hospital on January 20 after catching Covid at Marnel Lodge in Popley which had declared an outbreak at the time. The 83-year-old had kept her husband Samuel’s ashes in an urn in the wardrobe at Marnel Lodge after he died in 2013, and her wishes were for her own ashes to be scattered with his in Gree...

Dear Editor, I am extremely concerned about the safety of those of us who have had to be given the Astra Zenica vaccine, even though it has been found to be less effective than the Pfizer vaccine and to be almost ineffective in giving any protection against the South African variant. I feel that this is particularly concerning as regards people such as myself and my husband, who are elderly and clinically vulnerable. I realise that, due to the health crisis in England, vaccines needed to ...

AN INTERACTIVE map has revealed the places in Basingstoke and Deane that has the highest number of Covid cases. In the seven days to March 7, Popley saw the highest number of new cases, at 14 - up five from the previous week. Bramley, Sherfield & the Sherbornes came in second, at 11 new cases in the same period - with the biggest increase of nine on the previous week. The third highest rate was in Houndmills & Oakridge, which saw eight new cases - however this was one case less than the...

More than a third of people in Basingstoke and Deane have received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, figures reveal. NHS data shows 52,691 people had received a vaccine jab by February 28 ­– equating to 37% of those aged 16 and over, according to the latest population estimates from the Office for National Statistics. Of those vaccinated, 30,627 were aged 65 or over – 99% of the age group. It means 22,064 people aged between 16 and 64 have received a first dose of the vaccine...