TRIBUTES have been paid to a Basingstoke construction worker who died suddenly. 

Scott Grimes, 30, was found unresponsive at work in Wiltshire Crescent on Monday. He was taken to hospital but later died. 

A spokesman for Hampshire Police said an investigation had been launched with the Health and Safety Executive notified. 

In tribute to the father-of-one, his brother Ian Grimes, said: “My brother and my best mate, words cannot describe how much you mean to me. I just want everyone to know how much of a kind man you were.” 

His partner Ashleigh McCaul, and mother to their son Finley, said their world had been taken too soon, writing: “We will miss you so much. until we meet again, love you always and forever.” 

You can read the full story in this week’s edition of The Gazette. Also in this week's paper:

  • A single case of the South African variant of Covid-19 has been identified in Bramley.
  • A ten-year-old from Basingstoke is running a marathon a week for 20 weeks to raise money and awareness for the rare condition her baby cousin suffers from.
  • Coronavirus cases across Basingstoke and Deane are continuing to fall, the latest statistics reveal.
  • A man who turned to drug dealing after his father died and he needed to support his family has been jailed for 13 years after being convicted of the manslaughter of a teenager in Basingstoke.
  • A Basingstoke woman stole £12,000 from her ‘elderly and frail’ grandmother while acting as her carer, a court has heard. 
  • Basingstoke's Mr Football Peter Raynbird, has passed away at the age of 95. 
  • The council leader says the uncertainty residents at Crown Heights are living through is a “travesty” and has pledged to support them.
  • An investment portfolio held by the borough council is valued at more than a quarter of a billion pounds, it has been revealed.
  • PLUS: All the latest from Basingstoke Magistrates' Court.
  • Two pages of your letters to the editor.
  • Pictures: Basingstoke's very own Narnia scenes
  • The latest news from our communities.
  • An eight-page puzzle special.
  • An eight-page children's activities special.
  • Business news.
  • Three pages of entertainment news.
  • Four pages of sports news. And much more!

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