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From Our Files: NZ move regret...dogs dumping ground...grey MP’s pub refusal

22 February 2025
From Our Files: NZ move regret...dogs dumping ground...grey MP’s pub refusal

From Our Files: NZ move regret...dogs dumping ground...grey MP’s pub refusal

22 February 2025

What was making the headlines in the A&T 25 and 50 years ago


Historic Highcliffe hotel and restaurant ‘not going anywhere’ amid demolition plans

22 February 2025
Historic Highcliffe hotel and restaurant ‘not going anywhere’ amid demolition plans

Historic Highcliffe hotel and restaurant ‘not going anywhere’ amid demolition plans

22 February 2025

A historic landmark in Highcliffe is “not going anywhere” – so says the operator of the Lord Bute Hotel after a plan to demolish it was submitted.


Feast of Frenchies as Forest festival returns

21 February 2025
Feast of Frenchies as Forest festival returns

Feast of Frenchies as Forest festival returns

21 February 2025

French bulldog owners are in for a real treat this Easter as a festival returns to the Forest.


Sally pulls curtains on high street fashion shop

20 February 2025
Sally pulls curtains on high street fashion shop

Sally pulls curtains on high street fashion shop

20 February 2025

One of Highcliffe’s most colourful and cheerful shopkeepers is shutting her doors after 12 years.


‘Speed kills’ – jury clears driver on trial over death of speeding motorcyclist

19 February 2025
‘Speed kills’ – jury clears driver on trial over death of speeding motorcyclist

‘Speed kills’ – jury clears driver on trial over death of speeding motorcyclist

19 February 2025

A care assistant on trial over the death of a motorcyclist burst into tears and ran from the courtroom after being cleared by a jury today.


Woman ‘should have seen’ motorcyclist riding twice speed limit in town before fatal crash

19 February 2025
Woman ‘should have seen’ motorcyclist riding twice speed limit in town before fatal crash

Woman ‘should have seen’ motorcyclist riding twice speed limit in town before fatal crash

19 February 2025

A woman sobbed in the dock as a jury was told how she allegedly caused the death of a motorcyclist in Christchurch by turning her car into his path.


‘Completely ruined’ – angry Regent Centre members call for extraordinary meeting

18 February 2025
‘Completely ruined’ – angry Regent Centre members call for extraordinary meeting

‘Completely ruined’ – angry Regent Centre members call for extraordinary meeting

18 February 2025

Angry members of the Regent Centre have called for an extraordinary meeting after claiming radical changes are being made without consulting them.


Pensioner at demolition-threatened caravan site will ‘park mobility scooter’ in front of bulldozers

18 February 2025
Pensioner at demolition-threatened caravan site will ‘park mobility scooter’ in front of bulldozers

Pensioner at demolition-threatened caravan site will ‘park mobility scooter’ in front of bulldozers

18 February 2025

A wheelchair-bound man who lives on a caravan park set to be bulldozed said he will park his mobility scooter in front of demolition vehicles.


Man jailed after threatening shop worker with a fake gun

17 February 2025
Man jailed after threatening shop worker with a fake gun

Man jailed after threatening shop worker with a fake gun

17 February 2025

A Walkford man who pointed a fake firearm at a Tesco worker trying to stop him shoplifting a crate of beer has been jailed for three years.


Plans to demolish Highcliffe hotel to create new homes

17 February 2025
Plans to demolish Highcliffe hotel to create new homes

Plans to demolish Highcliffe hotel to create new homes

17 February 2025

A Highcliffe hotel could be demolished to make way for six homes, new plans have revealed.


Former gallery in town centre could be turned into Airbnb

16 February 2025
Former gallery in town centre could be turned into Airbnb

Former gallery in town centre could be turned into Airbnb

16 February 2025

An art gallery in Christchurch could be turned into an Airbnb property if BCP Council give the go ahead for it to be converted into one.


Run-down Hengistbury Head outdoor centre set for major revamp amid £650,000 grant

14 February 2025
Run-down Hengistbury Head outdoor centre set for major revamp amid £650,000 grant

Run-down Hengistbury Head outdoor centre set for major revamp amid £650,000 grant

14 February 2025

The outdoor education centre at Hengistbury Head is set for a major revamp as it was revealed a government grant of £650,000 is close to being agreed.


Tributes to ‘always positive’ musician and sportsman who died suddenly aged 21

14 February 2025
Tributes to ‘always positive’ musician and sportsman who died suddenly aged 21

Tributes to ‘always positive’ musician and sportsman who died suddenly aged 21

14 February 2025

Glowing tributes have been paid to talented musician and former Arnewood School pupil Cian Everett after his unexpected death aged just 21.


‘He said if I didn’t stop he would arrest me’ – opera singing busker threatened with arrest on high street for being ‘too loud’

13 February 2025
‘He said if I didn’t stop he would arrest me’ – opera singing busker threatened with arrest on high street for being ‘too loud’

‘He said if I didn’t stop he would arrest me’ – opera singing busker threatened with arrest on high street for being ‘too loud’

13 February 2025

A young opera singing busker claimed he was threatened with arrest in Lymington’s High Street after complaints from market traders he was too loud.


Football club ground staff give lifesaving CPR to fellow volunteer who collapsed at match

12 February 2025
Football club ground staff give lifesaving CPR to fellow volunteer who collapsed at match

Football club ground staff give lifesaving CPR to fellow volunteer who collapsed at match

12 February 2025

One of Bashley FC’s “most loyal” volunteer ground staff suffered a suspected heart attack at the team’s match on last night against Thatcham Town.


‘This one is for Jordan’ – Bashley players honour seriously injured team-mate Chiedozie

10 February 2025
‘This one is for Jordan’ – Bashley players honour seriously injured team-mate Chiedozie

‘This one is for Jordan’ – Bashley players honour seriously injured team-mate Chiedozie

10 February 2025

An emotional crowd at Bashley FC clapped and cheered as teammates ran around the pitch holding aloft the football shirt of Jordan Chiedozie.


From Our Files: Archaeological investigation...rising drunkenness...lousy loos

08 February 2025
From Our Files: Archaeological investigation...rising drunkenness...lousy loos

From Our Files: Archaeological investigation...rising drunkenness...lousy loos

08 February 2025

What was making the headlines in the A&T 25 and 50 years ago


Mother has window smashed at Sway home in second rampage by youths in a week

06 February 2025
Mother has window smashed at Sway home in second rampage by youths in a week

Mother has window smashed at Sway home in second rampage by youths in a week

06 February 2025

A terrified mother had her kitchen window smashed by youths throwing rocks in Sway – the second time in a week they targeted the village.


Lymington family’s fundraising efforts for Brain Tumour Research

05 February 2025
Lymington family’s fundraising efforts for Brain Tumour Research

Lymington family’s fundraising efforts for Brain Tumour Research

05 February 2025

A Lymington family raised £20,000 in one year in memory of their husband and father who died from a brain tumour.


Review: Rocky Horror Show, Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth

04 February 2025
Review: Rocky Horror Show, Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth

Review: Rocky Horror Show, Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth

04 February 2025

Fresh and feisty, The Rocky Horror Show earned Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre standing ovation.


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