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How to experience Exbury Garden during lockdown

30 April 2020
How to experience Exbury Garden during lockdown

How to experience Exbury Garden during lockdown

30 April 2020

Marie-Louise Agius filming at Exbury during lockdown FANS of Exbury Gardens can now take in its delights despite the lockdown. Although it is currently…


‘Carbuncle’ flats scheme defended by developer

30 April 2020
‘Carbuncle’ flats scheme defended by developer

‘Carbuncle’ flats scheme defended by developer

30 April 2020

PLANS for a block of 14 flats in Walkford (picture: ARC Architects Ltd) PLANS for a block of 14 flats in Walkford attacked by neighbours as a “carbuncle”…


Animal charity pleads for help as it tackles lockdown rescues – including 35 ducklings trying to cross Wessex Way

29 April 2020
Animal charity pleads for help as it tackles lockdown rescues – including 35 ducklings trying to cross Wessex Way

Animal charity pleads for help as it tackles lockdown rescues – including 35 ducklings trying to cross Wessex Way

29 April 2020

One of three groups of ducklings found trying to cross Wessex Way (photo: RSPCA) IT IS a service which has kept going during the coronavirus outbreak…


New Cadland Estate farm shop keeping locals fed

29 April 2020
New Cadland Estate farm shop keeping locals fed

New Cadland Estate farm shop keeping locals fed

29 April 2020

Fiona Drummond, the owner of Cadland Estate in Fawley SUMPTUOUS sausages made from game reared on a New Forest estate are one of the offerings at its…


Video: Hair-raising lockdown trims raise more than £3,000

27 April 2020
Video: Hair-raising lockdown trims raise more than £3,000

Video: Hair-raising lockdown trims raise more than £3,000

27 April 2020

Clinton McCarthy at the mercy of his wife Kathryn THE closure of hairdressers under the coronavirus lockdown has paid off for New Forest fundraisers who…


Wildlife give the coronavirus lockdown seal of approval

25 April 2020
Wildlife give the coronavirus lockdown seal of approval

Wildlife give the coronavirus lockdown seal of approval

25 April 2020

A seal on the beach at Milford (picture: Chris Mabey) WILDLIFE is thriving amid the lockdown as animals return to areas where they had fled crowds of…


Pregnant cat shot three times survives to have kittens

23 April 2020
Pregnant cat shot three times survives to have kittens

Pregnant cat shot three times survives to have kittens

23 April 2020

Hope and her kittens (picture: Cats Protection) A PREGNANT cat badly injured after being shot three times with an air gun survived to give birth to four…


Lymington pub brews up new plan for 18th century toll house

23 April 2020
Lymington pub brews up new plan for 18th century toll house

Lymington pub brews up new plan for 18th century toll house

23 April 2020

The Monkey House Bar-Lymington ONCE an important part of Lymington life, an old toll house which has stood dilapidated for decades is proposed to be transformed…


Baptist church reveals £3.5m plans for new building in Christchurch town centre

21 April 2020
Baptist church reveals £3.5m plans for new building in Christchurch town centre

Baptist church reveals £3.5m plans for new building in Christchurch town centre

21 April 2020

A CGI composite showing how the new Christchurch Baptist Church building would look A BASE that is “in the heart of the community” is the multi-million-pound…


Eric and Jan's online surprise for their 60th wedding anniversary

20 April 2020
Eric and Jan's online surprise for their 60th wedding anniversary

Eric and Jan's online surprise for their 60th wedding anniversary

20 April 2020

A BIG surprise awaited Eric and Jan Davey when they made their regular Skype call to their son in Norfolk during the coronavirus lockdown...


Shop scheme for village car showroom rejected by planners who brand it a 'very poor design'

14 April 2020
Shop scheme for village car showroom rejected by planners who brand it a 'very poor design'

Shop scheme for village car showroom rejected by planners who brand it a 'very poor design'

14 April 2020

The plans were for the site of Hills of Lymington on Milford Road AN APPLICATION to build a convenience store and takeaway on the site of a car showroom…


Judges go wild for Peppa Pig World cafe in design awards

12 April 2020
Judges go wild for Peppa Pig World cafe in design awards

Judges go wild for Peppa Pig World cafe in design awards

12 April 2020

A WILDFLOWER-roofed building at Peppa Pig World in Paultons Park has won a green building prize in the New Forest National Park Building Design Awards...


The three feathered friends you saw the most during the Big Garden Birdwatch

12 April 2020
The three feathered friends you saw the most during the Big Garden Birdwatch

The three feathered friends you saw the most during the Big Garden Birdwatch

12 April 2020

The blue tit was a common visitor for most participants (Picture: Ray Kennedy/rspb-images.com) HOUSE sparrows, blue tits and starlings are the birds which…


Government rejects Forest MP's call to revoke permission for housing development

10 April 2020
Government rejects Forest MP's call to revoke permission for housing development

Government rejects Forest MP's call to revoke permission for housing development

10 April 2020

The 42-house development in School Lane THE government has rejected a call by Sir Desmond Swayne MP to revoke permission for a controversial housing development…


Warning after raiders target closed shops during lockdown

09 April 2020
Warning after raiders target closed shops during lockdown

Warning after raiders target closed shops during lockdown

09 April 2020

Napoleons in Lymington Road, Highcliffe. Pic: Google A BAR owner in Highcliffe is warning other businesses in the area to be wary of burglars taking advantage…


Wildlife park appeals for donations to feed animals during lockdown

09 April 2020
Wildlife park appeals for donations to feed animals during lockdown

Wildlife park appeals for donations to feed animals during lockdown

09 April 2020

The Eurasian lynx at New Forest Wildlife Park NEW Forest Wildlife Park is appealing for donations so its animals – including wolves and bison – can be…


Have a taste of new local online food festival

09 April 2020
Have a taste of new local online food festival

Have a taste of new local online food festival

09 April 2020

The website will go live on Friday AN ONLINE festival showcasing the best food and drink in the area has been launched by two local producers so people…


VIDEO: Villagers gather to sing Happy Birthday for isolated 100-year-old watching from balcony

09 April 2020
VIDEO: Villagers gather to sing Happy Birthday for isolated 100-year-old watching from balcony

VIDEO: Villagers gather to sing Happy Birthday for isolated 100-year-old watching from balcony

09 April 2020

Bill Sykes is self-isolating at his Milford home during the coronavirus lockdown A 100-YEAR-OLD who reached his milestone year in self-isolation was at…


Forest school pupil recovers after being hospitalised with Covid-19

08 April 2020
Forest school pupil recovers after being hospitalised with Covid-19

Forest school pupil recovers after being hospitalised with Covid-19

08 April 2020

The youngster is a pupil at Forest Park School in Totton (Photo: Google) A TOTTON school pupil who was hospitalised after testing positive for coronavirus…


Retired nurse ready for frontline return in NHS virus battle

03 April 2020
Retired nurse ready for frontline return in NHS virus battle

Retired nurse ready for frontline return in NHS virus battle

03 April 2020

Alison Husbands (64) retired recently after 46 years of service A FORMER Lymington hospital nurse who recently retired after 46 years of service has applied…


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