A "FIT and healthy" man died instantly after falling downstairs at his home in Bransgore and fracturing his skull, an inquest was told.
THE remains of a woman have been dug up in the back garden of a house near Ringwood more than 20 years after she was murdered by her husband.
A MUDEFORD beach hut is on sale for £440,000 – more than 1.5 times the UK's average house price.
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COLLECTING conkers to use as washing liquid might sound a little nutty.
BURGLARS who raided a New Milton jeweller got more than they bargained for when they end up blindly stumbling around the shop in security fog.
BRANSGORE Country Market is to close with the owners blaming rising energy and meat costs for having to shut its doors.
FORTY tractors took part in a charity run through the New Forest so that a lifesaving defibrillator can be installed at the Compass Inn in Winsor.
A HUNGRY otter cost a couple thousands of pounds in expensive koi carp after raiding their pond – and coming back for a second course the next day.
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FAMILIES flocked to a scarecrow trail in Lyndhurst featuring King Charles, Paddington Bear and Halloween horrors.
A NEW Milton man who became the world's longest serving Master of Wine and the youngest to qualify has died at the age of 94.
A POSITIVE mindset, exercise, holidays and a daily glass of wine are the secrets of long life according to new centenarian Pat Dartnell.
LYMINGTON Town football club has six months to build a new stand for 100 spectators after being promoted to the Southern League.
A DOCTOR took on a dawn-to-dusk litter-pick around Ringwood to support research into a muscle-wasting condition afflicting his stepbrother.
TWO teenage boys who stabbed a Walkford man to death in an eight-minute attack have been jailed for life with a minimum sentence of 18 years.
A tree in the New Forest carved with the name 'Brenda' which a couple wanted their ashes scattered under was found after after a plea on Facebook.
THE heartbroken parents of Walkford murder victim Edward Reeve paid tribute to their son as two teens who killed him appeared at a sentencing hearing.
CHRISTCHURCH Town Council is preparing to unveil options for the future of popular Druitt Hall – including its demolition.
A team from New Forest escapes were “thrilled” to have raised over £600 for Hampshire charity Simon Says by running a 5km race.
A RARE budgie given up for dead after escaping from a home in Sway has been recovered 85 miles away having survived for five months in the wild.
A MAN from New Milton was arrested by police at Bournemouth Airport after he allegedly became threatening and abusive on a Ryanair flight.
