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Hurst Castle in need of 'urgent' erosion repairs

25 January 2021
Hurst Castle in need of 'urgent' erosion repairs

Hurst Castle in need of 'urgent' erosion repairs

25 January 2021

HERITAGE experts are carrying out “urgent” repairs to the east wing of the landmark Hurst Castle where it is being undermined by coastal erosion...


The Rev. Tasha is first woman vicar at Milford in its 850-year history

23 January 2021
The Rev. Tasha is first woman vicar at Milford in its 850-year history

The Rev. Tasha is first woman vicar at Milford in its 850-year history

23 January 2021

MILFORD is to get its own version of the Vicar of Dibley as it prepares to welcome the first female priest to take charge of the parish in its 850-year history...


Clean up Lymington's ‘neglected’ quay, council urged

22 January 2021
Clean up Lymington's ‘neglected’ quay, council urged

Clean up Lymington's ‘neglected’ quay, council urged

22 January 2021

CALLS have been made to urgently improve the appearance of Lymington’s “neglected” Town Quay...


New charter drawn up for professional dog walkers in the Forest

22 January 2021
New charter drawn up for professional dog walkers in the Forest

New charter drawn up for professional dog walkers in the Forest

22 January 2021

A PROFESSIONAL dog walking charter has been drawn up to encourage handlers in the New Forest to protect wildlife and pick up their mess...


Traffic chaos fears as Somerford roundabout set for five days of roadworks

20 January 2021
Traffic chaos fears as Somerford roundabout set for five days of roadworks

Traffic chaos fears as Somerford roundabout set for five days of roadworks

20 January 2021

MOTORISTS fear traffic chaos in Christchurch while BCP Council carries out five days of repairs to Somerford roundabout...


New Covid vaccination centre at BIC will be able to give 9,000 jabs a week

18 January 2021
New Covid vaccination centre at BIC will be able to give 9,000 jabs a week

New Covid vaccination centre at BIC will be able to give 9,000 jabs a week

18 January 2021

A REGIONAL vaccination clinic able to deliver thousands of Covid-19 jabs every week has been set up at Bournemouth International Centre...


School pleads for laptops for third of its pupils without proper home-learning equipment

16 January 2021
School pleads for laptops for third of its pupils without proper home-learning equipment

School pleads for laptops for third of its pupils without proper home-learning equipment

16 January 2021

A SCHOOL has appealed for laptop donations to help about a third of its pupils without the right computer kit to learn from home during the lockdown...


Army veteran hit hard by friends' deaths died in high-speed drink-driving crash

14 January 2021
Army veteran hit hard by friends' deaths died in high-speed drink-driving crash

Army veteran hit hard by friends' deaths died in high-speed drink-driving crash

14 January 2021

A VETERAN affected by losing friends on the battlefield was drink-driving when he was killed in a high-speed crash near Calshot , an inquest heard...


Farmer may have to cull chickens after egg demand plummets during lockdown

13 January 2021
Farmer may have to cull chickens after egg demand plummets during lockdown

Farmer may have to cull chickens after egg demand plummets during lockdown

13 January 2021

A POULTRY farmer whose trade with eateries and schools has been cut off by the lockdown is appealing to the public to buy his eggs amid fears he may have to cull some of his 13,000-strong flock...


Councils set for surge in pandemic postal votes for this year's local elections

13 January 2021
Councils set for surge in pandemic postal votes for this year's local elections

Councils set for surge in pandemic postal votes for this year's local elections

13 January 2021

COUNCILS are gearing up for more people to vote by post in the local elections in May, due to the pandemic...


Push for ‘dynamic, imaginative and proactive’ regeneration of Christchurch

09 January 2021
Push for ‘dynamic, imaginative and proactive’ regeneration of Christchurch

Push for ‘dynamic, imaginative and proactive’ regeneration of Christchurch

09 January 2021

THE approach to regenerating Christchurch must be dynamic, imaginative and proactive – so say the town’s six independent councillors who are have outlined key schemes they want to be considered by BCP Council ...


Paultons Park raises £70,000 for hospital sensory retreat

09 January 2021
Paultons Park raises £70,000 for hospital sensory retreat

Paultons Park raises £70,000 for hospital sensory retreat

09 January 2021

PAULTONS Park raised more than £70,000 to help equip a specialist sensory retreat for seriously ill youngsters at Southampton Children’s Hospital...


Small New Forest pub wins big in Good Pub Guide awards

03 January 2021
Small New Forest pub wins big in Good Pub Guide awards

Small New Forest pub wins big in Good Pub Guide awards

03 January 2021

THE family who run a traditional village watering hole hailed as a “New Forest institution” are celebrating after winning Country Pub of the Year...


Lymington and Pennington council tax to rise after Covid hits finances

03 January 2021
Lymington and Pennington council tax to rise after Covid hits finances

Lymington and Pennington council tax to rise after Covid hits finances

03 January 2021

COUNCIL tax in Lymington and Pennington is set to increase after councillors revealed how badly the town’s finances had been hit by the pandemic...


Treasure hunter searching for owner of wedding ring he found in New Forest field

28 December 2020
Treasure hunter searching for owner of wedding ring he found in New Forest field

Treasure hunter searching for owner of wedding ring he found in New Forest field

28 December 2020

Geoff Lai and his eight-year-old son Reeve A METAL detectorist is appealing for help tracking down the owner of a lost wedding ring that he found while…


Apprenticeships open for New Forest national park rangers

28 December 2020
Apprenticeships open for New Forest national park rangers

Apprenticeships open for New Forest national park rangers

28 December 2020

A New Forest NPA ranger at the Ashurst wild play site A GRANT to encourage young people to take up a career caring for the environment has helped the…


'Ferocious reader' Abigail publishes first book at six years old

27 December 2020
'Ferocious reader' Abigail publishes first book at six years old

'Ferocious reader' Abigail publishes first book at six years old

27 December 2020

Abigail Coster penned The Girl Who had Adventures A SIX-YEAR-OLD bookworm has published her own novel after being inspired by the response to a short…


A sparkling honour for New Forest volunteer Jenni

27 December 2020
A sparkling honour for New Forest volunteer Jenni

A sparkling honour for New Forest volunteer Jenni

27 December 2020

Jenni Tubbs (centre) receives the Diamond Jubilee Award from Mary Montagu, with New Forest Trust chair William Ziegler A WOMAN who has spent more than…


Karaoke may be out of tune with homes plan on Christchurch pub car park

26 December 2020
Karaoke may be out of tune with homes plan on Christchurch pub car park

Karaoke may be out of tune with homes plan on Christchurch pub car park

26 December 2020

The car park of the Smugglers Run in Christchurch, where there are plans to build seven homes (picture: Google) RESIDENTS of a new development proposed…


Cash boost for group battling to stop plant invasion in New Forest

26 December 2020
Cash boost for group battling to stop plant invasion in New Forest

Cash boost for group battling to stop plant invasion in New Forest

26 December 2020

New Forest Non-Native Plants Project volunteers Gill Rowlands, Patsy Baverstock, Brian Matthews and Claire Benton pull Himalayan balsam from the east…


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