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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…


Controversial flats in Walkford aimed at retirees approved

23 December 2020
Controversial flats in Walkford aimed at retirees approved

Controversial flats in Walkford aimed at retirees approved

23 December 2020

The approved plans for a block of 14 flats in Walkford (picture: ARC Architects) A CONTROVERSIAL plan to build 14 flats in Walkford has been given the…


Plans for 'two-storey party club' cafe on Mudeford Spit withdrawn amid raft of opposition

23 December 2020
Plans for 'two-storey party club' cafe on Mudeford Spit withdrawn amid raft of opposition

Plans for 'two-storey party club' cafe on Mudeford Spit withdrawn amid raft of opposition

23 December 2020

Designs for the proposed beach cafe at Mudeford A CONTROVERSIAL plan to replace the Beach House Cafe on Mudeford Spit will be withdrawn after more than…


School’s sprinting Santas run up cash for hospice

20 December 2020
School’s sprinting Santas run up cash for hospice

School’s sprinting Santas run up cash for hospice

20 December 2020

Southlands principal Andrew Simmons starts the Santa dash for Oakhaven Hospice YOUNGSTERS spread some Christmas cheer with their own Santa Dash to raise…


Clubs fear fresh restrictions on activities in the New Forest

19 December 2020
Clubs fear fresh restrictions on activities in the New Forest

Clubs fear fresh restrictions on activities in the New Forest

19 December 2020

Beaulieu Model Flying Club said it has been told it can fly planes only during the winter NEW Forest activity groups have raised fears about their operations…


Call for drug consumption room amid town's 'brazen drug dealing'

18 December 2020
Call for drug consumption room amid town's 'brazen drug dealing'

Call for drug consumption room amid town's 'brazen drug dealing'

18 December 2020

Drug consumption rooms are widely used across Europe A LYMINGTON councillor is calling for a drugs consumption room to be set up where addicts can take…


Retirement flats in Highcliffe given go-ahead despite objections

12 December 2020
Retirement flats in Highcliffe given go-ahead despite objections

Retirement flats in Highcliffe given go-ahead despite objections

12 December 2020

A CGI of 38 retirement flats approved along Seaton Road and Lymington Road in Highcliffe, by Fayrewood Properties A DEVELOPMENT of 38 retirement flats…


Developer makes second bid to build homes on Highcliffe woodland

10 December 2020
Developer makes second bid to build homes on Highcliffe woodland

Developer makes second bid to build homes on Highcliffe woodland

10 December 2020

Brentland Ltd director Chris Bulstrode at the site off Jesmond Avenue, Highcliffe A DEVELOPER has submitted a second bid to build on a patch of woodland…


Covid testing centre set up in Christchurch car park

07 December 2020
Covid testing centre set up in Christchurch car park

Covid testing centre set up in Christchurch car park

07 December 2020

The testing centre has been set up at Two Riversmeet car park A MOBILE Covid-19 testing centre has been set up in Christchurch in the Two Riversmeet leisure…


'I had no intention of giving up on my child' – George an ‘inspiration’ to parents with autistic kids

14 November 2020
'I had no intention of giving up on my child' – George an ‘inspiration’ to parents with autistic kids

'I had no intention of giving up on my child' – George an ‘inspiration’ to parents with autistic kids

14 November 2020

Jane Atkinson and her son George Stooks A SWAY mum has hailed her autistic son as a “complete inspiration” to the parents of other children with the condition…


Coronavirus infections confirmed in Testwood School pupils

04 November 2020
Coronavirus infections confirmed in Testwood School pupils

Coronavirus infections confirmed in Testwood School pupils

04 November 2020

Testwood School in Totton (picture: Google) TWO Testwood School pupils have tested positive for coronavirus – one after spending a whole day in class. In…


'Despicable' theft of village's Remembrance nurse silhouette

04 November 2020
'Despicable' theft of village's Remembrance nurse silhouette

'Despicable' theft of village's Remembrance nurse silhouette

04 November 2020

The nurse silhouette near the Jubilee Oak and its poppies at Sway A REMEMBRANCE silhouette of a nurse has been stolen from Sway village centre in an act…


Policeman on trial for murdering lover met her the same year he married his wife, court heard

20 October 2020
Policeman on trial for murdering lover met her the same year he married his wife, court heard

Policeman on trial for murdering lover met her the same year he married his wife, court heard

20 October 2020

A POLICEMAN on trial for murdering his lover has told a jury how he met his mistress in the same year he married his wife...


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