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Store worker stops sheet-covered, knife-wielding raider with oven cleaner

15 January 2025
Store worker stops sheet-covered, knife-wielding raider with oven cleaner

Store worker stops sheet-covered, knife-wielding raider with oven cleaner

15 January 2025

A New Milton store worker has slammed their company’s “disgusting” response after a colleague was threatened at knifepoint in an attempted robbery.


Drivers held in highways crackdown

13 January 2025
Drivers held in highways crackdown

Drivers held in highways crackdown

13 January 2025

Police arrested 13 suspected drink and drug-drivers in the New Forest during a Christmas crackdown that snared over 300 county-wide.


Golfers score £2k for air ambulance

13 January 2025
Golfers score £2k for air ambulance

Golfers score £2k for air ambulance

13 January 2025

Giving golfers swung a birdie when they raised £2,000 for the helicopter ambulance service that responds to New Forest emergencies.


RNLI helps with Santa’s Boxing Day Christchurch hotel visit

13 January 2025
RNLI helps with Santa’s Boxing Day Christchurch hotel visit

RNLI helps with Santa’s Boxing Day Christchurch hotel visit

13 January 2025

SANTA was assisted by lifeboat rescuers as he paid a special Boxing Day visit to the Christchurch Harbour Hotel.


GP becomes lifeboat station’s first female tractor driver

11 January 2025
GP becomes lifeboat station’s first female tractor driver

GP becomes lifeboat station’s first female tractor driver

11 January 2025

A local GP was on the crest of a wave as she became Mudeford RNLI’s first female tractor driver, launching and recovering the lifeboat and its crew.


Raids result in four theft and stolen goods arrests

10 January 2025
Raids result in four theft and stolen goods arrests

Raids result in four theft and stolen goods arrests

10 January 2025

Four men were arrested after police dawn raids on two New Forest properties uncovered a haul of suspected stolen tools and prohibited knives.

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Wartime explosives detonated at property

10 January 2025
Wartime explosives detonated at property

Wartime explosives detonated at property

10 January 2025

Bomb disposal experts were dispatched after suspected unexploded wartime devices were found inside a West Wellow property.


Call for eligible to book jabs as illness rates rise

09 January 2025
Call for eligible to book jabs as illness rates rise

Call for eligible to book jabs as illness rates rise

09 January 2025

People eligible for a Covid-19 or flu vaccination are being reminded it’s not too late to come forward amid rising levels of illness.


Burglary arrest after suspicious person by school alert

09 January 2025
Burglary arrest after suspicious person by school alert

Burglary arrest after suspicious person by school alert

09 January 2025

Reports of a suspicious person near a Totton school resulted in a teenager’s arrest on suspicion of non-dwelling burglary with intent to steal.


CCTV: shoplifter stole goods from store

09 January 2025
CCTV: shoplifter stole goods from store

CCTV: shoplifter stole goods from store

09 January 2025

Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to trace after a Blashford convenience store was targeted in a shoplifting.


Driver arrested after wrong-way collision on A31 near Ringwood

07 January 2025
Driver arrested after wrong-way collision on A31 near Ringwood

Driver arrested after wrong-way collision on A31 near Ringwood

07 January 2025

A motorist was arrested for driving offences after a car travelling in the wrong direction collided with another vehicle on the A31 near Ringwood.


CCTV: £100 of goods stolen from Lymington gift shop

07 January 2025
CCTV: £100 of goods stolen from Lymington gift shop

CCTV: £100 of goods stolen from Lymington gift shop

07 January 2025

A thief stole £100 of goods in a shoplifting at a Lymington gift store.


Five years’ jail for firearms in containers

07 January 2025
Five years’ jail for firearms in containers

Five years’ jail for firearms in containers

07 January 2025

Keeping a large haul of illegal firearms in storage containers resulted in a St Leonards and St Ives man being jailed for more than five years.


Pair charged with multiple shopliftings at same store

06 January 2025
Pair charged with multiple shopliftings at same store

Pair charged with multiple shopliftings at same store

06 January 2025

Two people have appeared in court charged with targeting the same Blackfield supermarket in multiple shopliftings.


Burglar broke into sheds in bid to steal electric bikes

05 January 2025
Burglar broke into sheds in bid to steal electric bikes

Burglar broke into sheds in bid to steal electric bikes

05 January 2025

Breaking into several Ashurst sheds in a bid to steal two electric bikes cost a burglar hundreds of pounds when he appeared before magistrates.


New Milton council awards £6k to charitable group

05 January 2025
New Milton council awards £6k to charitable group

New Milton council awards £6k to charitable group

05 January 2025

Three local charitable organisations have benefited from a total of £6,000 in hand-outs from New Milton Town Council.


Immigration arrest after police pull over beer-drinking driver

03 January 2025
Immigration arrest after police pull over beer-drinking driver

Immigration arrest after police pull over beer-drinking driver

03 January 2025

A delivery driver was arrested for working in the UK illegally after picking up a colleague whose vehicle was seized by police on a New Forest road.


‘Impressive’ first nine months wins New Milton youth charity £13k grant

02 January 2025
‘Impressive’ first nine months wins New Milton youth charity £13k grant

‘Impressive’ first nine months wins New Milton youth charity £13k grant

02 January 2025

A fledgling New Milton youth charity whose myriad of achievements have included helping isolated teens, was awarded a £13,000 town council boost.


CCTV: £90 of goods stolen from health store

01 January 2025
CCTV: £90 of goods stolen from health store

CCTV: £90 of goods stolen from health store

01 January 2025

Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to trace after £90 of goods was stolen from a Ringwood health store.


Door kicked down to start property fire

01 January 2025
Door kicked down to start property fire

Door kicked down to start property fire

01 January 2025

Entry was forced to an unoccupied Burton property before it was deliberately set alight.


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