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Letters: High street parking charges will free up spaces

02 January 2020
Letters: High street parking charges will free up spaces

Letters: High street parking charges will free up spaces

02 January 2020

SIR - I fully support the proposed charges in Lymington High Street . It will be useful to have to have the free 20 minutes to buy a newspaper, or go…


Letters: Parking charges will kill Lymington High Street

27 December 2019
Letters: Parking charges will kill Lymington High Street

Letters: Parking charges will kill Lymington High Street

27 December 2019

SIR - Hampshire County Council’s plan to charge shoppers to park their cars if they wish to shop for longer than half an hour will kill Lymington High…


Letters: Why I'm backing the Slap Bottom tree protesters

26 December 2019
Letters: Why I'm backing the Slap Bottom tree protesters

Letters: Why I'm backing the Slap Bottom tree protesters

26 December 2019

SIR - I would like to add to John Carter’s comments in your story of 13th December ( Minister halts tree felling after protest ). In addition to the 300…


Letters: What did you think of our Christmas decorations?

23 December 2019
Letters: What did you think of our Christmas decorations?

Letters: What did you think of our Christmas decorations?

23 December 2019

SIR - May I through your paper thank all the volunteers and supporters that have ensured the success and continuation of the Christmas lights at Lyndhurst…


Letters: A Christmas thank you to our food bank donors

23 December 2019
Letters: A Christmas thank you to our food bank donors

Letters: A Christmas thank you to our food bank donors

23 December 2019

SIR - As the recently appointed chair of the New Forest Basics Bank food bank, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all within our community…


Letters: Election result a harsh lesson against defying democracy

19 December 2019
Letters: Election result a harsh lesson against defying democracy

Letters: Election result a harsh lesson against defying democracy

19 December 2019

SIR - The general election result that stunned a lot of people in the country as they awoke last Friday morning shows you just what will happen if you…


Letters: Don't let street parking charges happen in Lymington

18 December 2019
Letters: Don't let street parking charges happen in Lymington

Letters: Don't let street parking charges happen in Lymington

18 December 2019

SIR - What are Hampshire County Council thinking of? Following the headline article last week ( Plan for town parking fees ‘disastrous’ ) we have to respond. My…


Letters: We need a Lyndhurst bypass for health not just traffic

12 December 2019
Letters: We need a Lyndhurst bypass for health not just traffic

Letters: We need a Lyndhurst bypass for health not just traffic

12 December 2019

SIR - For many years, many of us have been aware of the long hold-ups on the A337 into Lyndhurst from Cadnam, particularly during the hot summers when…


Letters: Drivers won't wise up so let's illuminate the livestock

12 December 2019
Letters: Drivers won't wise up so let's illuminate the livestock

Letters: Drivers won't wise up so let's illuminate the livestock

12 December 2019

SIR - I read a brilliant letter calling for all to respect the New Forest , an asset that we should all care about, but sadly do not. The writer has a…


Letters: NHS curing more people than ever - so it needs more cash

05 December 2019
Letters: NHS curing more people than ever - so it needs more cash

Letters: NHS curing more people than ever - so it needs more cash

05 December 2019

SIR - In October I had an eye appointment at Lymington hospital and was told my next appointment would be in five weeks. The appointment came through…


Letters: We need a tide of extra funding for flood defences

05 December 2019
Letters: We need a tide of extra funding for flood defences

Letters: We need a tide of extra funding for flood defences

05 December 2019

SIR - Suddenly, global warming is solved by planting trees. This has always been true and now our politicians say plant billions of trees to save the…


Letters: Dog-bashers forget the damage done by killer cats

28 November 2019
Letters: Dog-bashers forget the damage done by killer cats

Letters: Dog-bashers forget the damage done by killer cats

28 November 2019

SIR - Once again I see you have given column space to the latest whinging dog basher (Loose-running dogs a danger, A&T 22nd November). They seem to…


Letters: Thank you, mystery jogger, for rescuing my dogs

28 November 2019
Letters: Thank you, mystery jogger, for rescuing my dogs

Letters: Thank you, mystery jogger, for rescuing my dogs

28 November 2019

SIR - A few days ago my two Labradors, Latte and Mocha, jumped off the clifftop between Steamer Point and the Castle . They landed halfway down the face.…


Letters: Too few houses or too many people?

21 November 2019
Letters: Too few houses or too many people?

Letters: Too few houses or too many people?

21 November 2019

SIR - Housing demand has sent house prices and rentals soaring and for many younger people are completely unaffordable. The response from politicians…


Letters: When will the council tackle this fly-tipping epidemic?

21 November 2019
Letters: When will the council tackle this fly-tipping epidemic?

Letters: When will the council tackle this fly-tipping epidemic?

21 November 2019

SIR - Further to the fly-tipping epidemic in our area and my recent communications on this subject, I still have not had a reply from the county council…


Letters: Can't control your dog? Then keep it on the lead

14 November 2019
Letters: Can't control your dog? Then keep it on the lead

Letters: Can't control your dog? Then keep it on the lead

14 November 2019

SIR - Last Thursday afternoon I was returning home and had the unpleasant experience of witnessing my cattle being attacked by an out of control dog. The…


Letters: Traders, we don't all use the worldwide web (whatever that is)

14 November 2019
Letters: Traders, we don't all use the worldwide web (whatever that is)

Letters: Traders, we don't all use the worldwide web (whatever that is)

14 November 2019

SIR – Why do retailers and advertisers etc all insist on using only the WWW (worldwide web) – whatever that is – and not include a telephone number or…


Letters: Ignore the rumours, there will be Christmas lights in our village

07 November 2019
Letters: Ignore the rumours, there will be Christmas lights in our village

Letters: Ignore the rumours, there will be Christmas lights in our village

07 November 2019

SIR - There is currently much speculation and misinformation regarding the Christmas illuminations in Lyndhurst . May I reassure your readers that there…


Letters: A winter plea to cyclists and pedestrians to be seen on the roads

07 November 2019
Letters: A winter plea to cyclists and pedestrians to be seen on the roads

Letters: A winter plea to cyclists and pedestrians to be seen on the roads

07 November 2019

SIR - Now that the dark evenings are with us again, could I please make a plea for pedestrians - and cyclists - to ‘ be seen ’. I, for one, do not wish…


Letters: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex should stop whinging

31 October 2019
Letters: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex should stop whinging

Letters: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex should stop whinging

31 October 2019

SIR – I find myself wishing that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex would stop whinging about their problems and expect us to be sorry for them. We “ordinary…


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