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Oakhaven Hospice given green light to add more bedrooms

27 November 2020
Oakhaven Hospice given green light to add more bedrooms

Oakhaven Hospice given green light to add more bedrooms

27 November 2020

The hospice is currently at capacity THE inpatient capacity of Oakhaven Hospice looks set to be boosted with three extra bedrooms under plans agreed by…


'I could not turn a hedgehog away' – how a New Forest woman turned her home into a haven for her prickly friends

22 November 2020
'I could not turn a hedgehog away' – how a New Forest woman turned her home into a haven for her prickly friends

'I could not turn a hedgehog away' – how a New Forest woman turned her home into a haven for her prickly friends

22 November 2020

Louise Godden is currently caring for about 45 hedgehogs in her house IT started as a hobby seven years ago, after Louise Godden responded to a story…


Obituary: Gordon Tuck – senior pastor of Testwood Baptist Church in Totton

22 November 2020
Obituary: Gordon Tuck – senior pastor of Testwood Baptist Church in Totton

Obituary: Gordon Tuck – senior pastor of Testwood Baptist Church in Totton

22 November 2020

Gordon and Janice Tuck GORDON Tuck, a hugely respected senior pastor of Testwood Baptist Church in Totton , has died suddenly at the age of 64. An inspirational…


Major work at Hatchet Pond will go ahead this winter

18 November 2020
Major work at Hatchet Pond will go ahead this winter

Major work at Hatchet Pond will go ahead this winter

18 November 2020

Hatchet Pond is the New Forest’s largest body of fresh water MAJOR work to relocate the car park and remove a public toilet block at the popular New Forest…


Plans unveiled for new 72-bed care home in Ringwood – with a cinema, bar and salon

16 November 2020
Plans unveiled for new 72-bed care home in Ringwood – with a cinema, bar and salon

Plans unveiled for new 72-bed care home in Ringwood – with a cinema, bar and salon

16 November 2020

CGI of plans for the new care home PLANS for a 72-bed care home in Ringwood featuring a cinema, bistro bar and hairdressing salon are set to be decided…


Obituary: Pat Aslett – former Christchurch Brownie and Guide leader

14 November 2020
Obituary: Pat Aslett – former Christchurch Brownie and Guide leader

Obituary: Pat Aslett – former Christchurch Brownie and Guide leader

14 November 2020

Pat Aslett PAT Aslett, known to hundreds of youngsters as a former Christchurch Brownie and Guide leader, as well as being a longstanding Red Cross volunteer,…


Golfers make a very deer friend on course

14 November 2020
Golfers make a very deer friend on course

Golfers make a very deer friend on course

14 November 2020

A fawn has been approaching golfers at Brokenhurst Manor Golf Club AN UNUSUALLY sociable deer has been winning friends at Brokenhurst Manor Golf Club…


New £7,000 wild play area set for Bransgore

13 November 2020
New £7,000 wild play area set for Bransgore

New £7,000 wild play area set for Bransgore

13 November 2020

The play park will be similar to this one in Stanford Rise Green, Sway WORK on a £7,000 project to create a wild play area in Bransgore is set to begin…


Sculptor's poppy hunt and auction raise nearly £3,000 for Royal British Legion

11 November 2020
Sculptor's poppy hunt and auction raise nearly £3,000 for Royal British Legion

Sculptor's poppy hunt and auction raise nearly £3,000 for Royal British Legion

11 November 2020

Michael Turner made 22 poppies for this year's Royal British Legion fundraiser ART lovers helped raise almost £3,000 for the Royal British Legion after…


Former care home to be demolished and replaced by block of 23 flats

11 November 2020
Former care home to be demolished and replaced by block of 23 flats

Former care home to be demolished and replaced by block of 23 flats

11 November 2020

A CGI of plans for the old Newton House site A FORMER Highcliffe care home can be demolished and replaced by a three-storey block of 23 flats, under plans…


Village shop owners to stay open late before national lockdown hits

04 November 2020
Village shop owners to stay open late before national lockdown hits

Village shop owners to stay open late before national lockdown hits

04 November 2020

Milford shop owners, from left, Claire Deegan of Timeless Fabrics, Sinan Hisim of Milford Cards and Occasions, Clare Southcombe of No 64, Nichola Gay…


Sculptor's annual poppy hunt fundraiser brought forward thanks to lockdown

03 November 2020
Sculptor's annual poppy hunt fundraiser brought forward thanks to lockdown

Sculptor's annual poppy hunt fundraiser brought forward thanks to lockdown

03 November 2020

Michael Turner has made 22 poppies for 2020's Royal British Legion fundraiser A LYMINGTON sculptor’s popular annual poppy hunt, in support of the Royal…


School erects £7,000 marquee to give pupils extra winter space during pandemic

31 October 2020
School erects £7,000 marquee to give pupils extra winter space during pandemic

School erects £7,000 marquee to give pupils extra winter space during pandemic

31 October 2020

Milford Primary School plans to keep the marquee in place until April A SCHOOL has created a new outdoor classroom to help its pupils get through the…


Village to have say on new community space left by 42-home development

24 October 2020
Village to have say on new community space left by 42-home development

Village to have say on new community space left by 42-home development

24 October 2020

The Swifts in Milford is still under construction A PUBLIC consultation will be launched in Milford in January to plan the development of a 2.2-hectare…


New Forest leisure centre staff facing redundancy threat

21 October 2020
New Forest leisure centre staff facing redundancy threat

New Forest leisure centre staff facing redundancy threat

21 October 2020

REDUNDANCIES are likely at the New Forest’s five council-run leisure centres after it emerged that a number of classes and exercise groups have been unable to restart in a Covid-safe way...


Developer loses second attempt to build 44 retirement flats at Lymington gateway

19 October 2020
Developer loses second attempt to build 44 retirement flats at Lymington gateway

Developer loses second attempt to build 44 retirement flats at Lymington gateway

19 October 2020

A CGI of Pegasus Life's plans for the site A RETIREMENT developer has lost a second bid to build flats on one of the gateway roads into Lymington amid…


Families embrace first hugs for months at care homes thanks to sail-maker's ‘cuddle curtains’

16 October 2020
Families embrace first hugs for months at care homes thanks to sail-maker's ‘cuddle curtains’

Families embrace first hugs for months at care homes thanks to sail-maker's ‘cuddle curtains’

16 October 2020

RESIDENTS at New Forest care homes have embraced loved ones for the first time in the pandemic thanks to Covid-safe “cuddle curtains” donated by a Lymington sailmaker...


Lymington market trader honoured for half-century at stall

16 October 2020
Lymington market trader honoured for half-century at stall

Lymington market trader honoured for half-century at stall

16 October 2020

Steve Sanghera with Lymington mayor Cllr Anne Corbridge and Lymington market sub-committee chairman Cllr Barry Dunning. LYMINGTON market stalwart Steve…


Sea wall repair costs escalate as storms cause another section to fail

13 October 2020
Sea wall repair costs escalate as storms cause another section to fail

Sea wall repair costs escalate as storms cause another section to fail

13 October 2020

Another section of the Milford Sea Wall has failed (photo: Graeme Blackwood) THE £1.5m cost of emergency work to repair a section of failed sea wall at…


31lbs short! Lymington pumpkin twins smash their UK record and come close in world title attempt

12 October 2020
31lbs short! Lymington pumpkin twins smash their UK record and come close in world title attempt

31lbs short! Lymington pumpkin twins smash their UK record and come close in world title attempt

12 October 2020

Ian and Stuart Paton after being told how close they came to breaking the world pumpkin record (photo: Steve West) LYMINGTON twins Ian and Stuart Paton…


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