Ashurst and Colbury

LANDLORDS of a pub in Ashurst have announced plans to leave – just months after losing a court case against NFDC over noise from live music.

CHARITY worker Stuart Bailey had to battle through heatwaves and torrential rain to complete the South West Coast Path.

DISCOUNTED fares are being offered to New Forest residents as the district’s popular open-top bus tours return this summer.

A KEY link to the New Forest has been given more than £13m in government cash to complete "critical" improvements on the route.

A WELL-LOVED member for many years of St John Ambulance and a former governor of Foxhills Junior School, Gordon Fillis, has died at the age of 93.

FEARS of parking chaos failed to convince national park authority members to reject plans for 62 new homes in Ashurst.

PROPOSALS for 62 homes in Ashurst have been earmarked for approval by national park planning officers despite nearly 250 objections.

A COUPLE who run a pub in Ashurst have been left with a £5,650 court bill and restrictions on outdoor music events after challenging a noise notice.

BOUTIQUE hotel Spot in the Woods has officially reopened its doors, and home sourced, forest-inspired menus will be the order of the day.

A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of drug supply offences after police stopped a car in Ashurst.

THE landlady of an Ashurst pub has said it could be forced to close following a complaint about live music.

FIREFIGHTERS rushed to rescue a New Forest pony which took an unexpected plunge in a swimming pool.

NEW Forest drama students were among those celebrated at an awards ceremony complete with a limousine and red carpet.

DRIVING with traces of cocaine in his system landed an Ashurst motorist with a 22-month ban from the roads.

THE owner of a dog which attacked a pig in the New Forest that afterwards had to be humanely destroyed has been hit with a £615 court bill.

A CYCLIST told an inquest how he saw his friend hit a giant pothole in the road before a fatal fall on a ride in the New Forest.

A RECENT spate of thefts from vehicles in two New Forest areas has prompted a warning from police.

A DEVELOPER wants planning permission to build 62 homes – half of which will be affordable – on agricultural land in Ashurst.

THREE NEW Forest schools have been shortlisted to take part in a trial scheme to create car-free areas at pick-up and drop-off times...

DETERMINED to mark this year’s Remembrance despite tough new Covid lockdown laws, the community of Pennington came together a few days early to lay wreaths at the village’s war memorial...