Commoning

Local cycling groups defend their use of the New Forest as the verderers call for increased punishment for persistent offenders.

Porkers have been given even longer to make pigs of themselves on New Forest acorns after the pannage season was extended.

Having a barbecue in the New Forest and feeding or petting the wildlife could soon mean a fine of up to £1,000.

TWO ponies were put down after crashes with vehicles in the New Forest last week, the verderers reported.

FORESTRY England is calling on people celebrating Halloween not to dump their pumpkins in public as it can make wild animals ill.

FIVE crashes involving commoners' animals were reported to the verderers last week, including two fatalities.

MAJOR Beaulieu events have become a catalyst for illegal camping in the New Forest, a leading commoner has claimed.

A YOUNG pig was killed in a road crash in the New Forest a few weeks after being turned out for the pannage season.

A COUPLE of commoners have won permission from the national park authority to build a new home in the New Forest amid spiralling rental charges.

MORE New Forest car parks and cycle routes will temporarily shut in the coming days during the annual pony round-ups.

LORD Manners will step down as the Official Verderer next April after serving for six years in the role.

UNWANTED seasonal apples dumped in the New Forest could endanger the lives of ponies and donkeys, the Official Verderer has warned.

MORE New Forest car parks and cycle routes are set to shut temporarily for this year’s pony drifts.

PIGS are roaming free in the New Forest as the annual pannage season got under way yesterday (Monday), with bumper acorn crops predicted.

FURTHER closures have been announced of New Forest car parks and cycle routes for this year's pony drifts.

A WOMAN was left covered in blood after being tossed into the air and gored by a cow in the New Forest.

HORSE riders, cyclists and walkers are being urged to join a protest march to highlight the dangers they face on the roads.

MORE one-day closures have been announced for car parks and cycle routes as the New Forest pony drifts continue.

MORE New Forest car parks and cycle routes will temporarily shut this week during the annual pony round-ups.

A UNIQUE herd of pedigree cows owned by a sustainable Beaulieu farmer is proving a hit both for local foodies and conservationists.