Coronavirus

'Indefensible' – that was New Forest East MP Julian Lewis's response to leaked footage of Downing Street staff joking about a lockdown party.

FORDINGBRIDGE'S Christmas Glow event on Saturday has been cancelled amid concerns over the Omicron variant.

THE government is drawing up new work-from-home plans in an attempt to slow the spread of the Omicron variant, it was reported today.

THREE positive cases of the Omicron Covid-19 variant have been identified in Hampshire, the county council has confirmed.

AN NHS doctor who grew up in the New Forest has been left with a £5,000 bill after being stranded for days in South Africa.

It's the Covid variant causing concern worldwide, with the WHO describing it as a very high global risk, but what do we know about Omicron so far?

CONCERNS are growing about a new Covid-19 variant detected in Africa, with mutations that may make it the worst strain yet.

HERD immunity is the key to bringing an official end to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a top Hampshire medical officer.

A DESPERATE plea has been made for youth workers to join a New Milton charity supporting youngsters after it lost staff during the pandemic.

NEW Forest East MP Dr Julian Lewis says he acted "entirely transparently" by referring a Lymington firm that won £98m worth of PPE supply contracts.

Can you get your money back for a day out, concert, show or event you have to cancel this Christmas because you, or a family member, catches Covid19?

ELIGIBLE residents have been urged to get the Covid-19 booster jab as cases in the New Forest have more than doubled since August.

THE Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire paid a special visit to a Lyndhurst school for its efforts throughout the pandemic.

CONCERNS about fresh lockdowns caused town councillors to cancel Lymington’s popular Christmas lights switch-on.

With Covid cases rising could a short, sharp lockdown and longer half term break be needed? Reports suggest the government is considering it.

THE inquest of an 87-year-old Sway man who died by suicide in the Solent was told how pandemic restrictions had left him depressed.

THE manager of a downgraded Christchurch care home has blamed the effects of coronavirus on staff for causing administrative problems.

THERE were three Covid-19 deaths in hospitals reported this week in the New Forest and BCP Council areas.

OVER 100 locals have been acknowledged by Hythe and Dibden Parish Council for their extraordinary acts of kindness.

THERE was a Covid-19 death reported in the New Forest for the first time in about three months, according to the Office for National Statistics.