Environment

A project which could slow beach erosion and save Milford’s remaining huts from destruction will need significant funds to succeed.

A Lymington man whose love of paleontology began as a child is inviting people to join him on fossil hunting walks along the coast at Highcliffe.

Around 160,000 new wheelie bins will arrive in New Milton as the district council prepares to begin to roll out its controversial new waste programme.

Plans to replace the Forest’s plastic refuse bags with wheelie bins could be key to managing the fox population, it has been claimed.

Nearly 400 acres of farmland around Keyhaven has been bought by the EA only months after it was revealed it’s being turned into a nature reserve.

A town’s nature reserve was “treated with contempt” by motorcycle-riding vandals who churned up the grass.

Ongoing feedback on controversial plans to manage the coastl between Hurst Spit and Lymington will be listened to, the Environment Agency has said.

Environmental campaigners from the New Forest have taken their call for warm homes for everyone to the heart of government.

Time is running out for commoning in the Forest unless groups unite over widening funding gaps and increasing visitor pressures, it has been warned.

Rising river levels are expected to cause flooding in the Ringwood and Fordingbridge areas this morning.

Representatives from sailing clubs, maritime firms and the RNLI have hit out at “misguided” and ridiculous” plans for the future of coastal defences.

Plans for a new quarry near Fordingbridge are moving forward – but concerns have been raised over noise, dust and the effect on wildlife.

A New Milton councillor sought to allay fears over plans to reintroduce cattle to a beauty spot.

There’s a bit of Trouble at New Forest Wildlife Park following the birth of an otter cub.

A probe has been launched into a large amount of insulation and other waste found dumped in the New Forest.

Residents in the New Forest can check when they will receive wheelie bins as the district council begins its rollout.

Huge waves and flooding caused by storms Herminia and Eowyn has seen at least a dozen beach huts destroyed at Hordle Cliffs in Milford.

A flood warning is in force in Christchurch, with another for the town this afternoon, as the River Stour is expected to burst its banks.

Waste management firm Veolia wants to expand its site in Marchwood because it is running out of room.

A scheme to unite green-fingered New Milton residents is “back on track” after over a year’s hiatus, although its founding chair has stepped down.