Environment

Police are appealing for witnesses after bags of asbestos were dumped in two New Forest locations.

Birds from Russia, Iceland and Greenland spending the winter on the Waterside make the area a globally important spot for wildlife, experts have said.

Flooding is affecting parts of the New Forest and Christchurch following heavy rain at the weekend.

Community leaders are calling for more “neighbourly” work among landowners and government agencies to prevent and mitigate flooding in the Forest.

Sailing clubs and local firms are standing together in the face of “disastrous” and “damaging” plans for sea defences between Hurst and Lymington.

Southern Water has been blasted for its handling of an ongoing outage which is affecting thousands of homes, including parts of the New Forest.

A Southern Water customer in Sway has vowed not to pay a £2,000 wastewater bill after years of sewage overflowing from a drain on his property.

More than 600 acres of Keyhaven farmland is to be turned into a nature reserve which developers can use to help meet their environmental obligations.

A young girl in Slovenia may have saved a project to reintroduce singing cicadas to the New Forest.

Hurst Spit will be left to the elements and Milford’s Dane Stream moved under proposals to manage erosion and flooding over the next century.

Christchurch Harbour will die if people do not act now to save it, according to a campaign group which says it is being destroyed by pollution.

More volunteers are needed to hop to it and patrol a Forest road to help protect toads during breeding season.

Two of the area’s most iconic sites have been added to a nationwide list of at-risk historic spots.

New Forest farmers and New Forest West MP Desmond Swayne were among thousands who gathered to protest over changes to inheritance tax.

Strategies to manage the effects of climate change between Hurst Spit and Lymington are set to be revealed in a series of public drop-in sessions.

Wet weather and the cost-of-living crisis have seen a difficult year for Beaulieu and other attractions across the Forest, Lord Montagu has revealed.

Commoners and environmental groups have pleaded for more time to consider the impact of plans to improve and expand New Forest cycle routes

Two alerts have been issued by Southern Water following suspected sewage discharges in bathing water at Barton.

A project to protect around 3,800 homes along the coast from Hurst Spit to Christchurch from flooding has been adopted by BCP Council.

Antidepressants, antibiotics and other pharmaceuticals are polluting the New Forest’s surface waters, according to a new study.