04 October 2024
Oil giant ExxonMobil has withdrawn its controversial plan for an underground carbon capture pipeline through the New Forest.
29 September 2024
Residents are being notified that Fawley Refinery will be carrying out its annual alarm tests on Tuesday 1st October.
27 September 2024
An online petition has been launched against Exxon’s proposal to run a carbon dioxide capture pipeline through the Forest.
23 September 2024
The Solent Freeport is expected to create fewer jobs and less money for the area than first thought, a report has revealed.
22 September 2024
Plans to build 19 new affordable homes near Fawley have been thrown out after the developer said it was no longer viable.
20 September 2024
Oil giant ExxonMobil prefers the route cutting across the Forest for its pipeline rather than those across the Isle of Wight, a councillor claims.
16 September 2024
Police have released a CCTV picture after a man and a woman were punched and kicked outside a Fawley pub.
11 September 2024
No preferred route for a 20-mile underground carbon capture pipeline has been identified by New Forest District Council due to “limited” information.
08 September 2024
New Forest District Council looks set to make a U-turn on permission for 19 affordable homes near Fawley.
25 August 2024
Controversial plans to build new homes off a cul de sac in Holbury have been given the green light.
23 August 2024
Parts of the New Forest many have discoloured tap water following emergency repairs.
20 August 2024
Plans for a 20-mile pipeline under the New Forest have been given a mixed reception by the public.
07 August 2024
Local residents are being urged to have their say over plans to build 200 new homes in Holbury.
19 July 2024
The withdrawal of plans for a £1bn major new town on the Waterside has been blasted as “an utter waste of time and money”.
18 July 2024
Oil giant ExxonMobil is proposing cutting 50m trenches through the Forest to lay an underground pipeline for a carbon capture scheme.
26 June 2024
Assaulting a police officer saw a Waterside man handed a suspended prison sentence.
26 June 2024
Thousands attended a celebration of the armed forces on the Waterside.
19 June 2024
Police are investigating claims that bird nests and bat roosts were unlawfully destroyed during recent land clearance works at Langley.
08 June 2024
Plans to build a “stark and intrusive” telecommunications tower in a Fawley field have been rejected by councillors.
07 June 2024
A Langley motorist caught speeding on a motorway evaded a ban from the roads to keep his scaffolding business running.