Health

Lymington’s St Barbe Museum has won a government award for its “exemplary” work with families in need.

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

Fees at five district council-owned leisure centres are to be hiked from next year despite concerns over the impact to users.

A care home in New Milton is in need of improvement after inspectors found breaches relating to safe care and treatment, staffing and consent.

Plans to hike fees at five district council-owned leisure centres have been backed by cabinet members.

Dame Esther Rantzen said she was “absolutely thrilled” with the result of last Friday’s historic vote for assisted dying.

New Forest MP Sir Julian Lewis was one of a few today given the chance to have a say on assisted dying before the vote in the House of Commons.

A new allergy centre which provides bespoke, multidisciplinary services has opened in Ringwood.

Fees at five district council-owned leisure centres must be hiked to avoid cutbacks in services, staffing levels or opening hours.

A New Forest village is launching its first festive light trail to raise funds for the local doctors’ surgery.

A surgeon from Brockenhurst who spent a month in Gaza treating war casualties said the atrocities there were the worst he had seen in a conflict zone.

New Forest paralympian Aaron Phipps MBE is backing NHS calls for students and young children to get protected against meningitis.

Staff at a Christchurch restaurant which dropped from the top food hygiene to the second lowest were said to be “beyond disappointed” by the rating.

Two Nordic sauna cabins have arrived at Avon Beach launched by the company behind one at Sandbanks.

Staff at Lymington’s Urgent Treatment Centre have been lauded as providing “exceptional care” in a report rating its service as ‘outstanding’.

A woman who dreamed of becoming a nurse as a girl has been awarded the Queen’s Nurse title in recognition of her talent.

New Forest bin collections could be hit by strike action this autumn.

Forest folk are invited to a free exhibition aimed at helping them live well in later life.

A home for adults with autism and learning difficulties has significantly improved under new management to secure a ‘good’ rating.

Children starting primary this September can meet their future schoolmates at special bouncy castle sessions.