Hythe and Dibden

An amorous New Forest stallion is well on the road to recovery after suffering multiple injuries while stuck in a tree for around three days, .

An appeal to build 25 homes in Dibden Purlieu has been granted on appeal despite the plan sparking nearly 200 objections from locals.

New Forest school crossing patrols are under threat in the latest county cutback plans, leaving parents fearing for their children’s safety.

Photos of badgers and foxes in the garden of a home near a site where nine bungalows are planned have been submitted by a resident against the scheme.

A Dibden man has been disqualified from driving for six months after being found guilty of a motoring offence.

The Forest’s council-owned leisure centres could have closed if NFDC had not partnered with an external operator, a leading councillor warned.

Volunteers have completed the first phase of the restoration of the railway track at Hythe pier.

Police have launched an appeal after a stolen van was found abandoned and badly damaged.

A persistent Hythe shoplifter has been jailed for four months for committing 14 theft offences and a store burglary.

A motorist has been arrested after another driver died in a two-vehicle crash on a busy Dibden road this morning (Wednesday).

Police dealing with a serious two-vehicle crash on a busy road at Dibden are urging motorists to avoid the area.

Hythe Brownies enjoyed a huge sleepover with members of other packs in honour of children’s author Jacqueline Wilson

Tools were among a haul of goods stolen when burglars struck a business in Holbury in the early hours of Saturday morning.

A Dibden Purlieu pair are among nine people charged in connection with disorder after a Premier League football match.

A Blackfield shoplifter who stole 12 packs of chicken worth £36 has been ordered to pay compensation to the store.

A local Doctor Who devotee has taken what is thought to be the oldest surviving BBC Dalek prop to the filming of TV show Bargain Hunt.

A rare sea slug has been discovered in the waters off Hythe.

One person was hospitalised after a three-vehicle collision that closed off a stretch of the A326 Hythe bypass for two hours.

An under-threat swimming club has been given a reprieve after the operators of the New Forest’s leisure centres went back on their plans.

More than 18,000 New Forest homes which had been without water since Thursday have all had their supply resumed, Southern Water has confirmed.