National Park

Motorists are being urged to drive cautiously as the evenings get darker to continue a "record breaking" reduction in animal accidents.

A child wellbeing centre and 70-bed care home could be built at the former Ashurst Hospital site.

The government is to review plans for investment zones, potentially in the New Forest, after concerns were raised about environmental impact.

National park authority members have refused to back a bid by Solent Freeport to make the area an investment zone.

Local cycling groups defend their use of the New Forest as the verderers call for increased punishment for persistent offenders.

Porkers have been given even longer to make pigs of themselves on New Forest acorns after the pannage season was extended.

The race is on for developments to be named the best in the New Forest National Park.

Having a barbecue in the New Forest and feeding or petting the wildlife could soon mean a fine of up to £1,000.

TWO ponies were put down after crashes with vehicles in the New Forest last week, the verderers reported.

FORESTRY England is calling on people celebrating Halloween not to dump their pumpkins in public as it can make wild animals ill.

FIVE crashes involving commoners' animals were reported to the verderers last week, including two fatalities.

THE government has promised the New Forest National Park will retain control of planning after it was included in the boundary of the Solent Freeport.

A POPULAR outdoor festival is set to return to the New Forest this autumn, with a packed programme of events.

MAJOR Beaulieu events have become a catalyst for illegal camping in the New Forest, a leading commoner has claimed.

A COLLECTION of hundreds of antiques from Exbury House, home of the Rothschild family, has sold for more than £1.3m at auction.

A YOUNG pig was killed in a road crash in the New Forest a few weeks after being turned out for the pannage season.

FORESTRY England has pledged to review signage across the national park following reports of hundreds of cyclists failing to stick to routes.

SITES of local interest nominated by the public have made it onto a special list put together by the NPA in a bid to preserve their future.

PLANS to replace two shopfronts in Lyndhurst High Street have been approved by the national park authority despite objections from the parish council.

PLANS to convert Pilley’s former post office back to residential accommodation have been approved despite opposition from the parish council.