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Residents facing 3% tax rise from New Forest District Council

Residents facing 3% tax rise from New Forest District Council

Residents facing 3% tax rise from New Forest District Council

08 February 2019

New Forest District Council's Appletree Court HQ in Lyndhurst RESIDENTS are facing another hike in their bills after New Forest District Council’s ruling…


Youngsters enjoy the snow as New Forest and Christchurch escape severe disruption

Youngsters enjoy the snow as New Forest and Christchurch escape severe disruption

Youngsters enjoy the snow as New Forest and Christchurch escape severe disruption

08 February 2019

WHILE the area was largely unaffected by snow last week, Bournemouth Airport saw delays to flights...


New Forest pub brothers jailed for £3.2m VAT scam

New Forest pub brothers jailed for £3.2m VAT scam

New Forest pub brothers jailed for £3.2m VAT scam

08 February 2019

Shahab Hashtroudi was the trio's ringleader and jailed for six years THREE brothers who ran a restaurant and pub empire have been jailed for 14 years…


Police reveal New Forest arrest numbers from Christmas drink-drive crackdown

Police reveal New Forest arrest numbers from Christmas drink-drive crackdown

Police reveal New Forest arrest numbers from Christmas drink-drive crackdown

08 February 2019

Thirteen arrests were made in the New Forest by Hampshire Police during Operation Holly THIRTEEN drink-drivers were arrested in the New Forest during…


New Forest Notes: did TV tell the truth about the national park?

New Forest Notes: did TV tell the truth about the national park?

New Forest Notes: did TV tell the truth about the national park?

01 February 2019

OVER Christmas the television provided a wealth of films on the New Forest. Firstly, there was the repeat of a series first shown several years ago and…


Backlash against Chris Packham's call to cut New Forest animals

Backlash against Chris Packham's call to cut New Forest animals

Backlash against Chris Packham's call to cut New Forest animals

01 February 2019

  TV naturalist Chris Packham has angered commoners by claiming New Forest animals should be reduced FORESTERS have hit back furiously at controversial…


Breeders call for talks with government on extra New Forest pony sales costs

Breeders call for talks with government on extra New Forest pony sales costs

Breeders call for talks with government on extra New Forest pony sales costs

01 February 2019

The Beaulieu Road pony sales yard (Photo: NFNPA/Chris Balcombe) NEW FOREST pony breeders are asking for urgent talks with Defra over increased costs brought…


Heroin and crack seized in 'county lines' raids in the New Forest

Heroin and crack seized in 'county lines' raids in the New Forest

Heroin and crack seized in 'county lines' raids in the New Forest

01 February 2019

Heroin and crack cocaine were seized in the New Forest HEROIN and crack cocaine were seized by police in the New Forest as part of a major operation to…


Councillors call for action as New Forest crime figures show 7% annual rise

Councillors call for action as New Forest crime figures show 7% annual rise

Councillors call for action as New Forest crime figures show 7% annual rise

25 January 2019

Locally recorded crime in the New Forest rose 7% in 2017/18 CRIME in the New Forest increased by just over 7% last year, according to the latest statistics,…


Emergency services face growing load from homeless patients, says doctors' research

Emergency services face growing load from homeless patients, says doctors' research

Emergency services face growing load from homeless patients, says doctors' research

25 January 2019

Local NHS trusts have reported rising cases of homeless patients LOCAL NHS services are facing growing cases of homeless people coming for emergency treatment,…


Crime chief plans maximum tax hike to fund 200 more Hampshire police officers

Crime chief plans maximum tax hike to fund 200 more Hampshire police officers

Crime chief plans maximum tax hike to fund 200 more Hampshire police officers

25 January 2019

Hampshire police and crime commissioner Michael Lane and Chief Constable Olivia Pinkney HUNDREDS of extra police officers have been promised by Hampshire…


New strikes loom on South Western Railway as union ballots members

New strikes loom on South Western Railway as union ballots members

New strikes loom on South Western Railway as union ballots members

25 January 2019

The dispute between the RMT union and South Western Railway is over the future of guards PASSENGERS could be facing a fresh round of strikes on South…


Dash for cash as Brexit U-turn puts £400,000 EU fund back up for grabs

Dash for cash as Brexit U-turn puts £400,000 EU fund back up for grabs

Dash for cash as Brexit U-turn puts £400,000 EU fund back up for grabs

18 January 2019

Stanley Jackson, managing director at Agrumi in Tiptoe which gained £45,000 A £1.2M pot of EU support for New Forest businesses has been reopened to share…


Owner of killed New Forest pony begs for action as road deaths spike

Owner of killed New Forest pony begs for action as road deaths spike

Owner of killed New Forest pony begs for action as road deaths spike

18 January 2019

An accident on the Ringwood Road between Burley and Picket Post on Monday evening AS NEW figures reveal a big rise in animal accidents in the New Forest…


Outgoing New Forest police chief to be replaced by new officer from Eastleigh

Outgoing New Forest police chief to be replaced by new officer from Eastleigh

Outgoing New Forest police chief to be replaced by new officer from Eastleigh

18 January 2019

Outgoing New Forest Chief Inspector Robert Mitchell THE New Forest’s police chief is leaving the district after just over two years in the job. Chief…


South Western Railway sorry for delays in compensating for... delays

South Western Railway sorry for delays in compensating for... delays

South Western Railway sorry for delays in compensating for... delays

18 January 2019

South Western Railway was below the national average time for settling delay claims THE train company serving the New Forest and Christchurch has apologised…


Mixed New Forest response to dropping £100 city congestion charge pollution plan

Mixed New Forest response to dropping £100 city congestion charge pollution plan

Mixed New Forest response to dropping £100 city congestion charge pollution plan

18 January 2019

Redbridge roundabout near Totton at rush hour NEW FOREST traders could be spared having to pay a £100 daily congestion charge to enter Southampton after…


Local Conservative MPs split in Commons vote on Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal deal

Local Conservative MPs split in Commons vote on Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal deal

Local Conservative MPs split in Commons vote on Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal deal

18 January 2019

Prime Minister Theresa May LOCAL MPs fought on opposite sides of the argument in the House of Commons this week as Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal deal…


Reflections: music, charity and fun and games - the social importance of the parish church

Reflections: music, charity and fun and games - the social importance of the parish church

Reflections: music, charity and fun and games - the social importance of the parish church

18 January 2019

THE parish church is very often the oldest physical man-made structure surviving within a parish. For all the pre-Reformation centuries it was the centre for worship, instruction and social interaction and it was the place where the life’s rites of passage were made and confirmed...


TV licence scammers targeting New Forest residents

TV licence scammers targeting New Forest residents

TV licence scammers targeting New Forest residents

18 January 2019

Residents are told to beware TV licence scams TELEVISION licence scammers are targeting the local area, leading to fears that vulnerable people could…


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