21 February 2025
Residents face an 8% hike in New Milton’s council tax share, described by the mayor as “reasonable” in the current financial climate.
19 February 2025
Police issued a warning to “hidden keyboard warriors” after a dog’s death in a collision in New Milton led to hate posts about the motorist involved.
18 February 2025
A special mural commemorating New Milton railway station’s launch nearly 140 years ago and the town’s subsequent creation is set to be unveiled.
17 February 2025
There are hopes for an early completion of major gas works that have shut a main route through Bashley as traders lamented their “diabolical” impact.
17 February 2025
New Milton HSBC bank earmarked for new Lounges restaurant and bar
14 February 2025
Plans to modernise a flagship department store on New Milton’s high street have been welcomed by locals but slammed by planners over its design.
12 February 2025
At least one person needed hospital treatment after a chemical emergency at a New Milton holiday park.
12 February 2025
Attacking people at an Ashley store landed a man and woman with suspended prison sentences when they appeared before magistrates.
11 February 2025
A charity’s bid for a 150-year lease of New Milton’s planned youth and family hub from the town council was called “a bit over the top”.
07 February 2025
A £20,000 fundraiser has been launched by New Milton’s Bashley FC after one of its players was hospitalised with life-changing injuries.
05 February 2025
A New Milton councillor sought to allay fears over plans to reintroduce cattle to a beauty spot.
03 February 2025
A New Milton footballer is in coma after his broken down vehicle was struck by another on the M27 near Ower.
02 February 2025
A new scheme of “affordable” housing has been completed in New Milton.
01 February 2025
A New Milton schoolboy fighting cancer took on a 12-hour game-a-thon and raised more than £2,700 for a charity supporting youngsters with the disease.
31 January 2025
Ploughing his car into a wall in New Milton while twice the alcohol limit saw a Derbyshire motorist banned from the roads for 17 months.
28 January 2025
Police have released CCTV pictures of four men after Morrisons in New Milton was targeted by shoplifters who took meat and alcohol.
28 January 2025
A pensioner came within seconds of being run over by a New Milton drug-driver who took police on an 11-minute car chase.
27 January 2025
Stealing over £100 of make-up from a New Milton health and beauty store cost a shoplifter more than twice that when she appeared before magistrates.
24 January 2025
“We won’t tolerate it” was the police message after a shoplifter was convicted for targeting a New Milton supermarket.
23 January 2025
A scheme to unite green-fingered New Milton residents is “back on track” after over a year’s hiatus, although its founding chair has stepped down.