Politics

Lymington and Pennington Town Council is feeling the financial pinch after seeing a hike in its electricity tariffs.

New Forest and Christchurch residents will go to the polls tomorrow to select the next police and crime commissioners for Hampshire and Dorset.

Long-awaited work to improve Ashley’s dilapidated shopping parade is set to go ahead in May, as the village’s new youth building nears completion.

FOUR out of five police officers feel they’re worse off now than they were five years ago, according to new figures from the Police Federation.

Vintage virtual bus rides for care home residents are among schemes benefiting from £2,500 in Ringwood Town Council funding.

The NFDC has been accused of failing to adequately address carbon emissions generated by its operations in a new plan.

Plans to hike fees at a historic Forest toll bridge have been given the green light.

A formal objection is to be made by the district council to plans by Hampshire County Council to axe two local household waste and recycling centres.

Decades of community service saw a former long-serving and controversial New Milton councillor and mayor become its third honorary freeman.

A Christchurch leisure centre is spending more than three quarters of a million pounds in a bid to cut its energy bills.

New Forest District Council is celebrating 50 years as an authority looking to the motto on its crest - ‘Old yet ever new’.

THE latest Town Hall Rich List features one current executive on NFDC topping the £100,000 pay scale, 38 on HCC and 17 on BCP.

Concerns over obscuring CCTV views are among obstacles impeding additional trees in New Milton town centre.

Residents called for changes to how public participation is handled at New Milton council meetings.

Holidaymakers without a passport have just weeks to submit their application for a lesser charge before an expected price hike in fees.

Lymington and Pennington Town Council will release £439,000 to the town’s community association so it can finish a major redevelopment scheme.

Two new community art installations are being proposed for Mudeford and Burton.

Lymington councillors of all stripes united to say “enough is enough” and call on the county council to fix the town’s pothole-riddled roads.

A petition is calling on BCP Council to reject government calls to sign up to a scheme that would push more SEND children into mainstream schools.

Residents in the New Forest will see their council tax bills hiked by almost 5% from April.