Ringwood

“Actions have very real consequences” was the police warning after stealing from two Ringwood stores earned a teen shoplifter a criminal record.

A farmer is fighting an enforcement notice from BCP Council to remove a caravan used as a home for a worker on land at Ringwood.

An inquiry will be held following New Forest District Council’s approval of a controversial planning application for over 400 new homes.

Pupils at a Forest school for youngsters with learning disabilities love to learn thanks to nurturing staff, Ofsted inspectors ruled.

Dates of hearings to scrutinise a plan for future quarry sites across the New Forest have been set.

The winners of an annual window decorating competition in Ringwood during the festive season have been announced.

A car caught fire while its owner was refuelling at a petrol station in Ringwood.

Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to trace after a Blashford convenience store was targeted in a shoplifting.

Fresh plans have been submitted for the redevelopment of Ringwood’s former Corn Exchange.

A town council has been forced to review its neighbourhood plan after a controversial 443-home development which went against it was approved.

A motorist was arrested for driving offences after a car travelling in the wrong direction collided with another vehicle on the A31 near Ringwood.

Keeping a large haul of illegal firearms in storage containers resulted in a St Leonards and St Ives man being jailed for more than five years.

A Ringwood man who became a compulsive gambler and shopper after being prescribed a medication has received a £70,000 settlement from his GP.

Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to trace after £90 of goods was stolen from a Ringwood health store.

The great and the good of the New Forest and Christchurch have earned royal recognition in the King’s New Year Honours list.

An Indian restaurant in Ringwood has been crowned ‘Best Newcomer’ in Hampshire at an awards ceremony celebrating the region’s finest curry houses.

A Ringwood school was lauded as an “ambitious for all pupils to achieve well”, during its latest Ofsted inspection.

A shoplifter faces sentencing for stealing goods from two stores in the New Forest within as many days.

A policeman who died doing the job “he loved” has been honoured by King Charles by becoming one of the first recipients of the Elizabeth Emblem.

Plans to turn a former high street bank into an educational site have been given the green light despite an objection by the town’s council.