Sway

Police are hunting thieves who stole an excavator from a work site in the New Forest.

An elderly motorist was badly hurt in a two-vehicle crash on a main road in Sway.

A bicycle was stolen and cars broken into in a series of overnight thefts in Sway.

Police patrols will be stepped up in Sway in an effort to tackle a gang of teenagers “terrorising” residents.

Southern Water has been told to take “urgent” action over a sewage drain in Sway which floods and leaks during heavy downpours.

The owner of a New Forest caravan park has praised the police and her CCTV system after a stolen caravan was recovered within a day.

Villagers have been left “isolated” after a fault left them without landline services for a week.

Tributes have been paid to Sway parish councillor and NPA member Stephen Tarling who died at the weekend after a short illness.

A horse and a cow died in two of three collisions involving New Forest animals in the past week.

Funds to continue bus services in the Waterside has been agreed by Hampshire County Council.

Aliens, butterflies and birds of paradise were among the colourful creations to parade through Sway during the village’s annual carnival procession.

Ticket offices are set to be shut at railway stations across the New Forest and Christchurch in a move to “modernise” service for commuters.

A museum’s historic collection of images and objects which tell the story of childhood in the New Forest is to be shown in two villages this month.

Talent shows, litter picks, scarecrow trails and processions are all on the agenda as Sway’s popular 10-day carnival programme begins today (Friday).

TIME is running out for a Sway charity to raise the last £8,000 needed to build a bespoke art space for people with dementia and mental health issues.

A Sway jam and chutney maker is celebrating after a trio of her homemade creations scooped top accolades in the World Marmalade Awards.

Creatives who can capture the spirit of the New Forest National Park are being sought to become its next artists in residence.

One of two brothers told by a court to clear waste from a Forest property will now face trial accused of failing to comply with the order.

Police have been alerted after firefighters battled a suspicious blaze which destroyed a car near Sway railway station.

Thousands of rural properties and businesses across the New Forest are to benefit from a government-funded project to roll-out high-speed broadband.