Totton and Waterside

AN amber weather warning for extreme heat this week has been issued by the Met Office for an area including the New Forest and Christchurch.

JOBS and pay could be cut and prices hiked at the New Forest’s public leisure centres despite the trust running them securing a £750k bailout.

THE New Forest's two MPs are split over who they are backing in the race to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative party.

Plans include building a brand new station at Hythe.

A THREE-month public consultation has been launched as NFDC seeks locals’ views ahead of publishing a plan to regenerate Totton town centre.

THE Solent freeport will be a catalyst for an innovation revolution in maritime, autonomy and green growth, business leaders have been told.

PLOUGHING ahead with plans to reopen the Waterside railway line to passengers could damage efforts to secure “vital” A326 funding, a Forest MP says.

COMPLETING the legal agreement for the Fawley Waterside development was compared to a Charles Dickens novel due to the length of time it is taking.

DIVERSIONS will be in place on sections of the A326 from tonight (Monday) due to resurfacing work.

CONTROVERSY over the sacking of P&O Ferries staff could scupper a major firm’s potential involvement in the Solent Freeport, it has emerged.

THE flagship Solent Freeport project has moved a step closer after New Forest district councillors backed its progression to the next phase.

A TOTTON man was among three people arrested following a cross-border police pursuit after a car theft in Hampshire and garage raid in Dorset.

THE reintroduction of Waterside railway passenger service will only happen if it represents good value for taxpayers, a government minister has said.

TWO New Forest charities received early Christmas presents with successful funding drives netting well over £1m between them.

THE bill for widening the A326 could spiral beyond £15m worth of funding, concerned waterside councillor David Harrison has claimed.

HAMPSHIRE County Council has selected an improvement plan for the A326 which will kick into gear if it is granted millions in government funding.

NEW Forest East MP Julian Lewis has concerns over the planned reintroduction of the Waterside railway passenger service.

FIREFIGHTERS battled a blaze which broke out in the bedroom of a home in St Francis Road, Langley, near Blackfield, on Sunday morning.

PLANS for a low-tax freeport on the Waterside should be dropped, according to a councillor, after its effectiveness was questioned by a report.

WATCH the moment the final stage in the demolition of Fawley power station took place.