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How you can help protect the New Forest

How you can help protect the New Forest

National park authority member Richard Taylor litter picking near Bolton’s Bench PEOPLE are being invited to become New Forest Ambassadors to help the…


Woman rescued from cliff face after fracturing ankle

Woman rescued from cliff face after fracturing ankle

The casualty is taken to the lifeboat EMERGENCY crews rescued a woman who fractured her ankle on Barton cliff face yesterday (Thursday) evening. Lymington’s…


Commoners’ Defence Association slams ‘profit first’ Forestry England

Commoners’ Defence Association slams ‘profit first’ Forestry England

Charlotte Lines is chair of the Commoners’ Defence Association A LEADING New Forest commoning group has accused Forestry England of prioritising profit…


Do you recognise this rubbish? Police hunt flytippers after another New Forest dumping

Do you recognise this rubbish? Police hunt flytippers after another New Forest dumping

Flytipped waste found on the bridleway near Bramshaw POLICE are urging people to come forward if they recognise a haul of flytipped waste they discovered…


Lymington Olympian raises £30,000 for Covid-19 research

Lymington Olympian raises £30,000 for Covid-19 research

The Coronathon challenge has raised more than £30,000 for Covid-19 research LYMINGTON resident and Olympian, Annabel Eyres and multiple Ironwoman and…


Ex-RAF man worked in a 'fog' of asbestos, inquest hears

Ex-RAF man worked in a 'fog' of asbestos, inquest hears

The inquest was heard at Winchester Coroners' Court A FORMER RAF serviceman died due to an industrial disease he contracted while working for the National…


Eight new police officers confirmed for New Forest as 156 recruited for county

Eight new police officers confirmed for New Forest as 156 recruited for county

More than 3,000 applications were received for the new roles THE New Forest will be getting eight new police officers out of the 156 being brought into…


Train tests the tracks for potential reopening of Waterside line

Train tests the tracks for potential reopening of Waterside line

From left, managing director of South Western Railway Mark Hopwood, Network Rail chair Sir Peter Hendy and rail minister Chris Heaton-Harris A SOUTH Western…


Pandemic ends efforts by volunteers to keep pub open

Pandemic ends efforts by volunteers to keep pub open

The Wheel Inn is on the market after volunteers running the site said they were unable to continue A COMMUNITY group has been forced to admit defeat in…


Fears for services as county could face £120m cuts on top of £210m coronavirus bill

Fears for services as county could face £120m cuts on top of £210m coronavirus bill

The county council faces huge financial pressure on top of a coronavirus bill CONCERNS have been raised over the future of services in Hampshire as millions…


Pensioner who went missing from care home found after helicopter search

Pensioner who went missing from care home found after helicopter search

The National Police Air Service helicopter helped find the missing man (picture: NPAS) A MAJOR search was launched after an elderly resident went missing…


Deadline looms to register your car to use Hampshire tips – or you may be charged

Deadline looms to register your car to use Hampshire tips – or you may be charged

Those who have not registered may be charged RESIDENTS who have not yet registered their vehicles for free access to Hampshire tips are being urged to…


Man suffers serious leg injuries in digger accident

Man suffers serious leg injuries in digger accident

The man was taken to Southampton hospital A MAN suffered serious leg injuries when a digger fell on him in the New Forest. The alarm was raised around…


'A great loss' – village libraries confirmed to close

'A great loss' – village libraries confirmed to close

Lyndhurst library is one of eight set to close THE closure of Lyndhurst and Blackfield libraries has been confirmed by Hampshire County Council as part…


Judge spares ill, 28-stone man jail because his condition would 'disrupt prison service'

Judge spares ill, 28-stone man jail because his condition would 'disrupt prison service'

Barry Beardall outside court in 2018 A “THOROUGHLY manipulative” Ringwood man who helped investment scammers launder money was spared jail due to the…


Town Christmas festival axed over social distancing fears

Town Christmas festival axed over social distancing fears

The New Milton Christmas Festival is a popular event in the town's calendar DOUBTS over the policing of social distancing for major events as the coronavirus…


New Forest CC women win thriller at Yateley CC in first game

New Forest CC women win thriller at Yateley CC in first game

New Forest women's cricket team: (back, from left) Ash Tye, Amy Mills, Leah Cutler, Izzy Hill, Sophie Cooper, Sure de Beer, (front, from left) Emily Taylor,…


New Forest school installs thermal camera to detect coronavirus

New Forest school installs thermal camera to detect coronavirus

Pennington Junior School's camera can detect high temperatures of staff and pupils A NEW Forest school is thought to be one of the first to implement…


Police launch fortnight crackdown on drunk and drug-drivers

Police launch fortnight crackdown on drunk and drug-drivers

Police will be carrying out roadside tests THE devastation drink and drug-drivers can wreak has been stressed by Hampshire police at the launch of its…


Police seize gun and knife from boys aged 14 and 15 in New Forest park

Police seize gun and knife from boys aged 14 and 15 in New Forest park

A knife, gun and amphetamines were seized (pictures: Hampshire police) A BB GUN and a lock knife were found on two teens in a New Forest park during a…


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