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Motorists warned of M27 closure for 1,000-tonne bridge replacement

Motorists warned of M27 closure for 1,000-tonne bridge replacement

The 1,069-tonne bridge is 47 metres long and 16 metres wide, and will be lifted into place across the M27 at Romsey MOTORISTS using the M27 face another…


Main road laybys set to disappear as new detail puts brakes on opposition

Main road laybys set to disappear as new detail puts brakes on opposition

The Markway Hill Layby is set to disappear despite a campaign to keep it. LAYBYS on two New Forest main roads are set to disappear after Brockenhurst…


Instagram boss and rap star top off Tom's pizza oven investment success

Instagram boss and rap star top off Tom's pizza oven investment success

Tom Gozney with the Roccbox pizza oven POSTING a crowd funding appeal to take his world class stone oven business to the next level, Tom Gozney set a…


Armed forces day has high hopes to be bigger and better than ever

Armed forces day has high hopes to be bigger and better than ever

Last year's display by the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Lightning Bolts Display Team FAWLEY is gearing up for what organisers hope will be…


Rider shocked by suspected poisoning of stallion at Horse of the Year qualifier

Rider shocked by suspected poisoning of stallion at Horse of the Year qualifier

Calimeer was suspected to have been poisoned at an Arab Horse Society show in Basildon A HORSE lover has spoken of her shock and devastation after discovering…


Coffee shop ruling makes a mug of council's cafe ban

Coffee shop ruling makes a mug of council's cafe ban

Coffee #1 will set up in a former shoe shop in Christchurch high street CHRISTCHURCH is to get its 15th coffee shop after a planning inspector ruled that…


Goatesses surpass the Goats with top performance at rugby 7s tournament

Goatesses surpass the Goats with top performance at rugby 7s tournament

The Lonely Goats and Goatesses both put on impressive performances at the Yeovil 7s tournament THE New Milton-based Goatesses won their debut women's…


Council guilty of safety failings after girl badly injured by faulty bollard

Council guilty of safety failings after girl badly injured by faulty bollard

Flowers left at the scene in Quay Hill, Lymington, in 2015 near the faulty bollard (left) HAMPSHIRE County Council has been found guilty of flouting health…


Former failing school celebrates turnaround in latest Ofsted inspection

Former failing school celebrates turnaround in latest Ofsted inspection

Burgate School celebrates their new Ofsted ratings A FORDINGBRIDGE school is celebrating after being rated ‘outstanding’ in three categories of an Ofsted…


Housing association seeks to clear final hurdle with 80-home farmland plan

Housing association seeks to clear final hurdle with 80-home farmland plan

  The proposed development off Loperwood Lane in Calmore, Totton A HOUSING association is seeking to clear the final planning hurdle to build 80…


Cambium at Carey's Manor: English wines star on New Forest menu

Cambium at Carey's Manor: English wines star on New Forest menu

HIDDEN away within the sprawling expanse of Carey’s Manor Hotel in Brockenhurst is Cambium, an enchanting Forest-inspired restaurant with a relaxed vibe. Locally…


Forest film festival duo signed by American distributor

Forest film festival duo signed by American distributor

Husband and wife team Caroline Spence and James Smith run production company Raya Films (photo by Rosie Hall) A CRIME thriller made by a husband-and-wife…


Town's shuttered bank faces demolition under new proposals for flats

Town's shuttered bank faces demolition under new proposals for flats

Scaffolding surrounds the Natwest bank in Commercial Road, Totton, in 2017 A BANK which closed two years ago because of a leaky roof could be demolished…


Four-storey designs unveiled for clifftop apartments scheme

Four-storey designs unveiled for clifftop apartments scheme

Pennyfarthing Homes' plan for flats at Steamer Point in Christchurch DEVELOPERS revealed their plans to build houses and flats on a clifftop site in Christchurch…


Roadside orchids mowed down for third time by council 'vandalism'

Roadside orchids mowed down for third time by council 'vandalism'

Doug Hounsome by the A35 in 2016 after the orchids were mown down for the second time A RETIRED landscape gardener is furious after finding that Hampshire…


New play structure is Moors Valley's most adventurous yet

New play structure is Moors Valley's most adventurous yet

Bewildernest, Moors Valley Country Park's latest structure A HUGE 7.5-metre high play structure has been unveiled at Moors Valley Country Park near Ringwood. The…


Emergency surgery saves Flash after savaging by two dogs

Emergency surgery saves Flash after savaging by two dogs

Flash was savaged at Godshill cricket ground, a popular dog walking spot A TEN-YEAR-OLD Cavalier King Charles spaniel had to undergo two bouts of major…


All-electric new Corsa on the charge with promise of 200-mile range

All-electric new Corsa on the charge with promise of 200-mile range

The all-electric Vauxhall Corsa-e promises 205 miles' range and 80% charge in 30 minutes AN all-electric new Corsa heralds the new generation of Vauxhall…


Rowing club scores victories amid mixed results at Swanage regatta

Rowing club scores victories amid mixed results at Swanage regatta

Christchurch Rowing Club ladies masters fours: (from left) Emma Kelly, Laura Campbell, Lucy Hart and Sara Glen with Swanage mayor Mike Bonfield CHRISTCHURCH…


Frank Coombes: accountant who wrote book about the war for his grandchildren

Frank Coombes: accountant who wrote book about the war for his grandchildren

Frank Coombes with his late wife Ivy on his 89th birthday in 2007 A GRANDFATHER with distinguished wartime service and aviation career who spent much…


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