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New Forest crime warnings fail to stop £1.8m cut in Hampshire homelessness budget

New Forest crime warnings fail to stop £1.8m cut in Hampshire homelessness budget

Hampshire County Council HQ in Winchester CUTS worth £1.8m for homelessness services in Hampshire are set to be approved despite warnings from New Forest…


Passengers evacuated at Brockenhurst station as train catches fire

Passengers evacuated at Brockenhurst station as train catches fire

Brockenhurst train station RAIL passengers and staff were evacuated as around 20 firefighters responded to a blaze which broke out on a train. The alarm…


Sway villagers furious as First World War armistice memorials decapitated

Sway villagers furious as First World War armistice memorials decapitated

A damaged nurse figure at Jubilee Field, Sway VANDALS tore off the heads of Royal British Legion silhouettes of a soldier and nurse at Sway in an act…


Give keepers police powers to protect rare New Forest fungi, say conservationists

Give keepers police powers to protect rare New Forest fungi, say conservationists

The bearded tooth (Hericum erinaceus) fungus growing in the New Forest THE Forestry Commission’s keepers should become special constables with the power…


Safety calls renewed after another bridge crash near New Forest pub

Safety calls renewed after another bridge crash near New Forest pub

The wreckage near The Woolpack in Sopley THE co-owner of a New Forest village pub is continuing to call for safety improvements on the one-way road outside…


New Forest District Council set to back privatisation of leisure centres management

New Forest District Council set to back privatisation of leisure centres management

New Forest District Council HQ Appletree Court PRIVATE companies will be asked to bid to take over managing the New Forest’s public leisure centres, under…


Campaigners call for tunnelling solution in New Forest pylons burial plan

Campaigners call for tunnelling solution in New Forest pylons burial plan

Pylons at Hale Purlieu in the New Forest CAMPAIGNERS opposing plans to bury power lines at a New Forest beauty spot are calling on the National Grid to…


TV Fred lights up Christchurch Christmas switch-on fun

TV Fred lights up Christchurch Christmas switch-on fun

CROWDS thronged the centre of Christchurch when ITV Meridian’s veteran presenter Fred Dinenage switched on the town’s Christmas tree illuminations and street lights...


'Exciting opportunity' as Hanger Farm arts centre taken over by Minstead Trust

'Exciting opportunity' as Hanger Farm arts centre taken over by Minstead Trust

THE chief executive of a charity which has officially taken over the running of an arts centre has called the move “an exciting opportunity”...


Lidl faces local opposition in bid for late-night alcohol licence in Hythe

Lidl faces local opposition in bid for late-night alcohol licence in Hythe

COUNCILLORS have queued up to oppose supermarket giant Lidl’s bid to sell “cheap alcohol” late at night at its new store under construction in Hythe...


Fears Christchurch park plan being 'rushed through' in council's final days

Fears Christchurch park plan being 'rushed through' in council's final days

Christchurch Borough Council civic offices A NEW country park in Christchurch will leave a legacy to residents in the “dying days” before the borough…


Council closes two New Forest beaches amid coastal erosion danger

Council closes two New Forest beaches amid coastal erosion danger

Beach hut at Hordle Cliff, near Milford (Photo: Steve West) A SECTION of shingle at Hordle Cliff near Milford was closed after erosion under the beach…


Citizens Advice unveils new base at Ringwood library for 'highly valued' help

Citizens Advice unveils new base at Ringwood library for 'highly valued' help

New Forest West MP Sir Desmond Swayne (kneeling) with Citizens Advice volunteers A VITAL advice service has unveiled its new Ringwood base after teaming…


Ex-Arnewood School secretary appeals against conviction for slapping pupil

Ex-Arnewood School secretary appeals against conviction for slapping pupil

Jane Farmer at Southampton Magistrates' Court (Photo: Solent News) A FORMER school secretary is challenging her conviction for assaulting a pupil. Jane…


Pupils urged not to walk home alone after series of 'worrying' incidents

Pupils urged not to walk home alone after series of 'worrying' incidents

Hounsdown School in Totton SCHOOLCHILDREN are being urged not to walk home alone after a series of “worrying” incidents in which pupils were approached…


Cycle hire and parking plans aim to solve 'mayhem' of commuters' cars

Cycle hire and parking plans aim to solve 'mayhem' of commuters' cars

Proposals for the former coal yard at Ashurst New Forest train station AN overgrown former coal yard in Ashurst could be transformed into a cycle hire…


Christchurch MP Sir Chris Chope defends blocking FGM child protection law

Christchurch MP Sir Chris Chope defends blocking FGM child protection law

Artist Lorna Rees protested by stringing up pants outside Sir Chris’s office CHRISTCHURCH MP Sir Chris Chope has defended himself against accusations…


No-deal Brexit could cost New Forest residents 3,400 jobs, warn academics

No-deal Brexit could cost New Forest residents 3,400 jobs, warn academics

Academics warned 3,400 jobs could be lost to New Forest residents in a no-deal Brexit NEARLY 3,400 jobs could be lost by New Forest residents under a…


Airlift for marshal badly injured at 4x4 off-roading event near Lyndhurst

Airlift for marshal badly injured at 4x4 off-roading event near Lyndhurst

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance A MARSHAL at a 4x4 off-roading event was badly hurt after becoming trapped between two of the vehicles taking…


'Perfectionist' vet took her own life with animal drug, inquest told

'Perfectionist' vet took her own life with animal drug, inquest told

A NEW FOREST vet described as a “perfectionist” committed suicide with animal anaesthetic because she feared she was not good enough at her job...


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