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Tougher penalties needed to stop New Forest fly-tipping, say landowners

Tougher penalties needed to stop New Forest fly-tipping, say landowners

Rubbish fly-tipped in the New Forest TOUGHER penalties are needed to stop the rise of fly-tipping in the New Forest, landowners have said. The latest…


National dance success in Blackpool for talented New Forest pair

National dance success in Blackpool for talented New Forest pair

Amelie Shane (9), from Sway, won in the International Dance Teachers’ Association finals TWO pupils from the Everton-based Charisma Dance Academy are…


Lord Montagu speaks out on climate change at Beaulieu Estate dinner

Lord Montagu speaks out on climate change at Beaulieu Estate dinner

At the dinner were (l-r) Lady Manners, the Hon. Mr Roper-Curzon of Pylewell Park, Lady Montagu, Lord Montagu, Rebecca Crosthwaite-Eyre, Aldred Drummond…


New £500,000 pontoons to boost Lymington Town Quay sailing attractions

New £500,000 pontoons to boost Lymington Town Quay sailing attractions

Town Quay in Lymington (Photo: Steve West) NEW pontoons and mooring facilities are set to be installed at Lymington Town Quay in a major project funded…


Lymington salutes Sir Harry with unveiling of £100,000 monument renovation project

Lymington salutes Sir Harry with unveiling of £100,000 monument renovation project

Volunteers were joined at the unveiling of the refurbished Burrard Neale Monument by town mayor (centre) Cllr Anne Corbridge A NEGLECTED town monument…


Village homes quotas defended by New Forest National Park planning chiefs

Village homes quotas defended by New Forest National Park planning chiefs

The former Lyndhurst Park Hotel has been allocated for 50 homes by the New Forest National Park Authority SENIOR planners at the national park authority…


Volunteers clock 130 'speeders' in just one hour on New Forest lane

Volunteers clock 130 'speeders' in just one hour on New Forest lane

Residents clocked 130 speeders in an hour on Boldre Lane A GROUP of Boldre residents who got together to combat speeding drivers clocked 130 cars going…


‘I did not know I was dying slowly’ - explorer Adrian Hayes reveals his most terrifying moments

‘I did not know I was dying slowly’ - explorer Adrian Hayes reveals his most terrifying moments

“HOW personal do you want this to be?” Adrian Hayes asks over the table of his untidy kitchen. It’s an unexpectedly vulnerable question from the veteran…


National park housing plans for Fawley power station come under fire

National park housing plans for Fawley power station come under fire

Fawley power station before it shut down in 2013 THE company behind nearly £1bn plans for 1,500 homes at the former Fawley power station has been accused…


New Christchurch country park offers 'huge opportunity'

New Christchurch country park offers 'huge opportunity'

Christchurch Borough Council civic offices "EXCITING" new plans for a 15-hectare coastal country park in Christchurch have been unveiled. The park would…


Barton joins in national Battle's Over 100th commemoration of First World War armistice

Barton joins in national Battle's Over 100th commemoration of First World War armistice

A MASSIVE crowd came together on Barton clifftop for a “once-in-a-generation” commemoration marking 100 years since the end of the First World War...


New Forest care home teams trip the light fantastic for Children in Need

New Forest care home teams trip the light fantastic for Children in Need

CARE homes across the New Forest put on their dancing shoes for a Strictly-style show to raise cash for the Children In Need appeal...


National park planners pass Beaulieu car park plan 'to save village shops'

National park planners pass Beaulieu car park plan 'to save village shops'

Beaulieu High Street A CAR park hailed by the Beaulieu Estate as a way of saving local shops from going bust has been shown the green light by national…


New Forest MP stopped and searched by police says: we need more officers

New Forest MP stopped and searched by police says: we need more officers

Sir Desmond Swayne, Conservative MP for New Forest West POLICE stopped and searched New Forest West MP Sir Desmond Swayne outside parliament, he told…


Developer hit by third planning refusal for flats on exclusive Barton road

Developer hit by third planning refusal for flats on exclusive Barton road

The plans were for eight apartments at Perhaver in Barton Common Road, Barton (stock image) A DEVELOPER has been knocked back in a third attempt to demolish…


New Forest disability cycling charity hits the road with new base near Burley

New Forest disability cycling charity hits the road with new base near Burley

Volunteers at the new Pedall base near Burley A CYCLING organisation which has helped thousands of disabled riders enjoy the New Forest has opened a brand…


Reflections: Mary Elizabeth Braddon - pioneering author who helped shape Lyndhurst

Reflections: Mary Elizabeth Braddon - pioneering author who helped shape Lyndhurst

BY the latter years of the 19th century Bournemouth had become a town and resort of national repute. During the summer various hotels were involved in…


We're at breaking point from austerity, warns Dorset police chief

We're at breaking point from austerity, warns Dorset police chief

Police and crime commissioner Martyn Underhill (left) and Chief Constable James Vaughan DORSET police chiefs have warned further funding cuts will push…


Don't eat our delicious, lobster-flavour mushrooms, pleads Forestry Commission

Don't eat our delicious, lobster-flavour mushrooms, pleads Forestry Commission

The bearded tooth (Hericum erinaceus) fungus growing in the New Forest EXTREMELY rare woodland fungi which are on an endangered list have been taken from…


Lorry destroyed in £50,000 arson attack on Hythe business park

Lorry destroyed in £50,000 arson attack on Hythe business park

AN overnight arson attack destroyed a lorry and part of a company building at an industrial estate in Hythe...


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