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‘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...


Man 'bit girl' after she refused his advances on clifftop

Man 'bit girl' after she refused his advances on clifftop

Owen Ackers (21) admitted assault and criminal damage A MAN with a “track record” of violence against partners bit his now-ex girlfriend’s face when she…


No thanks! Another Christchurch coffee shop not to residents' taste

No thanks! Another Christchurch coffee shop not to residents' taste

Coffee #1 wanted to open in Christchurch high street PEOPLE POWER won the day in Christchurch when a hotly contested application for another coffee shop…


New Forest leisure centres management to be privatised

New Forest leisure centres management to be privatised

New Forest District Council's Appletree Court HQ in Lyndhurst MANAGEMENT of the New Forest’s public leisure centres will be privatised in some form with…


Life-size doll collector (62) stalked school friend he last saw in 1972

Life-size doll collector (62) stalked school friend he last saw in 1972

Everard Cunion lives with nine full-scale dolls (Photo: RogerArbon/BNPS) A CHRISTCHURCH man who lives with nine life-size dolls has been ordered to stay…


Tree surgeon who fell 100 metres to his death in the New Forest was 'on cocaine'

Tree surgeon who fell 100 metres to his death in the New Forest was 'on cocaine'

Rhinefield Ornamental Drive near where David Brown died AN experienced tree surgeon who fell to his death from one of the Forest’s tallest trees may have…


Dorset Police to be equipped with spit and bite protection kits

Dorset Police to be equipped with spit and bite protection kits

The single-use spit hoods are designed to protect officers while being breathable and see-through POLICE officers in Christchurch will be armed with special…


Historic Totton church transferring to soccer club during £2m rebuild

Historic Totton church transferring to soccer club during £2m rebuild

From left are the Rev. Chris Steed, the Rev. Simon Young and Archdeacon of Bournemouth the Ven. Peter Rouch THE congregation of a grade II-listed church…


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