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Restoration project launched to mark 70th anniversary of popular garden attraction

Restoration project launched to mark 70th anniversary of popular garden attraction

Restoration project launched to mark 70th anniversary of popular garden attraction

A long forgotten area of Exbury Gardens is set to be restored and reopened to the public to mark the attraction’s 70th anniversary.


‘No respect’ – snowdrop thieves target town meadow

‘No respect’ – snowdrop thieves target town meadow

‘No respect’ – snowdrop thieves target town meadow

A New Milton conservationist slammed thieves who dug up a patch of snowdrops from a town beauty spot.


Call for residents and businesses to stump up and save beach

Call for residents and businesses to stump up and save beach

Call for residents and businesses to stump up and save beach

A project which could slow beach erosion and save Milford’s remaining huts from destruction will need significant funds to succeed.


Expert to lead fossil hunting walks on Forest coastline

Expert to lead fossil hunting walks on Forest coastline

Expert to lead fossil hunting walks on Forest coastline

A Lymington man whose love of paleontology began as a child is inviting people to join him on fossil hunting walks along the coast at Highcliffe.


Thousands of wheelie bins arrive in New Milton as council prepares for rollout

Thousands of wheelie bins arrive in New Milton as council prepares for rollout

Thousands of wheelie bins arrive in New Milton as council prepares for rollout

Around 160,000 new wheelie bins will arrive in New Milton as the district council prepares to begin to roll out its controversial new waste programme.

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Scientists say wheelie bins needed to cut human food waste boost to fox population

Scientists say wheelie bins needed to cut human food waste boost to fox population

Scientists say wheelie bins needed to cut human food waste boost to fox population

Plans to replace the Forest’s plastic refuse bags with wheelie bins could be key to managing the fox population, it has been claimed.

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400 acres of Keyhaven farmland bought by Environment Agency

400 acres of Keyhaven farmland bought by Environment Agency

400 acres of Keyhaven farmland bought by Environment Agency

Nearly 400 acres of farmland around Keyhaven has been bought by the EA only months after it was revealed it’s being turned into a nature reserve.


Vandals churn up nature reserve

Vandals churn up nature reserve

Vandals churn up nature reserve

A town’s nature reserve was “treated with contempt” by motorcycle-riding vandals who churned up the grass.


‘We are listening’ says EA over controversial coastal strategy

‘We are listening’ says EA over controversial coastal strategy

‘We are listening’ says EA over controversial coastal strategy

Ongoing feedback on controversial plans to manage the coastl between Hurst Spit and Lymington will be listened to, the Environment Agency has said.


Warm homes campaigners deliver message to heart of government

Warm homes campaigners deliver message to heart of government

Warm homes campaigners deliver message to heart of government

Environmental campaigners from the New Forest have taken their call for warm homes for everyone to the heart of government.


‘Radical change’ needed or commoning in the New Forest faces ‘bleak future’

‘Radical change’ needed or commoning in the New Forest faces ‘bleak future’

‘Radical change’ needed or commoning in the New Forest faces ‘bleak future’

Time is running out for commoning in the Forest unless groups unite over widening funding gaps and increasing visitor pressures, it has been warned.

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Flood notices issued for two Forest spots

Flood notices issued for two Forest spots

Flood notices issued for two Forest spots

Rising river levels are expected to cause flooding in the Ringwood and Fordingbridge areas this morning.


Lymington sailing organisations voice fears over draft Environment Agency coastal strategy

Lymington sailing organisations voice fears over draft Environment Agency coastal strategy

Lymington sailing organisations voice fears over draft Environment Agency coastal strategy

Representatives from sailing clubs, maritime firms and the RNLI have hit out at “misguided” and ridiculous” plans for the future of coastal defences.


Big backlash over new plan for Forest quarry

Big backlash over new plan for Forest quarry

Big backlash over new plan for Forest quarry

Plans for a new quarry near Fordingbridge are moving forward – but concerns have been raised over noise, dust and the effect on wildlife.


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