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Swan rescued after crash-landing onto pub roof

12 May 2020
Swan rescued after crash-landing onto pub roof

Swan rescued after crash-landing onto pub roof

12 May 2020

The swan refused to come down from the roof of Ye Old George pub in Christchurch (picture: RSPCA) A SWAN had to be rescued by the RSPCA after it crash-landed…


Security drafted in as drivers queue for hours at reopened local tips

12 May 2020
Security drafted in as drivers queue for hours at reopened local tips

Security drafted in as drivers queue for hours at reopened local tips

12 May 2020

The queue at Marchwood recycling centre yesterday (picture: Cllr Richard Young) SECURITY guards were drafted in at tips across Dorset and Hampshire yesterday…


The wacky and wonderful ways local schools have been interacting with their pupils during lockdown

09 May 2020
The wacky and wonderful ways local schools have been interacting with their pupils during lockdown

The wacky and wonderful ways local schools have been interacting with their pupils during lockdown

09 May 2020

Toilet roll volleyball with Priestlands' Mr Caplen TOILET roll keepy-uppies, teachers hula hooping and bake-off competitions are some of the innovative…


Owner reunited with lost dog found 80 miles away

05 May 2020
Owner reunited with lost dog found 80 miles away

Owner reunited with lost dog found 80 miles away

05 May 2020

Lola was found in Chichester A DISTRAUGHT dog owner was reunited with her Labrador after it was discovered nearly 80 miles away from where it went missing. Lola…


How to experience Exbury Garden during lockdown

30 April 2020
How to experience Exbury Garden during lockdown

How to experience Exbury Garden during lockdown

30 April 2020

Marie-Louise Agius filming at Exbury during lockdown FANS of Exbury Gardens can now take in its delights despite the lockdown. Although it is currently…


‘Carbuncle’ flats scheme defended by developer

30 April 2020
‘Carbuncle’ flats scheme defended by developer

‘Carbuncle’ flats scheme defended by developer

30 April 2020

PLANS for a block of 14 flats in Walkford (picture: ARC Architects Ltd) PLANS for a block of 14 flats in Walkford attacked by neighbours as a “carbuncle”…


Animal charity pleads for help as it tackles lockdown rescues – including 35 ducklings trying to cross Wessex Way

29 April 2020
Animal charity pleads for help as it tackles lockdown rescues – including 35 ducklings trying to cross Wessex Way

Animal charity pleads for help as it tackles lockdown rescues – including 35 ducklings trying to cross Wessex Way

29 April 2020

One of three groups of ducklings found trying to cross Wessex Way (photo: RSPCA) IT IS a service which has kept going during the coronavirus outbreak…


New Cadland Estate farm shop keeping locals fed

29 April 2020
New Cadland Estate farm shop keeping locals fed

New Cadland Estate farm shop keeping locals fed

29 April 2020

Fiona Drummond, the owner of Cadland Estate in Fawley SUMPTUOUS sausages made from game reared on a New Forest estate are one of the offerings at its…


Video: Hair-raising lockdown trims raise more than £3,000

27 April 2020
Video: Hair-raising lockdown trims raise more than £3,000

Video: Hair-raising lockdown trims raise more than £3,000

27 April 2020

Clinton McCarthy at the mercy of his wife Kathryn THE closure of hairdressers under the coronavirus lockdown has paid off for New Forest fundraisers who…


Wildlife give the coronavirus lockdown seal of approval

25 April 2020
Wildlife give the coronavirus lockdown seal of approval

Wildlife give the coronavirus lockdown seal of approval

25 April 2020

A seal on the beach at Milford (picture: Chris Mabey) WILDLIFE is thriving amid the lockdown as animals return to areas where they had fled crowds of…


Pregnant cat shot three times survives to have kittens

23 April 2020
Pregnant cat shot three times survives to have kittens

Pregnant cat shot three times survives to have kittens

23 April 2020

Hope and her kittens (picture: Cats Protection) A PREGNANT cat badly injured after being shot three times with an air gun survived to give birth to four…


Lymington pub brews up new plan for 18th century toll house

23 April 2020
Lymington pub brews up new plan for 18th century toll house

Lymington pub brews up new plan for 18th century toll house

23 April 2020

The Monkey House Bar-Lymington ONCE an important part of Lymington life, an old toll house which has stood dilapidated for decades is proposed to be transformed…


Baptist church reveals £3.5m plans for new building in Christchurch town centre

21 April 2020
Baptist church reveals £3.5m plans for new building in Christchurch town centre

Baptist church reveals £3.5m plans for new building in Christchurch town centre

21 April 2020

A CGI composite showing how the new Christchurch Baptist Church building would look A BASE that is “in the heart of the community” is the multi-million-pound…


Eric and Jan's online surprise for their 60th wedding anniversary

20 April 2020
Eric and Jan's online surprise for their 60th wedding anniversary

Eric and Jan's online surprise for their 60th wedding anniversary

20 April 2020

A BIG surprise awaited Eric and Jan Davey when they made their regular Skype call to their son in Norfolk during the coronavirus lockdown...


Shop scheme for village car showroom rejected by planners who brand it a 'very poor design'

14 April 2020
Shop scheme for village car showroom rejected by planners who brand it a 'very poor design'

Shop scheme for village car showroom rejected by planners who brand it a 'very poor design'

14 April 2020

The plans were for the site of Hills of Lymington on Milford Road AN APPLICATION to build a convenience store and takeaway on the site of a car showroom…


Judges go wild for Peppa Pig World cafe in design awards

12 April 2020
Judges go wild for Peppa Pig World cafe in design awards

Judges go wild for Peppa Pig World cafe in design awards

12 April 2020

A WILDFLOWER-roofed building at Peppa Pig World in Paultons Park has won a green building prize in the New Forest National Park Building Design Awards...


The three feathered friends you saw the most during the Big Garden Birdwatch

12 April 2020
The three feathered friends you saw the most during the Big Garden Birdwatch

The three feathered friends you saw the most during the Big Garden Birdwatch

12 April 2020

The blue tit was a common visitor for most participants (Picture: Ray Kennedy/rspb-images.com) HOUSE sparrows, blue tits and starlings are the birds which…


Government rejects Forest MP's call to revoke permission for housing development

10 April 2020
Government rejects Forest MP's call to revoke permission for housing development

Government rejects Forest MP's call to revoke permission for housing development

10 April 2020

The 42-house development in School Lane THE government has rejected a call by Sir Desmond Swayne MP to revoke permission for a controversial housing development…


Warning after raiders target closed shops during lockdown

09 April 2020
Warning after raiders target closed shops during lockdown

Warning after raiders target closed shops during lockdown

09 April 2020

Napoleons in Lymington Road, Highcliffe. Pic: Google A BAR owner in Highcliffe is warning other businesses in the area to be wary of burglars taking advantage…


Wildlife park appeals for donations to feed animals during lockdown

09 April 2020
Wildlife park appeals for donations to feed animals during lockdown

Wildlife park appeals for donations to feed animals during lockdown

09 April 2020

The Eurasian lynx at New Forest Wildlife Park NEW Forest Wildlife Park is appealing for donations so its animals – including wolves and bison – can be…


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