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Reporter Carolyn Griffith has worked for the A&T since 2007 after graduating from university with a degree in journalism. She particularly covers the Waterside area of the New Forest.

First phase of 342-home plans set for approval amid design ‘concern’

13 May 2025
First phase of 342-home plans set for approval amid design ‘concern’

First phase of 342-home plans set for approval amid design ‘concern’

13 May 2025

A development of 74 homes, which is part of a wider plan for over 300 properties in the area, is set for the green light despite a design “concern”.


Leisure centre set for £1.8m energy efficient improvements

11 May 2025
Leisure centre set for £1.8m energy efficient improvements

Leisure centre set for £1.8m energy efficient improvements

11 May 2025

A New Forest leisure centre is set to undergo £1.8m of energy efficient improvements in a bid to lower running costs.


Sign application refused for barbershop

11 May 2025
Sign application refused for barbershop

Sign application refused for barbershop

11 May 2025

A barbershop in Hythe has been refused retrospective permission for an illuminated sign and shutters.


Bird flu fears as peregrine falcon pair and swan found dead

09 May 2025
Bird flu fears as peregrine falcon pair and swan found dead

Bird flu fears as peregrine falcon pair and swan found dead

09 May 2025

A pair of Peregrine falcons nesting at Christchurch Priory have been found dead along with a swan at a nearby beach.


150-year-old village business could go under in rates row

09 May 2025
150-year-old village business could go under in rates row

150-year-old village business could go under in rates row

09 May 2025

A New Forest business founded almost 150 years ago could fold after a £13,000 rates demand – which the owner says he will refuse to pay.


Noisy cockerel conviction upheld by court

09 May 2025
Noisy cockerel conviction upheld by court

Noisy cockerel conviction upheld by court

09 May 2025

A man whose cockerel repeatedly disturbed neighbours daily from 5am has appeared in court again.


Hunt for pair after report of poaching

08 May 2025
Hunt for pair after report of poaching

Hunt for pair after report of poaching

08 May 2025

Police have released pictures of two men they want to find after a report of fish poaching in Fordingbridge.


Four days of events as town celebrates VE Day

07 May 2025
Four days of events as town celebrates VE Day

Four days of events as town celebrates VE Day

07 May 2025

Four days of free community events are planned in Totton to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day.


Man arrested over deer heads and dead lambs left across New Forest

06 May 2025
Man arrested over deer heads and dead lambs left across New Forest

Man arrested over deer heads and dead lambs left across New Forest

06 May 2025

A man has been arrested after animal carcasses were dumped across the New Forest.


Plans to convert former care home into house of multiple occupancy thrown out

06 May 2025
Plans to convert former care home into house of multiple occupancy thrown out

Plans to convert former care home into house of multiple occupancy thrown out

06 May 2025

Plans to convert a former New Forest care home into a house of multiple occupancy have been turned down by the district council.


A35 to close overnight for 10 days

02 May 2025
A35 to close overnight for 10 days

A35 to close overnight for 10 days

02 May 2025

A main route linking the New Forest with Southampton is set to close for more than a week for resurfacing.


‘This is not the USA’ – prison sentence for New Milton man who was building a gun at home

02 May 2025
‘This is not the USA’ – prison sentence for New Milton man who was building a gun at home

‘This is not the USA’ – prison sentence for New Milton man who was building a gun at home

02 May 2025

Police found a cache of weapons and ammunition when they raided the home of 62-year-old New Milton man.


Beach yacht wreckage clear-up starts

01 May 2025
Beach yacht wreckage clear-up starts

Beach yacht wreckage clear-up starts

01 May 2025

Work to remove the wreckage of a yacht which ran aground on a Milford beach more than a month ago has begun.


Former New Milton firm’s reunion raises over £2,000 for hospice

01 May 2025
Former New Milton firm’s reunion raises over £2,000 for hospice

Former New Milton firm’s reunion raises over £2,000 for hospice

01 May 2025

More than 70 former employees at a New Milton business attended a reunion and raised over £2,000 for charity at the same time.


Imprisoned New Forest ‘mansion massacre’ killer dies

29 April 2025
Imprisoned New Forest ‘mansion massacre’ killer dies

Imprisoned New Forest ‘mansion massacre’ killer dies

29 April 2025

A handyman who murdered four people in Fordingbridge in a case of “indescribable brutality and cruelty” has died.

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‘Sick, twisted’ – dead lambs found hung at church and on road sign

29 April 2025
‘Sick, twisted’ – dead lambs found hung at church and on road sign

‘Sick, twisted’ – dead lambs found hung at church and on road sign

29 April 2025

Dead lambs have been found hung from the side of a church and on a road sign on the same day in different parts of the New Forest.


Prolific drug dealer given four-year prison sentence

29 April 2025
Prolific drug dealer given four-year prison sentence

Prolific drug dealer given four-year prison sentence

29 April 2025

A drug dealer from New Milton wept as he was handed a four-year prison sentence after being caught by police twice in six months.


Landowners and businesses form partnership to bring new development to the Waterside

28 April 2025
Landowners and businesses form partnership to bring new development to the Waterside

Landowners and businesses form partnership to bring new development to the Waterside

28 April 2025

A group consisting of landowners and local businesses has formed to create a partnership that will bring new development to the Waterside.


Residents’ views to shape town regeneration

26 April 2025
Residents’ views to shape town regeneration

Residents’ views to shape town regeneration

26 April 2025

Residents are set to be asked for their input to create a regeneration masterplan for a New Forest town centre.


‘Bleak’ future of historic ferry amid financial instability, says councillor

25 April 2025
‘Bleak’ future of historic ferry amid financial instability, says councillor

‘Bleak’ future of historic ferry amid financial instability, says councillor

25 April 2025

The future of the historic Hythe ferry is “bleak” due to a lack of financial stability, fears a local councillor.

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