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Walter Purvis Smith: mapping pioneer who led Ordnance Survey

22 February 2019
Walter Purvis Smith: mapping pioneer who led Ordnance Survey

Walter Purvis Smith: mapping pioneer who led Ordnance Survey

22 February 2019

Walter Purvis Smith with his wife Bettie TRIBUTES have been paid to Walter Purvis Smith, a mapping pioneer who became the first non-military Ordnance…


Two-month closure of New Milton library delayed as £80,000 revamp pushed back

21 February 2019
Two-month closure of New Milton library delayed as £80,000 revamp pushed back

Two-month closure of New Milton library delayed as £80,000 revamp pushed back

21 February 2019

New Milton library in Gore Road PLANS for an £80,000 revamp of New Milton Library due to start next week have been delayed. Town bookworms had been advised…


Jack the dog dies after being mauled in the street

18 February 2019
Jack the dog dies after being mauled in the street

Jack the dog dies after being mauled in the street

18 February 2019

Jack was a Bichon poodle-cross A DOG-owning couple were left distraught after it was fatally mauled by a rescued lurcher in a horrific street attack. Wendy…


Waste campaigner races against time in anti-packaging fight

15 February 2019
Waste campaigner races against time in anti-packaging fight

Waste campaigner races against time in anti-packaging fight

15 February 2019

Kathy Sirl in her zero packaging store The Naked Pantry A ZERO packaging campaigner is in a race against time with a crowdfunding exercise that is more…


Brexit question mark on future for Tool for Self Reliance charity's European volunteers

15 February 2019
Brexit question mark on future for Tool for Self Reliance charity's European volunteers

Brexit question mark on future for Tool for Self Reliance charity's European volunteers

15 February 2019

Currently at Netley Marsh are (from left) Lilian Steinmetz from Germany, Erik Schmidt from Austria and Yvonne Hoffmann, also from Austria THE future of…


Couple launch university bursaries for Brockenhurst College students

01 February 2019
Couple launch university bursaries for Brockenhurst College students

Couple launch university bursaries for Brockenhurst College students

01 February 2019

John and Marion Greenwood with (right) Brockenhurst College principal Di Roberts A RETIRED Lyndhurst couple were inspired by an A&T article to pledge…


Elaine's poetry helps Breast Cancer Haven's national fundraising drive

25 January 2019
Elaine's poetry helps Breast Cancer Haven's national fundraising drive

Elaine's poetry helps Breast Cancer Haven's national fundraising drive

25 January 2019

Poet Elaine Challis's verse will be used by charity Breast Cancer Haven POET Elaine Challis felt so compelled to help people with a breast cancer diagnosis…


NHS awards ceremony makes stars of retiring nurses Christine and Carol

04 January 2019
NHS awards ceremony makes stars of retiring nurses Christine and Carol

NHS awards ceremony makes stars of retiring nurses Christine and Carol

04 January 2019

Christine Lewendon (left) is a staff nurse at Fordingbridge Hospital, and Dr Carol Bailey (second right) a consultant nurse at Tatchbury Mount, Calmore…


Average speed cameras go live for start of M27 'smart motorway' roadworks

04 January 2019
Average speed cameras go live for start of M27 'smart motorway' roadworks

Average speed cameras go live for start of M27 'smart motorway' roadworks

04 January 2019

How the completed M27 'smart motorway' will work DRIVERS using the M27 face two years of major roadworks starting next week with a £244m project creating…


More than 150 motorists arrested in Christmas drink-drive crackdown

28 December 2018
More than 150 motorists arrested in Christmas drink-drive crackdown

More than 150 motorists arrested in Christmas drink-drive crackdown

28 December 2018

Hampshire Police cracking down on Christmas drink-drivers DOZENS of motorists had a bad start to festive season with drink and drug driving arrests in…


New Forest farrier Robbie forges a place in his family's history

21 December 2018
New Forest farrier Robbie forges a place in his family's history

New Forest farrier Robbie forges a place in his family's history

21 December 2018

Apprentice farrier Robbie Hawthorne (20) APPRENTICE Robbie Hawthorne from Brockenhurst has forged a place in history as the first member of his farrier…


Railway war heroes to be remembered with Brockenhurst station memorial

14 December 2018
Railway war heroes to be remembered with Brockenhurst station memorial

Railway war heroes to be remembered with Brockenhurst station memorial

14 December 2018

A memorial at Brockenhurst station to First World War railway workers A MEMORIAL to railway workers who forsook their rights of a reserved occupation…


Young McKenzie cuts the ribbon at Rainbow Trust children's charity new base

07 December 2018
Young McKenzie cuts the ribbon at Rainbow Trust children's charity new base

Young McKenzie cuts the ribbon at Rainbow Trust children's charity new base

07 December 2018

McKenzie Kemish (nine) with family support manager Dawn Pond, third from left, and family support workers Eleanor McDonald, Amanda Haymer, Pam Smith,…


Blashford Lakes gain £250,000 funding for nature reserve facelift

30 November 2018
Blashford Lakes gain £250,000 funding for nature reserve facelift

Blashford Lakes gain £250,000 funding for nature reserve facelift

30 November 2018

Blashford Lakes nature reserve A WILDLIFE trust has successfully secured nearly a quarter of a million pounds for improvements to the Blashford Lakes…


The roofs are off - can the all new BMW Z4 bring the Boxster to heel?

30 November 2018
The roofs are off - can the all new BMW Z4 bring the Boxster to heel?

The roofs are off - can the all new BMW Z4 bring the Boxster to heel?

30 November 2018

THE modern renaissance in roadsters owes as much to the Mazda MX-5 as it does to any other car. However, whilst the Japanese phenomenon lit the spark,…


Airlift for marshal badly injured at 4x4 off-roading event near Lyndhurst

30 November 2018
Airlift for marshal badly injured at 4x4 off-roading event near Lyndhurst

Airlift for marshal badly injured at 4x4 off-roading event near Lyndhurst

30 November 2018

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance A MARSHAL at a 4x4 off-roading event was badly hurt after becoming trapped between two of the vehicles taking…


Trove of historical car documents find a space at Beaulieu's National Motor Museum

23 November 2018
Trove of historical car documents find a space at Beaulieu's National Motor Museum

Trove of historical car documents find a space at Beaulieu's National Motor Museum

23 November 2018

Ron Hickman with the Lotus Elan he designed AN important personal collection of drawings and documents by the designer of such classic Lotus sports cars…


Solent Rescue appeals for public support to fund lifeboat upgrade

08 November 2018
Solent Rescue appeals for public support to fund lifeboat upgrade

Solent Rescue appeals for public support to fund lifeboat upgrade

08 November 2018

Solent Rescue volunteers (l-r) Nathan Mansbridge, Peter Harvey, Dino Dorin Dejan, Mark Jones, Lee Cooper and Kenny Jackson AN independent lifeboat organisation…


Jaguar puts spark in old classics with E-lectric-type

28 August 2018
Jaguar puts spark in old classics with E-lectric-type

Jaguar puts spark in old classics with E-lectric-type

28 August 2018

Unmistakeable lines of the classic E-type are unsullied by the electric conversion JAGUAR is putting the electric in E-type with confirmation of zero…


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