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Letter: NatWest bank closure – better humans than machines

06 April 2023
Letter: NatWest bank closure – better humans than machines

Letter: NatWest bank closure – better humans than machines

06 April 2023

Sir – I can’t be the only person who’s received a letter from the NatWest bank announcing the Christchurch branch closure.


Letter: Roadworks in Walkford are punishing traders

06 April 2023
Letter: Roadworks in Walkford are punishing traders

Letter: Roadworks in Walkford are punishing traders

06 April 2023

Sir – I write with some dismay that roadworks have reappeared in connection with fibre optic installation.


Letter: Eco systems are a must for all new homes

31 March 2023
Letter: Eco systems are a must for all new homes

Letter: Eco systems are a must for all new homes

31 March 2023

Sir – Many hundreds of new houses are being built in the New Forest and many of these developments are being constructed on greenbelt land.


Letter: We are being manipulated by high street banks

31 March 2023
Letter: We are being manipulated by high street banks

Letter: We are being manipulated by high street banks

31 March 2023

Sir – At last the public seem to have woken up to how banks have manipulated us all.


Letters: Always queues at Barclays branches being closed

24 March 2023
Letters: Always queues at Barclays branches being closed

Letters: Always queues at Barclays branches being closed

24 March 2023

"It’s about time banks stopped treating their customers with contempt."


Letter: What has happened to the New Forest leisure centres?

24 March 2023
Letter: What has happened to the New Forest leisure centres?

Letter: What has happened to the New Forest leisure centres?

24 March 2023

Sir – What on earth has New Forest District Council let happen to our community leisure centres?


Letters: Cattle commoning in New Forest – essential or environmental hazard?

17 March 2023
Letters: Cattle commoning in New Forest – essential or environmental hazard?

Letters: Cattle commoning in New Forest – essential or environmental hazard?

17 March 2023

Readers debate the merits of cows on the open Forest.

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Letter: Time for a multi-storey car park in Lymington

17 March 2023
Letter: Time for a multi-storey car park in Lymington

Letter: Time for a multi-storey car park in Lymington

17 March 2023

Sir – The new parking meters on the high street in Lymington are less of an eyesore than predicted


Letter: Blowing smoke in the face of our woke, snowflake society

10 March 2023
Letter: Blowing smoke in the face of our woke, snowflake society

Letter: Blowing smoke in the face of our woke, snowflake society

10 March 2023

Sir – Watching a new drama serial, The Consultant, I noted the now-customary line of cautionary warnings appear before the opening credits.

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Letter: Seeing red over lack of traffic lights monitoring

10 March 2023
Letter: Seeing red over lack of traffic lights monitoring

Letter: Seeing red over lack of traffic lights monitoring

10 March 2023

Sir – I have been wondering if I am the only local resident concerned about the quality of the monitoring of temporary traffic light systems.


Letter: ‘Lentune Island’ is a spit extension 'Castle Point'

03 March 2023
Letter: ‘Lentune Island’ is a spit extension 'Castle Point'

Letter: ‘Lentune Island’ is a spit extension 'Castle Point'

03 March 2023

"Aside from it seeming like a Lymington takeover of Hurst, visitors will be familiar with the feature as an above-high-water extension of the spit."


Letter: Public open space at Milford unfit by very definition

03 March 2023
Letter: Public open space at Milford unfit by very definition

Letter: Public open space at Milford unfit by very definition

03 March 2023

"I am amazed that Pennyfarthing is resisting demands to keep to their promise."

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Letter: Brockhills Lane plans – common sense and public safety over-ridden by profit

24 February 2023
Letter: Brockhills Lane plans – common sense and public safety over-ridden by profit

Letter: Brockhills Lane plans – common sense and public safety over-ridden by profit

24 February 2023

"Local councillors have argued against the density of housing here with good reason."


Letters: Developer ignoring local knowledge on Lymington police station site

24 February 2023
Letters: Developer ignoring local knowledge on Lymington police station site

Letters: Developer ignoring local knowledge on Lymington police station site

24 February 2023

"Why are our local councillors not pushing hard to purchase the site for social housing or flats for key workers?"

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Letter: Soldier tribute – a wall is just a wall

17 February 2023
Letter: Soldier tribute – a wall is just a wall

Letter: Soldier tribute – a wall is just a wall

17 February 2023

Sir – May I refer to the comments by Cllr Valya Schooling (A&T, 10th February – War hero memorial on toilet wall ‘insult’)?


Letter: Why not move the BCP offices to Christchurch?

17 February 2023
Letter: Why not move the BCP offices to Christchurch?

Letter: Why not move the BCP offices to Christchurch?

17 February 2023

"Selling the Bournemouth offices would release far more cash than selling the Christchurch offices."


Letters: Milford clock needs a big hand

10 February 2023
Letters: Milford clock needs a big hand

Letters: Milford clock needs a big hand

10 February 2023

"Maybe it is time to have a rethink about whether an unreliable clock is worth restoring at all"

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Letters: What has happened to our police force?

10 February 2023
Letters: What has happened to our police force?

Letters: What has happened to our police force?

10 February 2023

"In the 1950s and 1960s you were taught as children that a police officer in uniform was your friend"

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Letter: Honours should not be given to those who are simply doing their jobs

03 February 2023
Letter: Honours should not be given to those who are simply doing their jobs

Letter: Honours should not be given to those who are simply doing their jobs

03 February 2023

"Honours for the boys."


Letter: Policies on new homes in the Forest are so weak

03 February 2023
Letter: Policies on new homes in the Forest are so weak

Letter: Policies on new homes in the Forest are so weak

03 February 2023

Sir – People who are not in housing need are often accused of nimbyism when they object to new housing development.

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