Calshot and Lepe

SAVING two swimmers from drowning off Lepe beach earned an army captain a special commendation from the Queen.

TWO members of the Calshot RNLI have been suspended pending an investigation while another has been dismissed.

RNLI Calshot has been able to welcome the public to tour its station for the first time since the pandemic forced the visits to be cancelled.

NEW Forest producers came out on top at the Great Hampshire Sausage and Pie Competition 2022.

A LARGE quantity of “nurdles” – small plastic pellets – were found on Lepe beach during a clean up carried out by volunteers.

A COUPLE have challenged New Forest National Park Authority's refusal of their bid to tear down and replace a mansion on the banks of Beaulieu River

BEACH hut owners successfully persuaded New Forest District Council to make a smaller increase in their annual site charges.

A SAILOR delayed their own rescue by Calshot RNLI after blocking one of its lifeboats in with their car.

A MAN has been charged with drink-drinking after a road crash in the New Forest on Wednesday afternoon.

A FATHER has hit out at police after revealing how he reported his son missing only to discover officers had found his body four hours earlier.

FIREFIGHTERS battled a blaze which broke out in the bedroom of a home in St Francis Road, Langley, near Blackfield, on Sunday morning.

REFUGEES who fled Afghanistan are integrating well into Hampshire communities, according to politicians and charity bosses.

SOLENT Rescue were delighted to receive the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service in recognition of the hard work they do keeping people safe.

A LIGHT aircraft which crashed into the Solent had suffered a loss of power that was "probably due to fuel starvation", a report has revealed.

THE volunteer lifeboat crew will be taking to the small screen on the BBC at 8pm.

RNLI rescuers rushed to the aid of a capsized catamaran which drifted dangerously close to the Solent’s main shipping lane off Calshot Spit.

POLICE are urging witnesses to come forward after a paddle boarder died following an incident off Lepe beach on Saturday afternoon.

CALSHOT RNLI rescued two paddle boarders who drifted into a shipping lane close to a large container ship in Southampton Water.

THERE have been calls for extra warning signs at a popular New Forest beach after children were swept away by strong currents twice within a week.

A MAN collapsed and was left gasping for breath after helping rescue three children caught by the current off Lepe Beach yesterday (Monday) afternoon.