Calshot and Lepe

Calshot RNLI rescuers had a busy 24 hours, with calls to help find a missing person and assist a stricken yacht.

Visitors to a New Forest beach have been urged to keep naked flames away after a second blaze involving flood defences in as many weeks.

Grants totalling more than £36,000 have been passed to improve life for pedestrians at Fawley and Calshot.

Calshot’s RNLI lifeboat crew officially opened their new training room, named in memory of their beloved former chaplain Peter Murphy.

Firefighters taking part in an annual raft race had to literally abandon ship after they were called to an emergency incident midway through.

The water quality of beaches across the New Forest district have been rated as ‘excellent’ by the Environment Agency.

Calshot RNLI crews said “bon voyage” to lifeboat Willett at a special retirement ceremony.

Lepe Beach has again been recognised as among the best in the world for visitors.

Crew from Lymington RNLI responded to a mayday call after a person fell overboard from a sailing yacht near Calshot Spit.

Calshot RNLI rescuers went to the aid of two people on a jetski that was drifting towards a busy shipping lane.

Rescuing a jetskier who suffered a cardiac arrest earned four Calshot RNLI crew members special commendations.

Calshot RNLI rescuers rushed to the aid of two stricken boats drifting towards shipping lanes at the weekend.

A UK paddleboarding giant has unveiled its new store and test centre in the New Forest.

A New Forest attraction will display an award-winning garden from the Chelsea Flower Show, where a local nursery also triumphed.

A rise in vandalism and anti-social behaviour has sparked increased police patrols at Calshot beach.

An increase in flooding incidents has prompted a study by the Environment Agency, a district council meeting has heard.

A fresh appeal has been made to find the head of a shark that washed up dead on Lepe beach in the New Forest.

New Forest residents struggling to keep up with the cost of living can find help at five newly launched community hubs.

The search is on to find the head and tail of a rare shark which washed up on a New Forest beach.

Objections by local landowners have been blamed for causing the New Forest section of a national walking route to be among the last to be signed off.