Calshot and Lepe

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.

A CALSHOT RNLI crew member who has served with the station for 30 years has been presented with a long service medal.

WALKERS can combine exercise with exploration during a series of new routes celebrating the history and folklore of the New Forest.

OUTDOOR theatre will take centre stage with the stunning backdrop of Beaulieu and Exbury Gardens during a series of productions this summer.

A TEENAGER had to be rescued by an RNLI team after the current swept him away from the shore at Calshot.

THE highest honour a voluntary organisation can get has been awarded to an Exbury-based search and rescue group in its 50th anniversary year.

A BEACH litter campaign has resumed and will see offenders who leave rubbish fined, amid free bag dispensers being installed at six local beaches.

A DEVELOPER who wanted to build seven new homes on the site of a now-demolished pub in the New Forest has lost his appeal.