Environment

MAJOR retailers that continue to resist calls to pull disposable barbecues from their shelves should be lobbied, civic chiefs have urged the public.

VOLUNTEERS are being sought to help record and remove invasive non-native plants from the Lower Avon Valley

A SPECIAL team could be brought in to tackle incidents of flytipping in Christchurch after an increase in the crime.

MEMBERS of the public are being warned to keep their distance from pony herds as 20 stallions are released on to the Forest.

HABITAT destruction and illegal cycling races are increasing in the north of the Forest, the Verderers Court has heard.

MORE vehicles are now allowed at Christchurch's Wilverley Road tip thanks to the relaxing of Covid measures.

FLYTIPPERS who dumped the suspected remains of a cannabis farm in a New Forest stream were slammed for potentially endangering wildlife.

A NEW Forest conservationist has welcomed new laws by the government that will seek to reduce the amount of sewage entering rivers.

TWO deer were saved from "inevitable death" in the New Forest after discarded twine tangled their antlers together.

A VET has revealed that three dogs have been bitten by adders in the New Forest in the last month as the snakes start emerging from hibernation.

Bags for life are to be removed from Co-op stores across the New Forest and Christchurch and replaced with compostable carriers.

SIGNS warning about the dangers of feeding ponies are set to be installed at strategic locations across the New Forest.

A LARGE woodland blaze firefighters tackled for about 12 hours was among several fires in the open across the New Forest within four days.

Pennington tip was evacuated after the discovery of what's thought to be an artillery training bullet shell.

A New Forest MP has spoken out amid local concern over plans for a £600m desalination plant at Fawley.

CONCERNS were raised for native plants amid talks over a New Milton beauty spot hosting a community garden to boost health and wellbeing.

A New Forest volunteer army will increase from 600 to 1,000 if £5,000 is raised by the New Forest Trust and national park authority.

CHANGES will be made to the way government money is given to commoners who turn out their animals on the New Forest.

The New Forest's TV naturalist Chris Packham has hailed a campaign to ban UK fur sales

WHOMEVER dumped a pile of fruit and vegetables on open land at Stoney Cross could have killed New Forest ponies, a local councillor said.