Environment

A DEVELOPER has been reported to the police after undergrowth was torn out and land flattened with a bulldozer in Highcliffe woodland.

THIEVES who dumped and torched two stolen vans have causing substantial damage to an area of the New Forest.

A WOMAN was caught on camera allowing her dog to attack a rare bird’s nest in the New Forest and eat the eggs.

DEFIBRILLATORS will be installed at recycling centres in Hampshire just weeks after a man died from a heart attack at Marchwood.

FIREFIGHTERS spent more than four-and-a-half hours battling a large blaze at New Milton Sand and Ballast in Pennington.

HOUSEHOLDS keen to save money should consider cancelling extended warranties on appliances and instead pay for the repairs themselves, says Which?

NEW Forest car parks should be shut from dusk until dawn in a bid to combat wild camping, a leading commoner has suggested.

THREE motorcyclists caught performing stunts on Beaulieu Heath aerodrome were warned by police that their bikes could be seized.

AS THE clock ticks down to the big council vote next month, here’s how things stand.

DOG walkers are urged not to cause a stink at a New Milton beauty spot as conservationists launched a 'Pick up the Poo!' campaign.

THE New Forest’s leading conservation group has made fresh calls for Forestry England to permanently close at least three campsites.

DOG owners are being told to keep their pets on leads around fresh water as the recent hot weather may increase the growth of toxic blue-green algae.

The NFDC has warned residents who refuse wheelie bins that their rubbish might not be collected, under its proposed new waste scheme.

A COMMUNITY orchard in Milford has been renamed in honour of passionate environmentalist Tony Locke, who died last year at the age of 79.

A SMALL group of protesters greeted councillors for the first of several key meetings set to rubberstamp plans for wheelie bins in the New Forest.

NATURE fans can get closer to a precious part of the New Forest full of rare species thanks to a £28,000 grant for a new boardwalk.

PLANTING is set to improve a neglected strip of land in the centre of New Milton, branded a “horrible eyesore”.

NEW Forest District Council said it would continue to remove “flyposting” after posters for a New Milton community event were ripped down.

NEW Milton water tower is hosting its latest brood of peregrine falcon chicks.

FURIOUS residents have slammed NFDC for dumping contaminated soil on their green containing bottles, screwdrivers and even a condom.