Fordingbridge

A FARMER who feared he would have to cull his chickens when Covid-19 hit is thanking customers for saving their lives.

A MAN who exposed himself to two women near secluded woodland in Fordingbridge has been jailed for six months.

PLANS for a large new housing estate in Fordingbridge have been refused after New Forest District Council received 70 letters of objection.

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

A FORDINGBRIDGE landlady has criticised dozens of customers who failed to show without cancelling across Saturday night.

A Fordingbridge woman has escaped eviction from her cottage home after proving she had broken planning rules for at least a decade.

THOUSANDS more emergency food parcels have been handed out to people in the New Forest over the past year, figures have revealed.

A MAN has been convicted by a jury of indecently exposing himself to lone women walking their dogs in Fordingbridge on two occasions.

POLICE are hunting thieves who stole two teenage boys’ bicycles and a mobile phone in Fordingbridge.

A FORDINGBRIDGE labradoodle needed emergency vet treatment after scoffing a dozen Cadbury Creme Eggs...

A SOCIAL media appeal for people to be nominated to receive an Easter gift led to more than 1,000 being sent out – including overseas...

A THREE-BEDROOM house in the New Forest that was built bigger than approved plans must be torn down, the national park authority has ordered...

A FORMER Arts and Crafts-style church is set to reopen as a community hub after a major £150,000 refurbishment...

A £1.7M contribution to expand local schools will be needed if a developer is granted permission to build just over 400 new homes in Fordingbridge, according to Hampshire County Council...

LORD Montagu has paid tribute to Formula 1 racing commentator and New Forest resident Murray Walker – who died at the weekend aged 97 – revealing that his links to the National Motor Museum go back 60 years...

A HANDYMAN convicted of rape, robbery and the murder of four family members in a case dubbed “the Fordingbridge mansion massacre” has applied to the Parole Board for release...

A DEVELOPER has unveiled plans to build 63 new dwellings in Fordingbridge, including 16 designated as “affordable”...

THREE masked burglars stole cash when they carried out a daylight raid on a home in Alderholt, near Fordingbridge ...

NHS staff at a mobile coronavirus testing site in a Fordingbridge car park have been verbally abused by people trying to use the recycling banks...

A 63-HOME development in Fordingbridge was given the green light, despite providing well below the required number of affordable houses and “ruining the setting” of the area...