Hampshire Police

A CAMPAIGN to take unlicensed firearms off the streets saw more than 200 items handed in to Hampshire and Isle of Wight police.

POLICE have identified a suspect after a man exposed himself at a graveyard near Totton.

A WEEK of action to challenge knife crime saw nearly 250 bladed articles handed in to Hampshire police.

POLICE investigating reports of a weapon in Calmore have charged a man.

OLDER drivers are being urged to take advantage of a police help scheme after a 70-year-old plunged his car into the water at Lymington harbour.

TWO teenagers have been arrested after a 15-year-old boy was threatened and assaulted in Fordingbridge town centre.

HAMPSHIRE Constabulary said it was failing to answer 999 calls within target times partly because the public is misusing the emergency service.

FOOTBALL club facilities in Lyndhurst could be closed off to the public unless repeated vandalism is stopped, a frustrated groundsman has warned.

POLICE are hunting vandals who covered the inside of a Totton public toilet block with graffiti.

POLICE will be carrying out spot-checks on repeat domestic abuse perpetrators as part of a move to tackle violence against women.

A BODY was found in the New Forest as police searched for a missing Romsey man.

TWO teenagers have been arrested after New Forest Ice Cream in Lymington was burgled last night (Wednesday).

POLICE seized a van suspected to be linked to a series of flytippings, including about 40 bags of loft insulation dumped on Hythe conservation land.

TWO alleged shoplifters got more than they bargained for when a Brockenhurst store owner gave chase after they raided twice within hours.

POLICE swooped on New Milton Rugby Club’s Ashley field following reports of a group armed with baseball bats.

A BROCKENHURST pensioner’s lifelong hobby could be “out of the window” after thieves smashed into his car and stole £5,000 of fishing gear.

OFFICERS found a haul of cannabis, drug gear and ball bearings in a car which they seized in Christchurch.

NEW research suggests non-white children in Hampshire are up to five times more likely to be stopped and searched compared with white children.

POLICE slammed impatient motorists who sounded their horns at an ambulance blocking a high street as crews battled to save a baby's life.

POLICE are urging people to beware of courier fraud which has claimed hundreds of thousands of pounds in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.