Health

ORGANISATIONS which can offer advice and support to vulnerable families are eligible to apply for a grant from Hampshire County Council.

WORKING parents can find the six-week school holiday a costly struggle but there's extra help out there, says HMRC, and here's what's available.

THE urgent treatment centre at Lymington hospital will close three hours early today (Tuesday) due to staff shortages.

PARENTS are being told to check immunisations are up to date after sewage samples detected polio virus, but what is the infection and who is at risk?

A DARING Dorset woman is is skydiving to raise hundreds for the children's hospice which supports her terminally ill daughter.

THE first of the government's cost-of-living support payments will begin dropping into people's accounts in July, but who'll get the money and when?

MORE than 770,000 people are missing out on more than £1.7 billion in unclaimed pension credits – are you one of them?

GASPING in glee, Georgia Phillpot blows kisses at a poster with her photo on it, announcing her as the face of a nationwide cancer charity campaign.

A NEW corporate initiative has been launched to raise £30,000 for Oakhaven Hospice in its 30th year.

CHRISTCHURCH MP Sir Chris Chope received a slap on the wrist from over his claim more than 10,000 people had reacted badly to Covid jabs.

LOCAL households are feeling the squeeze from the cost-of-living crisis as a New Forest charity reported a threefold rise in people asking for help.

WAVING his hands with glee and his face lit up with a beaming smile, Harry Hughes celebrates his first birthday like any other little baby his age.

A MILFORD youngster with a broken leg was turned away from hospital after his parents were forced to drive him due to a six-hour ambulance delay.

PROJECTS helping households facing food and fuel poverty across Hampshire, particularly in rural areas, can now apply for county council grants.

FURTHER cuts to Hampshire County Council’s social care budget could end up doing more financial harm than good, opponents have warned.

MEMBERSHIP at the New Forest’s five public leisure centres are down by nearly a fifth on pre-Covid levels, it has emerged.

THE boss of Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust has admitted there is "more learning to do" after a concerning inspection report earlier this year.

WITH seven cases of monkeypox now in the UK, health officials admit there could be community transmission, and say they're urgently investigating.

A ONCE failing New Milton care home has achieved a turnaround to be praised as ‘good’ by the national watchdog.

THE Prince of Wales paid a visit to hospital staff in honour of their work during the pandemic and to open a garden in memory of former colleagues