Hordle

A FAMILY-owned garden centre is celebrating its roots with a series of events to mark its 100th birthday.

BEACH hut owners successfully persuaded New Forest District Council to make a smaller increase in their annual site charges.

A DEVASTATED animal rescue centre boss has revealed how thieves torched a cattery containing three animals.

A PLAN to allow six “self-build” starter homes on the site of a former turkey farm in the greenbelt has sparked objections in Hordle.

A MOTORIST was forced to take cover in a pub after his car was shot at with ball bearings as he drove through Hordle.

A HORDLE couple have turned their passion for producing traditional cider into a booming business with the launch of a new microbrewery and bar.

A CHRISTMAS horse parade around Hordle this year was extra special for organiser Kelly Adam.

AFTER years spent managing wild fisheries, Rob Blyth-Skyrme is now on a mission to make it easier to eat sustainably caught fish from local seas.

A MILFORD man has been arrested after an incident at Hordle's Premier Inn yesterday (Thursday) afternoon.

ATTACKING a woman resulted in a Hordle man being banned from contacting her for two years when he appeared before magistrates.

A HORDLE pigeon keeper was told to pay nearly £1,000 in fines and costs after he admitted breaking an order to quieten a flock living in his garden.

TWO green-fingered teenagers have scooped a prize at the Chelsea Flower Show after entering the prestigious event for the first time.

A PILATES instructor was spat and sworn at when yobs disrupted her class at a New Forest community hall.

A BID has been approved by New Forest District Council to build five homes on agricultural land in Hordle.

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy led a worried neighbour to the body of his father who had been dead for hours after a huge overdose of ecstasy, an inquest heard.

FOUR New Forest communities left without a permanent post offices are set to be visited by a weekly mobile service.

MORE funding will have to be found if projects to protect the local coastline are to go ahead, civic chiefs have warned.

A SURGE in Covid-19 cases has forced Hordle Primary School & Nursery to shut to all but the children of key workers for the rest of the summer term.

POLICE were alerted after a huge blaze which engulfed an old nursery and greenhouse in the New Forest last night (Tuesday).

CHILDREN'S lives would be put at risk under proposals to scrap school crossing patrols to save £1.1m, the New Forest Liberal Democrats have warned.