Hythe and Dibden

A HOMESICK horse is one of the problems vet Kate McMorris has had to contend with during her solo charity ride from John O’Groats to Lands End.

POLICE have released a CCTV image of a man they want to find after radios were stolen from Hythe Ferry and Hythe Pier in the early hours.

TWO days of celebrations are planned to mark the centenary of the Hythe pier railway next month.

OUTRAGED parents have accused a New Forest school of humiliating pupils by forcing anyone not in “perfect” uniform to enter through a “gate of shame”.

DIBDEN Golf Centre has been given a temporary £50,000 annual rent reduction by New Forest District Council to help it recover from the pandemic.

FROM street parties to Spitfire flypasts, as well as community picnics, children’s events and tree planting ceremonies.

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

WORK has begun to restore Hythe Pier's historic train track following a successful appeal for donations.

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.

SAVING two swimmers from drowning off Lepe beach earned an army captain a special commendation from the Queen.

A SPECIAL committee could be set up to monitor four New Forest neighbourhoods ranked in the top 20% nationwide for income deprivation.

THREE people were arrested after a hit-and-run collision involving a car that hurt a cyclist and brought down power lines in Twiggs Lane, Marchwood.

A GROUP of pupils from the Waterside have won an award for their invention of a nutrition bar designed to help feed the world’s poorest people.

A DIBDEN Purlieu school was described as having "limitless" ambition by Ofsted inspectors who rated it 'outstanding'.

ALL jobs at seven local McColl's branches have been saved after Morrisons won a battle to buy the chain.

A MAN has been arrested in connection with a crash on the A326 Marchwood bypass which claimed the life of a mum-of-five.

PLANNING permission is being sought for a new pavilion at a sports club in Holbury to support a local junior cricket team.

A MAJOR retailer with seven local stores, including three in New Milton, has entered administration, bosses have confirmed.

A FIREFIGHTER has slammed the “selfish” dumping of a leaking fuel tank which could have posed a fire and environmental risk in the New Forest.

A FORMER police station in Hythe is at the centre of a struggle between New Forest District Council and a retirement developer.