Hythe and Dibden

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.

ATTACKING a police officer while on a suspended sentence for an identical offence landed a Hythe man with a 12-week prison term.

ARMED police arrested a man following reports of threats involving a firearm in Dibden Purlieu last night (Wednesday).

WATER refill stations have been installed across the New Forest in an effort to entice people back onto the high street.

MOTORISTS escaped serious injury following a three-vehicle collision which partially closed the A326 at Holbury for five hours.

THREE people were arrested after armed police responded to an incident at a Hythe home.

THREE teenagers have been arrested after a knifepoint robbery in Fawley last night (Thursday).

ACTIVISTS from Extinction Rebellion have blocked an entrance to the Fawley refinery this morning (Friday) as part of a nationwide protest.

DIVERSIONS will be in place on sections of the A326 from tonight (Monday) due to resurfacing work.

AN apprentice butcher from the Waterside has been presented with a national award by Princess Anne.