Hythe and Dibden

A Hythe care home installed its very own pub to keep residents happy during lockdown which saw boozers across the country forced to close down.

FIREFIGHTERS had to tackle two blazes on heathland in the New Forest, one of which involved a campfire, during World Earth Day.

A book which tells the tale of a friendly seal has been launched to help raise £10,000 for the under-threat Hythe ferry.

A WOMAN from Hythe has been charged with the murder of a baby whose body was found in woodland last year...

THREE councils have pledged to provide £67,500 of funding to keep the “vital” Hythe ferry afloat...

THE government has not offered any extra cash after the plight of the under-threat Hythe ferry was raised with ministers by New Forest East MP Julian Lewis...

A TEEN from Hythe was one of three arrested after a vehicle was stolen from a home in New Milton...

TWO women were arrested on suspicion of drug dealing in Totton after a vehicle check early this morning (Friday)...

THE community of Hythe is rallying together to save a much-loved passenger ferry service which has been running since 1887...

THE future of Hythe ferry is hanging in the balance as its operator announced it has “run out of money”...

PREPARATIONS are under way in Hampshire for residents to head to the polls on 6th May...

SIX new affordable homes which will be available to rent are to be built in Hythe by New Forest District Council...

SIR Ben Ainslie is perfectly placed in the fight to become the first British team to win the America’s Cup – and a Hythe boat builder has played no small part in that success...

A HYTHE care home has seen its rating downgraded to ‘requires improvement’ over failures in coronavirus testing its residents...

A MOTORIST led police on a pursuit for miles through parts of the New Forest during which he crashed into a house, collided with another car and drove at a group of officers, a court heard...

A NOT-FOR-PROFIT trust has been chosen as the preferred bidder to run the New Forest’s five leisure centres...

THE next stage in a £220,000 project to restore Hythe Pier will focus on its revamping buildings which date as far back as 1894...

PLANS to build four new homes in Dibden Purlieu have been turned down at appeal by a planning inspector for the second time...

A MAN has been arrested in connection with a string of burglaries across the New Forest over a period of two months...

A BRAVE rape victim has revealed her pride at standing up in court to her now-70-year-old attacker who has been jailed for 21 years...