Lyndhurst

A LIBRARY run by volunteers will offer only children’s books when it opens in Lyndhurst in September after the branch was shut nearly two years ago.

A MOTORIST was warned his car could be seized after his passenger hurled abuse at schoolchildren waiting at a Lyndhurst bus stop.

AN ice cream van at a New Forest's landmark has been given the cold shoulder by local businesses who have accused it of stealing their trade.

A NEW Forest motorist who was caught speeding on the same stretch of motorway three times has been disqualified from driving for three months.

THE New Forest’s leading conservation group has made fresh calls for Forestry England to permanently close at least three campsites.

POLICE are carrying out high-visibility patrols in Lyndhurst after a naked man was spotted walking around the golf course.

A MOTORIST was hospitalised following a two-vehicle collision which partially blocked a stretch of the A35 at Lyndhurst yesterday.

A VAN was destroyed in a blaze which blocked a stretch of the A31 at Minstead yesterday morning.

HOW hot it's likely to get locally as the mercury is set to hit the 30s around the country this week, according to the Met Office.

FOOTBALL club facilities in Lyndhurst could be closed off to the public unless repeated vandalism is stopped, a frustrated groundsman has warned.

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

A POPULAR New Forest garden that supports people with learning disabilities has opened a new footbridge to mark its 100th anniversary.

TWO teenagers have been arrested after New Forest Ice Cream in Lymington was burgled last night (Wednesday).

A LYNDHURST man who had been due to have a council funeral was given a spectacular high street send-off after a local funeral director stepped in.

POLICE slammed impatient motorists who sounded their horns at an ambulance blocking a high street as crews battled to save a baby's life.

BEING involved in the supply of around £32,500 of cannabis landed a New Forest man with a suspended prison sentence.

THEY were the lumberjills: members of the Women’s Timber Corps launched 80 years ago which sent hundreds to work in the New Forest during WWII.

PLANS to turn a former B&B into a home for people with mental illness have been thrown into doubt amid competing proposals winning the green light.

NESTLED in the idyllic grounds of Lyndhurst’s Lime Wood Hotel, Raw and Cured restaurant has recently reworked its superfood-inspired menu

PEOPLE are urged to look out for a “reasonably unique” clock being offered for sale after burglars stole it from a Lyndhurst home.