National Park

A PUB landlady who made headlines when she banned kids from her New Forest pub apart from Sunday lunchtimes has now barred them completely.

A CONSERVATORY attached to a home in the national park without authorisation and against policy will not have to be demolished.

A REVAMP of the East Boldre Community Hall has been approved – with villagers saying they are "delighted" at the news.

THE fire service is urging caution in the Forest as summer temperatures climb after it responded to 427 blazes in the open between January and May.

A DEVELOPER wants planning permission to build 62 homes – half of which will be affordable – on agricultural land in Ashurst.

STORED timber harmed beauty of New Forest, a government planning inspector has ruled.

CAMPSITES within the national park should be shut down and relocated if commoning is to survive, a leading New Forest organisation has warned.

A 900-acre estate, complete with a seven bedroom master house, cottages and woods, has hit the market looking for offers in excess of £18m.

PLANS for affordable homes which have divided a New Forest community were refused by the national park authority’s planning committee.

THE New Forest Tour is set to return – giving visitors and residents the chance to enjoy glorious open top bus views of the district.

A footballer who was accused of rape hanged himself on the morning he was due in court, an inquest heard.

TWO deer were saved from "inevitable death" in the New Forest after discarded twine tangled their antlers together.

THE future of a community shop has been secured after the NPA approved plans for it to co-locate in an extension to Boldre War Memorial Hall.

SIGNS warning about the dangers of feeding ponies are set to be installed at strategic locations across the New Forest.

A LARGE woodland blaze firefighters tackled for about 12 hours was among several fires in the open across the New Forest within four days.

THE New Forest National Park Authority has promised to reinstate a planning officer who can be contacted by phone after complaints by residents.

A New Forest volunteer army will increase from 600 to 1,000 if £5,000 is raised by the New Forest Trust and national park authority.

DOG owners should be required to walk their pets on a lead in the New Forest during the bird nesting season, the verderers have declared.

ALL cattle turned out onto the New Forest should be dehorned to protect the public, a commoner has told the Verderers Court.

Well meaning members of the public are putting New Forest livestock at risk, the Official Verderer has warned.