05 March 2021
MOBILE phone network EE has promised to “boost rural connectivity” as it announces the roll-out of 4G across more parts of the New Forest...
18 February 2021
A TWICE-postponed clifftop celebration of the end of the Second World War has now been cancelled due to the pandemic...
31 January 2021
NEW Forest eateries forced to close by the pandemic have been transforming themselves into local produce stores to help them and their communities get through the latest lockdown...
07 December 2020
Forest Edge Care Home in Cadnam (picture: Google) A CADNAM care home has said it will challenge aspects of a below-par rating it was given by the national…
05 December 2020
A GCI of the plans for land at Netley Marsh PLANS to build up to 300 homes near Totton could face a formal objection from Hampshire County Council unless…
05 October 2020
Police have asked for CCTV footage of the area RESIDENTS were threatened with a BB gun as burglars raided a Calmore home last Thursday night. Three men,…
28 September 2020
A CGI of plans for land at Netley Marsh from Bloor Homes and landowner Barker Mills Estates A MAJOR plan to build up to 300 homes – more than a third…
24 June 2020
The flytip at Bartley blocked in residents INVESTIGATIONS have been launched into two large flytips in the New Forest, one of which blocked residents…
18 June 2020
The rubbish blocked the narrow lane POLICE are investigating a “disgusting” fly-tip which was found blocking a narrow road near Netley Marsh . Pictures…
13 February 2020
Nina Bassett has sold Spot in the Woods to Hillbrooke Hotels a year after the death of husband Gerard A POPULAR New Forest eatery has been sold a year…
29 July 2019
William Hirst (4) on one of his family's steam engines GOOD weather helped draw the crowds to this year's Netley Marsh Steam and Craft Show. The popular…
18 June 2019
Cannabis plant off-cuts, fans and heaters were among the dumped waste (Photo: Pete Beech) WASTE suspected to have come from a cannabis factory was found…
14 March 2019
The Spot in the Woods team mark their first year A KITCHEN café, deli and boutique B&B in Woodlands is celebrating its first birthday. Spot in the…
15 February 2019
Currently at Netley Marsh are (from left) Lilian Steinmetz from Germany, Erik Schmidt from Austria and Yvonne Hoffmann, also from Austria THE future of…
25 January 2019
French-born Gerard Basset has died aged 61 “A STAR player”, “world class”, and a “shining example” – those were the tributes paid from around the globe…
13 November 2018
Nina and Gerard Basset who own New Forest eatery and B&B Spot in the Woods THE wife of one of the world’s leading wine experts who runs a popular…
14 September 2018
Former Busketts Lawn Hotel owner Linda Hayes SCORES of well-wishers attended the funeral of Linda Hayes, the former proprietor of Busketts Lawn Hotel…
06 July 2018
Spot in the Woods in Woodlands Road, Netley Marsh I SHOULD declare an interest in Spot in the Woods. I washed pots and waited tables there as a teenager…
16 February 2018
House blueprints and construction plans (stock image) BUILDING 10 homes on a farm in Netley Marsh has been blocked after nearly 90 people objected to…
