New Forest

QUEEN’S platinum jubilee event organisers in the New Forest are urged to alert firefighters to any planned beacon lightings to avoid false alarms.

GRANTS of up to £5,000 and free bus passes are being made available for Ukrainian refugees to help them settle in Hampshire.

FENCES alongside the A35 need replacing or hungry animals could cause a hazard to motorists, a parish councillor warned.

NEW research suggests non-white children in Hampshire are up to five times more likely to be stopped and searched compared with white children.

POLICE are urging people to beware of courier fraud which has claimed hundreds of thousands of pounds in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

THE "biggest" single commercial investment by New Forest District Council has been signed off by the ruling cabinet.

A REQUEST to plant a dozen oak trees in Burley to commemorate the Queen’s platinum jubilee has been thrown out by the verderers for a second time.

THUNDER could be on its way back to the New Forest and Christchurch this evening (Wednesday) with the Met Office issuing another yellow warning.

RESIDENTS without a suitable form of ID will have to apply to New Forest District Council for a special voter card later this year.

RISING costs in the construction industry mean Hampshire County Council is set to lose millions of pounds via ongoing projects.

HAMPSHIRE officers are gearing up for a week-long crackdown on knife crime.

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.

A SUSPECTED drug-driver was arrested as police joined another multi-agency speeding crackdown on a notorious Forest animal accident black spot route.

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.

FIREFIGHTERS rescued a horse which became stuck in a drainage channel on marshland near Buckler's Hard.

THE NPA’s appeals system is set for an overhaul after its refusal to allow an extension to a Forest mansion was thrown out by a government inspector.

THERE could be a day-long royal pardon on parking fees for towns and villages hosting Queen’s platinum jubilee celebrations.

VIRTUAL reality is helping foster carers in Hampshire to understand how young people experience trauma.

GRANTS of up to £5,000 are up for grabs for projects aimed at looking after the New Forest.

FORTY vans were stopped and a driver arrested as police and local authorities carried out another anti-flytipping operation in Lyndhurst.