Sway

A NEW temporary postmaster has been found to run Sway's post office, meaning it will not close its doors on Monday, as was planned.

TWO people escaped serious injury after a car rolled on a road through Sway weeks after warnings about the route's safety.

HUNDREDS of spectators lined a 26-mile forest route to cheer on a tractor run organised by Brockenhurst Young Farmers.

AN artisan New Forest jam maker says she is still “pinching myself” after she was approached to supply one of the most iconic names in hospitality.

PLANS for 46 homes on former greenbelt land do not meet local needs and should be completely revised, Sway Parish Council has warned.

DRIVERS face three months of disruption on one of the New Forest’s main arteries when the A35 completely shuts for bridge replacement work.

THE devastated wife of a Sway man killed in a fatal collision has said she is "relieved" the driver admitted causing his death by careless driving.

A MAN has been arrested after a New Milton shopkeeper tried to stop a suspected shoplifter leaving the store.

THE former leader of NFDC was hit with a £3,000 court bill while his brother was spared jail for both flouting environmental laws.

IT is fitting that in the 30th anniversary year of Marlings' first harvest, the Sway vineyard has taken home two global awards.

RAIL travel in the New Forest will be disrupted this week with five days of line closures starting today (Monday).

SWAY residents are being urged to attend a public meeting over plans for 46 new homes on former green belt land.

THE former leader of NFDC and his brother were slammed by a judge for failing to meet a six-month deadline to clear up their “dangerous” scrapyard.

A HERD of stunning New Forest topiary animals will be making their debut at the world-famous RHS Chelsea Flower Show next week.

THE inquest of an 87-year-old Sway man who died by suicide in the Solent was told how pandemic restrictions had left him depressed.

SWAY Carnival parade will not go ahead this year but the village has managed to enjoy a full week of celebrations to make up for the disappointment.

FENCING put up to protect horse riders on a railway bridge has been branded “ugly as sin” by a resident who is campaigning for it to be removed.

A MOTORIST has appeared in court accused of causing the death of a popular Sway family man by dangerous driving.

A FORMER Flying Squad detective has described how he saved a woman’s life by prising her partner’s fingers from her throat as he strangled her.

THE trial of a Sway man accused of attempted murder collapsed this morning (Tuesday) after it emerged he died at the weekend...