Totton and Waterside

COMPLETING the legal agreement for the Fawley Waterside development was compared to a Charles Dickens novel due to the length of time it is taking.

DIVERSIONS will be in place on sections of the A326 from tonight (Monday) due to resurfacing work.

CONTROVERSY over the sacking of P&O Ferries staff could scupper a major firm’s potential involvement in the Solent Freeport, it has emerged.

THE flagship Solent Freeport project has moved a step closer after New Forest district councillors backed its progression to the next phase.

A TOTTON man was among three people arrested following a cross-border police pursuit after a car theft in Hampshire and garage raid in Dorset.

THE reintroduction of Waterside railway passenger service will only happen if it represents good value for taxpayers, a government minister has said.

TWO New Forest charities received early Christmas presents with successful funding drives netting well over £1m between them.

THE bill for widening the A326 could spiral beyond £15m worth of funding, concerned waterside councillor David Harrison has claimed.

HAMPSHIRE County Council has selected an improvement plan for the A326 which will kick into gear if it is granted millions in government funding.

NEW Forest East MP Julian Lewis has concerns over the planned reintroduction of the Waterside railway passenger service.

FIREFIGHTERS battled a blaze which broke out in the bedroom of a home in St Francis Road, Langley, near Blackfield, on Sunday morning.

PLANS for a low-tax freeport on the Waterside should be dropped, according to a councillor, after its effectiveness was questioned by a report.

WATCH the moment the final stage in the demolition of Fawley power station took place.

CAMPAIGNERS for reopening the Waterside railway line are celebrating after the chancellor allocated £7m for the project in the budget this week.

A CALMORE woman was found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to a horse while loading it into a horse box.

TRAFFIC schemes to improve bus service reliability and journey times on the Waterside are being looked at by Hampshire County Council.

HAMPSHIRE County Council has given the green light to start work on the third phase of the £25m refurbishment of the A35 Redbridge flyover.

A PERSISTENT Holbury shoplifter who stole hundreds of pounds of goods while serving a court order has been banned from four stores.

PARENTS will be banned from dropping off their children outside a Holbury school under a new pilot scheme tackling safety issues.

MORE cycle paths are planed to connect the New Forest to Southampton in a bid to get people out on their bikes.