A new care home to be built in Ringwood has had the number of rooms it can offer limited over concerns about its ecological effect on the River Avon.
HEAVY rain and the fuel crisis could not dampen the spirits of local farmers who went head to head in the New Forest’s traditional ploughing match.
A PERSON was hospitalised following a medical emergency which caused long delays on the A31 near Cadnam today (Wednesday).
RINGWOOD will remain without its central post office after the town council declined to relocate a branch at its headquarters.
BRITIAN’S rarest lizards have been released into local heathland as part of a breeding programme to bring them back from the brink of extinction.
TWO trapped animals had to be put down after separate unsuccessful rescue attempts by firefighters at New Forest farms.
FOUR people were arrested following reports of suspected poachers with firearms on land near Fordingbridge.
PUPILS ran for safety as a car crashed into a kerb near Ringwood School after a high-speed cross-county police pursuit of attempted robbery suspects.
A VEHICLE blaze has damaged a section of the A31 near Ringwood, forcing a partial closure for emergency repairs.
THE landlady of The George pub, Fordingbridge, will shut it on Christmas and Boxing days so her staff can have time with their families.
HIGHWAYS England has added three more public consultation sessions on its plans for a £25m overhaul of the A31 near Ringwood.
A NEW courtyard bar has opened at Fordingbridge Farm Shop, with plans already afoot for an expanded menu and open-fire cooking by guest pop-up chefs.
THREE people required treatment by paramedics after a chlorine spillage at the David Lloyd Ringwood gym this afternoon (Tuesday).
UP to 40 jobs could be created if an inland surfing lagoon is built near Ringwood, developers behind the idea have claimed.
