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Pupils evacuated as school installs air quality alarms to stop spread of Covid

Pupils evacuated as school installs air quality alarms to stop spread of Covid

PUPILS have twice been evacuated from classrooms at a New Forest school after air monitors indicated the potential for a build-up of coronavirus...


Armed police arrest man after reports of knife threats at Christchurch home

Armed police arrest man after reports of knife threats at Christchurch home

ARMED police arrested a man after a woman was allegedly threatened at knifepoint in a Christchurch home this afternoon (Wednesday)...


Driver seriously ill after collapsing at wheel and crashing into house

Driver seriously ill after collapsing at wheel and crashing into house

A MOTORIST is seriously ill in hospital after a car ploughed into a parked vehicle and a house in Totton last night (Tuesday)...


Row over plan to replace Eling toll bridge staff with automated barrier

Row over plan to replace Eling toll bridge staff with automated barrier

A ROW over a suggestion that the staff who man the historic toll bridge at Eling could be replaced with an automated barrier has resulted in a petition with more than 800 signatures...


Totton scaffolder punched a man so hard he lost his sense of taste and smell

Totton scaffolder punched a man so hard he lost his sense of taste and smell

A SCAFFOLDER has been given six months to save up compensation or face jail for punching a man so hard he suffered a brain haemorrhage and lost his sense of taste and smell...


Man arrested over armed raid on woman's home

Man arrested over armed raid on woman's home

A MAN has been arrested after knife-wielding raiders forced their way into a woman’s home in Fawley...


New licence considered for allowing events on Mudeford Quay

New licence considered for allowing events on Mudeford Quay

A NEW licence to allow events at Mudeford Quay is being considered by councillors as part of work to bring BCP Council ’s existing agreements into line...


New Forest Covid update: Two deaths for second week running

New Forest Covid update: Two deaths for second week running

FOR the second week running there have been two new weekly coronavirus deaths in the New Forest, according in the Office for National Statistics (ONS)...


Temporary New Forest campsites face crackdown over wildlife concerns

Temporary New Forest campsites face crackdown over wildlife concerns

POP-UP campsites in the New Forest are facing a crackdown by the national park authority, despite warnings the move could worsen the problem of wild camping...


Appeal over jail sentence given to man who caused crash which killed Totton mum-of-three

Appeal over jail sentence given to man who caused crash which killed Totton mum-of-three

A TOTTON man who fled a crash which killed a mum-of-three could have his six-year sentence extended after a complaint was lodged about the length of the prison term...


Motorcyclist seriously injured in crash on Christchurch main road

Motorcyclist seriously injured in crash on Christchurch main road

A MOTORCYCLIST was badly hurt in a collision with a car on a main road in Christchurch yesterday (Monday) morning...


Village Co-op set to reopen after closing for five months in £1m revamp

Village Co-op set to reopen after closing for five months in £1m revamp

BRANSGORE’S Co-op is set to reopen tomorrow (Wednesday) after a £1m revamp...


Driver arrested after Ringwood cyclist suffers life-threatening injuries in crash

Driver arrested after Ringwood cyclist suffers life-threatening injuries in crash

A CYCLIST from Ringwood was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a collision with a car last night (Monday)...


Woman charged with murdering baby boy found in Hythe woodland

Woman charged with murdering baby boy found in Hythe woodland

A WOMAN from Hythe has been charged with the murder of a baby whose body was found in woodland last year...


Plans for nearly 500 homes on fields at the edge of Ringwood

Plans for nearly 500 homes on fields at the edge of Ringwood

PLANS have been unveiled by a developer to build nearly 500 homes over fields on the edge of Ringwood ...


Hunt for man who kicked 13-year-old girl off her bike and threatened her with a knife on Highcliffe path

Hunt for man who kicked 13-year-old girl off her bike and threatened her with a knife on Highcliffe path

POLICE are hunting a man who kicked a 13-year-old girl off her bicycle on a Highcliffe path, and booted her in the stomach before threatening her with a knife...


Man admits carrying out seven New Forest burglaries

Man admits carrying out seven New Forest burglaries

A MAN has admitted carrying out seven burglaries in the New Forest in just under four weeks...


'This is far from over' – Southampton Airport bosses will have to convince full council over runway extension plans after committee rejection

'This is far from over' – Southampton Airport bosses will have to convince full council over runway extension plans after committee rejection

AFTER two days and almost 17 hours of debate, civic chiefs decided to put the brakes on plans to expand the runway at Southampton Airport...


Fire destroys roof of home in New Forest village

Fire destroys roof of home in New Forest village

FIREFIGHTERS battled through the night to contain a large fire at a Pilley home – which destroyed the property’s roof...


How you can register to vote in local elections on 6th May

How you can register to vote in local elections on 6th May

MAKE sure you are registered to vote – that is the call from local councils ahead of elections on 6th May...


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