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Lockdown warnings ignored as holiday visitors flock to Forest and beach

Lockdown warnings ignored as holiday visitors flock to Forest and beach

Lockdown breach at Highcliffe Beach (picture: Dorset Police) DESPITE warnings not to visit the New Forest and Christchurch during the holiday weekend,…


Police officer from New Forest due in court on murder charge

Police officer from New Forest due in court on murder charge

A POLICE officer from the New Forest has been charged with murder following the death of a woman following an attack at a pub near Christchurch...


Swan rescued after crash-landing onto pub roof

Swan rescued after crash-landing onto pub roof

The swan refused to come down from the roof of Ye Old George pub in Christchurch (picture: RSPCA) A SWAN had to be rescued by the RSPCA after it crash-landed…


Security drafted in as drivers queue for hours at reopened local tips

Security drafted in as drivers queue for hours at reopened local tips

The queue at Marchwood recycling centre yesterday (picture: Cllr Richard Young) SECURITY guards were drafted in at tips across Dorset and Hampshire yesterday…


Factory scoops 'highest UK award' for business success

Factory scoops 'highest UK award' for business success

Silclear is based on the Gore Road industrial estate A NEW Milton factory which supplies silicon products internationally for dairy and medical industries…


Businesses facing 'desperate situation' as lockdown survey reveals closure fears

Businesses facing 'desperate situation' as lockdown survey reveals closure fears

About six out of 10 businesses in Hampshire say they are at risk of going under FIRMS are facing a “desperate situation”, the chairman of the New Forest…


PICTURE GALLERY: Local VE Day 75th anniversary celebrations

PICTURE GALLERY: Local VE Day 75th anniversary celebrations

COMMUNITIES across the area celebrated VE Day on Friday with socially distanced street parties and the laying of wreaths...


Occupants escape car before it bursts into flames

Occupants escape car before it bursts into flames

Firefighters tackle the car ablaze in Gore Road (picture: Hampshire police) A CAR’S occupants fled to safety as it burst into flames on a New Milton road…


Do you recognise this man? Police release picture after Dibden Purlieu incidents

Do you recognise this man? Police release picture after Dibden Purlieu incidents

POLICE would like to speak to this man about a series of incidents on one day in Dibden Purlieu last week...


Homes evacuated after wartime shell found in garden

Homes evacuated after wartime shell found in garden

The shell is destroyed at Bracklesham Bay (photo: Ack Crown) HOMES were evacuated after a resident found an unexploded wartime shell in a neighbour’s…


Ferndown Golf club together for charity

Ferndown Golf club together for charity

Peter Alliss last year when he presented disabled youngsters with mobility aids. The lockdown has prevented many things from happening, but the Peter…


Forest currency trader takes £3.5bn fraud conviction case to highest US court

Forest currency trader takes £3.5bn fraud conviction case to highest US court

Mark Johnson was convicted in 2018 NEW Forest currency trader Mark Johnson has gone to the highest court in the United States – the Supreme Court – in…


Crime figures – surge in violent offences and harassment, but local police forces better than national average

Crime figures – surge in violent offences and harassment, but local police forces better than national average

Both Dorset and Hampshire police forces were under the national average recorded crime rise of 4% THE annual rise in recorded crime in Hampshire and Dorset…


Former 'walking heart attack' urges others not to ignore health concerns during lockdown

Former 'walking heart attack' urges others not to ignore health concerns during lockdown

Ian Prentice thought he was having a reaction to a change in medication A MAN described as a “walking heart attack waiting to happen” has urged people…


Pre-school given green light for new £60,000 building

Pre-school given green light for new £60,000 building

Brockenhurst Primary School is set to host the pre-school BROCKENHURST Pre-School has been given a boost in its battle for survival after its desired…


Town launches lockdown virtual youth club

Town launches lockdown virtual youth club

The youth club has launched a 'doorstep skateboarding' contest SUPPORT for youngsters in New Milton is taking a step into the virtual world during the…


Letter: We need more than science

Letter: We need more than science

SIR – We are continually told that the government has “followed the science” in these “unprecedented times”. We pay government to lead, not follow. Science…


Restaurant offers diners a table despite the lockdown

Restaurant offers diners a table despite the lockdown

The Raj in Old Milton Green parade, New Milton A RESTAURANT has sparked anger for flouting lockdown rules by remaining open to occasional diners during…


Council boss fears government won't help authority fill £30m coronavirus hole

Council boss fears government won't help authority fill £30m coronavirus hole

BCP faces a £30m shortfall thanks to the pandemic THE leader of BCP Council has said she fears local authorities may be forced themselves to fill multi-million-pound…


Fantastic Mrs Fox gives wildlife trackers the runaround with 25km journey across New Forest in one day

Fantastic Mrs Fox gives wildlife trackers the runaround with 25km journey across New Forest in one day

Foxes like this one are monitored through GPS tracking by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust. WILDLIFE experts were left foxed after a voyaging…


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