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Council calls for tighter fireworks rules to protect people and animals

Council calls for tighter fireworks rules to protect people and animals

Public fireworks displays, like those held at Beaulieu, will be "requested" to give forewarning of events NEW Forest District Council has unanimously…


New Forest Volleyball boys put in stellar performance

New Forest Volleyball boys put in stellar performance

New Forest Volleyball U15 boys: (Front row from left) John Cook, Gary Parsons and Jonny Varnish. (Back row from left) Simon Golding (coach), James Langford,…


Council business chief joins calls to stop on-street parking charges

Council business chief joins calls to stop on-street parking charges

Cllr Michael Harris, NFDC's cabinet member for economic development NEW Forest District Council's business chief has joined the campaign to stop on-street…


Chance to win tickets to Los Pacaminos at Christchurch Regent Centre

Chance to win tickets to Los Pacaminos at Christchurch Regent Centre

Los Pacaminos featuring 1980s heart-throb Paul Young Competition closed EIGHTIES teen heart-throb Paul Young will be at Christchurch Regent Centre next…


Travel Club: Experience Puccini Opera Festival in the heart of Tuscany

Travel Club: Experience Puccini Opera Festival in the heart of Tuscany

TORRE DEL LAGO, in the heart of Tuscany, is the magnificent setting for the 66th Puccini Opera Festival. On this four-night, small group tour available…


Museum launches fundraising appeal to expand cultural reach

Museum launches fundraising appeal to expand cultural reach

A DOUBLE campaign has been launched by Lymington ’s St Barbe museum to raise funds and boost public engagement...


Weekend winds of up to 70mph in new Met Office weather warning

Weekend winds of up to 70mph in new Met Office weather warning

The wind conditions are expected to last from Saturday afternoon into Sunday morning (Photo: Met Office) THE New Forest and Christchurch have been included…


'Party mansion' set to go quiet amid battle over noise complaints

'Party mansion' set to go quiet amid battle over noise complaints

The Ringwood 'party house' that was hired out for stag dos and hen parties THE party appears to be over for boisterous stag and hen dos at a Ringwood…


Vandal-hit cricket club bowled over by community support

Vandal-hit cricket club bowled over by community support

Windows were smashed at Paultons Cricket Club by vandals VANDALS caused hundreds of pounds worth of damage smashing their way into Paultons cricket pavilion…


Bid to reopen Waterside railway line wins parish council backing

Bid to reopen Waterside railway line wins parish council backing

There are hopes the scheme would relieve the busy A326 A PARISH council has unanimously backed plans to investigate reopening the Waterside railway line…


Pub shuts for two days to 'fix' zero-rating for food hygiene

Pub shuts for two days to 'fix' zero-rating for food hygiene

The Coach and Horses in Southampton Road, Cadnam A CADNAM pub closed for two days following a food hygiene inspection in which it was given the worst…


Letters: Relocating council depot just moves the traffic problem

Letters: Relocating council depot just moves the traffic problem

SIR - It was with some interest that I read the report of the planned re-siting of the New Forest District Council Claymeadow depot to the Hardley Industrial…


Arts charity launches £100,000 appeal for Living Room dementia space

Arts charity launches £100,000 appeal for Living Room dementia space

A SWAY-based arts and education charity has launched a £100,000 fundraising campaign to transform a disused water tower in the village into a creative space for people with dementia...


Fordingbridge triumph in league and cup double-header

Fordingbridge triumph in league and cup double-header

Fordingbridge RFC's Mark Hammond won the man-of-the-match award in their thrilling double-header against Millbrook Hampshire Premier and Vase: Fordingbridge…


Runner Nicola's fundraising feat at 50 for Oakhaven Hospice

Runner Nicola's fundraising feat at 50 for Oakhaven Hospice

Nicola Leydon Jones ran 250km in 50 days to raise £3,000 for Oakhaven Hospice FOR some, reaching 50 means taking things a little slower. Not so for Nicola…


Cleaner jailed for stealing £28,000 of jewellery from home

Cleaner jailed for stealing £28,000 of jewellery from home

Clair Smith (48) was jailed at Southampton Crown Court for 15 months A WOMAN who stole £28,000 worth of jewellery from a Brockenhurst home where she worked…


Letters: Banning sales of wet wood for burning is ludicrous

Letters: Banning sales of wet wood for burning is ludicrous

SIR - As a resident of the wood-producing New Forest , I would like to question recent actions by the government. We now hear we can no longer burn '…


Fly-tippers linked to crime gangs as public urged to join the fight

Fly-tippers linked to crime gangs as public urged to join the fight

This pile was discovered in Crockford car park, just off the B3054 Lymington to Beaulieu road THE public have been urged to help local councils fight…


Coronavirus: Arnewood School pupils stay home with 'cold' symptoms

Coronavirus: Arnewood School pupils stay home with 'cold' symptoms

Some pupils of The Arnewood School in New Milton have opted to stay home NEW Milton school students suffering cold symptoms after returning from a skiing…


Residents' tax cut reduced as town council hikes share by 50%

Residents' tax cut reduced as town council hikes share by 50%

Bargates in Christchurch CHRISTCHURCH Town Council says it intends to spend a 50% rise in its minority share of the council tax on “driving forward” its…


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