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Cheers to first year of The Wheel Inn community pub

Cheers to first year of The Wheel Inn community pub

The Wheel Inn at Bowling Green, Pennington RE-OPENED by the community a year ago this month, The Wheel Inn at Bowling Green Pennington has been completely…


Mother accused of murdering three-year-old daughter sobs during trial

Mother accused of murdering three-year-old daughter sobs during trial

Bethan Colebourn (3) died in 2017 in Fordingbridge A MOTHER sobbed in the dock as a court heard allegations that she murdered her three-year-old daughter…


Drug dealer killed in 'frenzied' attack by brothers, trial told

Drug dealer killed in 'frenzied' attack by brothers, trial told

Victim Courtney Jones TWO brothers set upon a drug dealer like a “pack of wolves” before stabbing him to death on a driveway, the opening of a murder…


Furious fisherman protest against Hatchet Pond carp removal

Furious fisherman protest against Hatchet Pond carp removal

Hatchet Pond near East Boldre is popular with fishermen FISHERMEN are furious over the removal of carp from a New Forest pond in a bid to improve its…


New Forest rail line reopened after level crossing accident

New Forest rail line reopened after level crossing accident

The wreckage is carried away from the tracks at Brockenhurst level crossing A ROAD accident at Brockenhurst’s level crossing brought services between…


New Forest Hockey Club firsts on fire with big away win

New Forest Hockey Club firsts on fire with big away win

New Forest Hockey Club's teenage star Frankie Robertson was Player of the Match against Aldershot Hants Women’s Division 1: Aldershot & Farnham II…


Brockenhurst FC footballer suspended after drugs revelation

Brockenhurst FC footballer suspended after drugs revelation

Jude Nwachukwu in action for Brockenhurst hours after he was spared an immediate prison term A FOOTBALLER caught with a huge stash of drugs for dealing…


Over 100 back bigger base for New Forest Basics Bank

Over 100 back bigger base for New Forest Basics Bank

The food store at New Forest Basics Bank's HQ behind the United Reformed Church in Lymington MORE than 100 people have written in support of the New Forest…


From Our Files: British Legion buys hall, fire at Fawley, and horse rider prejudice

From Our Files: British Legion buys hall, fire at Fawley, and horse rider prejudice

75 YEARS AGO NEW MILTON branch of the British Legion on Monday approved a scheme for the acquisition of the Public Hall as a British Legion War Memorial…


Walkers warned of dangers of eroding clifftop footpath

Walkers warned of dangers of eroding clifftop footpath

The eroded path at taddiford gap between Barton and Milford (Photo: Mark Janicki) WORSENING erosion of a popular clifftop footpath has prompted fears…


New McLaren grand tourer on the road to the New Forest

New McLaren grand tourer on the road to the New Forest

A camouflaged prototype of the McLaren grand tourer unveiled at the International Geneva Motor Show A NEW McLaren grand tourer promises to redefine the…


Sunseeker co-founder who started out at Christchurch dies aged 75

Sunseeker co-founder who started out at Christchurch dies aged 75

Robert Braithwaite AN icon of the marine industry who started out with his brother in Christchurch before going on to found luxury boat firm Sunseeker…


Public money to revive Saturday bus to boost Lymington market

Public money to revive Saturday bus to boost Lymington market

Lymington market dates back to the 1250s and is held in the High Street every Saturday A BUS service is being reinstated with £16,000 of public subsidy…


New Forest waste chief refuses to rule out wheelie bins to boost recycling

New Forest waste chief refuses to rule out wheelie bins to boost recycling

Wheelie bins divide opinion among New Forest residents WHEELIE bins have not been ruled out by New Forest District Council leaders as a way of boosting…


Driver caught doing over 70mph at New Forest animal accident black-spot

Driver caught doing over 70mph at New Forest animal accident black-spot

The driver was caught on Roger Penny Way between Bramshaw and Hale A DRIVER was caught by police doing over 70mph on one of the New Forest’s worst roads…


Letters: Make roads safer by turning Forest verges into cycle paths

Letters: Make roads safer by turning Forest verges into cycle paths

SIR – There have been numerous articles in the paper about the appalling number of road accidents in the Forest where animals have been hurt and often…


Pure Gould as Bashley beat Brockenhurst with last-minute strike

Pure Gould as Bashley beat Brockenhurst with last-minute strike

Bashley FC celebrate Jessie Gould who scored against Brockenhurst FC with his one and only touch Sydenhams Wessex Premier: Bashley FC 1-0 Brockenhurst…


Homeless support charity shutting down after council axes funding

Homeless support charity shutting down after council axes funding

New Forest Nightstop has been supporting homeless people since 2003 A CHARITY providing emergency shelter and support to homeless people is closing its…


Letters: Seeing red over white vans blocking residents' roads

Letters: Seeing red over white vans blocking residents' roads

SIR – For at least the last two years, residents in Barton-on-Sea and New Milton have been blighted by numerous white vans and sometimes cars being parked…


New Forest Notes: Chris Packham has poked a wasp's nest

New Forest Notes: Chris Packham has poked a wasp's nest

CHRIS PACKHAM’S Inside Out television programme for the BBC on the subject of grazing pressures in the Forest has produced an angry buzzing from the Forest…


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