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Letters: Can you help New Milton Stroke Group?

Letters: Can you help New Milton Stroke Group?

SIR – Since the start of the new year, the New Milton Stroke Group has been unexpectedly hit with the loss of three voluntary helpers, which is throwing…


New Forest car parks closure warning

New Forest car parks closure warning

Longslade Heath car park near Sway SOME New Forest car parks could be shut as part of an ongoing high-profile recreation masterplan, a Brockenhurst councillor…


Fire-breathing Dragon Patcher has potholes licked, says county council

Fire-breathing Dragon Patcher has potholes licked, says county council

A 'dragon patcher' shows its pothole-fixing flame THE first of two new fire-breathing "dragon patcher" road repair machines has arrived for speedy mending…


Brockenhurst FC star spared jail over £12,000 cannabis haul

Brockenhurst FC star spared jail over £12,000 cannabis haul

Jude Nwachukwu plays for Brockenhurst FC A BROCKENHURST FC player who was caught with more than £12,000 worth of cannabis for dealing has narrowly avoided…


Man found dead at New Forest beauty spot

Man found dead at New Forest beauty spot

Setley Pond, off Jealous Lane at Battramsley, near Lymington PARAMEDICS and police rushed to Setley Pond in the New Forest after a man was found dead…


Advertising watchdog probes Ringwood Mega Home draw complaints

Advertising watchdog probes Ringwood Mega Home draw complaints

Sharon and Mark Beresford at their £3m luxury Huf Haus home in Ringwood AN investigation has been launched after a couple kept over £600,000 worth of…


Man saved from freezing sea in dramatic RNLI rescue off Avon beach

Man saved from freezing sea in dramatic RNLI rescue off Avon beach

The RNLI lifeboat looks for casualties in the sea off Avon Beach (Photo: Diarmuid Murphy) A MAN who fell into the freezing sea off Avon beach yesterday…


New Milton's first youth services summit hailed 'great success'

New Milton's first youth services summit hailed 'great success'

Insp. Scott Beney from the New Forest Neighbourhood Policing Team address the meeting THE first youth services conference organised by New Milton Town…


Christchurch FC dig deep for share of the points with high flyers Horndean

Christchurch FC dig deep for share of the points with high flyers Horndean

Christchurch FC goal scorer Ash Pope in action against Horndean FC Sydenhams Wessex Premier: Christchurch FC 1-1 Horndean FC A CHRISTCHURCH FC side, missing…


Police hunting on-the-run stalker with links to New Forest

Police hunting on-the-run stalker with links to New Forest

John Henry Bond is wanted by police A HUNT has been launched for a man wanted in connection with serious harassment and stalking offences who has links…


Drugs and weapons seized in police raid on New Forest home

Drugs and weapons seized in police raid on New Forest home

Some of the weapons found at the property (Photo: Hampshire Police) TWO people were arrested after police seized a haul of suspected class A drugs, as…


The new Lookout cafe in Lepe eyes national design award

The new Lookout cafe in Lepe eyes national design award

The cafe is part of the new Lepe visitor centre (Photo: Jim Stephenson) THE new Lookout cafe at Lepe Country Park, which was part of a recent £2.9m refurbishment,…


MP wades into row with government over Redbridge causeway repair funds

MP wades into row with government over Redbridge causeway repair funds

Hampshire County Council leader Cllr Roy Perry has urged the government to provide funding for the Redbridge causeway A NEW FOREST MP has waded into the…


Nursing home rated 'inadequate' by inspectors for second time

Nursing home rated 'inadequate' by inspectors for second time

Colbury House Nursing and Residential Home in Hill Street, Calmore A CARE home which supports older people including some with dementia and physical disabilities…


New Forest council tax payers facing £70 hike in Band D bills

New Forest council tax payers facing £70 hike in Band D bills

New Forest District Council's Appletree Court HQ in Lyndhurst NEW FOREST residents are facing an increase of more than £70 in their council tax bill from…


Letters: Cycling a bumpy road towards pothole justice

Letters: Cycling a bumpy road towards pothole justice

SIR – Whilst cycling along Cliff Road from Milford-on-Sea towards Barton last July, I encountered a pothole (well I thought it was a pothole) that caused…


From Our Files: a soldier writes, a model sleeper, and too few police in Brockenhurst...

From Our Files: a soldier writes, a model sleeper, and too few police in Brockenhurst...

75 YEARS AGO SIR – I am writing these few lines to tell you how much I appreciate the old New Milton Advertiser. I have it sent to me every week, and…


Barrister begins US jail term amid appeal launch

Barrister begins US jail term amid appeal launch

Barrister Michael Little started his 20-month sentence in a US prison this week A BARRISTER who was found guilty of fraudulently trying to hide $14m in…


New Forest District Council worst in the country for housing delivery, says government

New Forest District Council worst in the country for housing delivery, says government

New Forest District Council managed to provide just 35% of its assessed need over three years NEW FOREST District Council has been ordered to find more…


New Milton Men's Shed group get to work finding new home

New Milton Men's Shed group get to work finding new home

THE team behind a New Milton community project aimed at reducing loneliness and isolation among older men are hoping to find a suitable site to set up…


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