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Friday, 24th November
New Forest District Council to spend more than £213,000 from Contain Outbreak Management Fund on St George's Hall in Calshot (Advertiser and Times)
His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire Nigel Atkinson cuts ribbon at Sopley's new Coronation Bridge before drinks at Woolpack Inn (Advertiser and Times)
Almost £151 million from failed HS2 scheme set aside to repair and maintain roads in Hampshire and BCP (Advertiser and Times)
Ofsted says Wildground Infant School could be graded 'outstanding' at next inspection (Advertiser and Times)
Thursday, 23rd November
Lymington violinist Rose Gosney appointed new leader of National Youth Orchestra ahead of a concert at St Thomas's Church (Advertiser and Times)
Police seek witnesses and mobile phone, doorbell camera or dash cam footage after tools stolen in business raid in Long Lane area of Holbury (Advertiser and Times)
Byron Road Christmas lights 2023 - scaled back display to raise funds for Oakhaven Hospice (Advertiser and Times)
Wednesday, 22nd November
Pair suffer smoke inhalation in house fire at Flaxfields End, Fordingbridge (Advertiser and Times)
Car believed to be involved in fatal New Forest pig hit-and-run is seized by police in Southampton (Advertiser and Times)
Lymington sculptor Michael Turner raises more than £6,500 for the Royal British Legion with community treasure hunt and auction of stainless steel poppies (Advertiser and Times)
Double yacht rescue by Lymington RNLI showcased on the BBC's Saving Lives at Sea (Advertiser and Times)
Oakhaven Hospice seeks planning permission from NFDC to build extension for six en-suite bedrooms and a training centre (Advertiser and Times)
Tuesday, 21st November
Two Dibden Purlieu residents among nine charged over disorder after Premier League football game Southampton vs Tottenham Hotspur (Advertiser and Times)
Planning inspector grants retrospective permission for Paysanne at Godshill, near Fordingbridge (Advertiser and Times)
One speeder ticketed in New Forest crackdown at Matley Wood, between Lyndhurst and Beaulieu, was caught by police in previous campaign (Advertiser and Times)
Cow and pony destroyed after New Forest hit-and-run incidents (Advertiser and Times)
Wanted: Police believe shopliftings suspect Joseph Arnold is in Totton (Advertiser and Times)
Monday, 20th November
Lymington paedophile Martin Davidson has avoided an immediate jail sentence after a judge ruled he did not intend to share indecent images (Advertiser and Times)
Haul of suspected class A drugs seized in raid on home at Pembridge House on Salisbury Road in Fordingbridge (Advertiser and Times)
CCTV appeal: woman sought after £22 diffuser stolen from Between the Lines gift shop on Lymington High Street (Advertiser and Times)
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance receives £40,000 from Totton woman whose life the charity saved after she was struck by a car (Advertiser and Times)
Friday, 17th November
CCTV: Police seek woman over theft of £170 jewellery from the Frock Shop in Lymington (Advertiser and Times)
Train fault causes disruption for South Western Railway travellers between Christchurch and Brockenhurst (Advertiser and Times)
Thursday, 16th November
Lymington Harbour Commissioners defend boat fire operation after 'pollution' criticism (Advertiser and Times)
Burglars steal Kubota U10-3 mini-diggers worth tens of thousands on Mount Pleasant Lane in Lymington (Advertiser and Times)
New Forest District Council defends renovations at Robertshaw House in Lyndhurst as tenant blasts unsafe work (Advertiser and Times)
Failing National Trust urged to engage with commoners (Advertiser and Times)
Lymington man Jeffrey Loader fined for tractor driving offences by Southampton magistrates (Advertiser and Times)
Rev. John Reeve to run Valencia marathon in a bid to raise £3,000 to repair the floor of St Matthew's Church, Netley Marsh (Advertiser and Times)
Wednesday, 15th November
BT customers in Sway left isolated as fault in Openreach network knocks out landlines (Advertiser and Times)
Amnesty bins in Brockenhurst and Totton as part of police knife crime crackdown Operation Sceptre (Advertiser and Times)
New Forest National Park Authority elects new chairman David Bence and vice-chair Victoria Mander (Advertiser and Times)
'Right place, right time' as police catch suspected shoplifter while in store on Southampton Road in Ringwood (Advertiser and Times)
Three ponies die in a week following New Forest collisions (Advertiser and Times)
Burton Post Office faces closure as postmaster Gilly Cole steps down after 17 years (Advertiser and Times)
Tuesday, 14th November
Highcliffe shoplifter Joshua Crichton ordered by Southampton magistrates to compensate Waitrose after stealing bottles of Jack Daniels, Bushmills, Hennessey and Laurent Perrier (Advertiser and Times)
Totton stalker George Summerbell jailed for plaguing woman with messages and calls and damaging front door (Advertiser and Times)
Monday, 13th November
CCTV appeal: police seek man after £150 trainers stolen from Rohan shop on Lymington High Street (Advertiser and Times)
Paralympian Aaron Phipps opens £4.9million hub for students with special needs at Brockenhurst College (Advertiser and Times)
Former Ashurst Hospital site to be redeveloped (Advertiser and Times)
New Forest District Council approves application by Cala Homes Ltd for 198 new dwellings on land north of Station Road, Fordingbridge (Advertiser and Times)
Thursday, 9th November
Under-threat Applemore and Waterside Swimming Club confirms it has been given the green light to continue with lessons after Freedom Leisure makes U-turn on closure (Advertiser and Times)
Pensioner brands NPA 'heartless' over dialysis plan for loft of Brockenhurst bungalow (Advertiser and Times)
Lymington RNLI lifeboat crew rescues RIB stuck on mud in Keyhaven River (Advertiser and Times)
Construction worker is undertaking a 24-hour ballroom dancing marathon at Boldre Memorial Hall to raise money for Diabetes UK (Advertiser and Times)
New community store and post office in East Boldre is set to open in mid-January following a £700,000 project to purchase and convert a former church on Chapel Lane (Advertiser and Times)
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust volunteer discovers rare sea slug Warty Doris off Hythe (Advertiser and Times)
Our Lady and St Joseph School pupils in Lymington win Royal Horticultural Society award (Advertiser and Times)
The Living Room opens £55k art room (Advertiser and Times)
Share of government funding awarded to Hampshire police and crime commissioner secures seven CCTV cameras for rural New Forest areas (Advertiser and Times)
Burley Steam and Vintage Show raises £7,000 for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (Advertiser and Times)
Lymington and Pennington Town Council inviting nominations for its Citizen of the Year award (Advertiser and Times)
One person hospitalised after three-vehicle collision that closed stretch of the A326 Hythe bypass (Advertiser and Times)
New Forest District Council approves plan by Bargate Homes and Vivid Housing to build 60 new homes on land west of Hill Street, Calmore (Advertiser and Times)
Wednesday, 8th November
Lymington Friends of Palestine hold peaceful vigil outside Lymington church (Advertiser and Times)
Man sought by police in connection with shoplifting offences may be in Waterside area (Advertiser and Times)
Man arrested over alleged violent offences in Blackfield later released and will face no further police action (Advertiser and Times)
New Forest District Council turns down plan for Costa Coffee drive-through at Totton Retail Park due to concerns over congestion and litter (Advertiser and Times)
Tuesday, 7th November
Totton man Daniel Barr jailed for eight weeks for attacking custody officer (Advertiser and Times)
Police and Crime Commissioner Donna Jones calling for feedback before setting force precept (Advertiser and Times)
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** New Forest ponies and other animals**
Sadly, 58 animals were killed - 35 ponies, 13 cows, 8 donkeys and 2 sheep, whilst a further 32 were injured - 3 pigs, 9 donkeys, 11 cows and 9 ponies.
(Forty-three accidents occurred in daylight, 15 at twilight and 101 in the dark. Twenty-seven accidents were not reported by the driver involved).
Here's just one horrific example - Three donkeys killed in collision with van at notorious New Forest blackspot (Advertiser and Times)
** Always take care when driving **