Maria Mills has become the new Chair of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Social Enterprise Network (H&IOWSEN). H&IOWSEN is an open network dedicated to raising the profile and impact of social enterprises in Hampshire.

Daryl Russell, 39, from Calmore, Totton, was sentenced at Southampton Magistrates Court on 9 November to an 18 month community order for housing benefit and forgery offences.

Communities across the whole of the New Forest will be able to share in the Olympic celebrations when the Olympic Flame comes to Lyndhurst, Brockenhurst and Lymington next year, it has been announced.

New Forest District Council is supporting local householders by appealing directly to Prime Minister David Cameron to hold back on further increases in energy prices.

The Safer New Forest Partnership is warning local householders to be on their guard if they receive “threatening” calls from a bogus phone company.