Officers investigating a report of an armed robbery at a property in Testwood Lane, Totton, are appealing for information from local residents. Between 9am and 9.45am this morning (Wednesday, February 22), two men wearing fluorescent jackets knocked at the door of the house. A woman answered and the men forced their way inside. They searched the property and left with cash. Initial enquiries indicate that the woman may have seen one of the...

Help police cut out cable crime New Forest residents are urged to be vigilant in their neighbourhood in a bid to crack down on cable crime. Cable thieves are duping the public by marking their vans with BT logos and wearing high-visibility jackets while they carry out...

This Christmas, Mandy Ackrill has the best present she could wish for – she has sold her wheelchair and is able to chase her three-year-old grandson Connor around the house.

One of the biggest concerns raised at public meetings attended by police officers in the New Forest is speeding motorists.

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.

A magical musical steam train ride to see Santa, through a winter landscape filled with story-book characters, has become part of the family Christmas fun at Exbury Gardens in the New Forest. Entrance to the world-renowned Gardens may be enjoyed by everyone who buys a ride on the Santa Special, while the Christmas Trail through the woodland walks is something the whole family can explore together. “Our steam train ride to see Santa is an...