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Make Lymington the capital of the New Forest – Letter

I’ve always thought it very odd that the New Forest District Council was based in Lyndhurst. In the last census it had a population of 2,462 people.
How can a village of that size be the administrative capital of the New Forest? It’s absurd and an anac…

Plans for empty Bournemouth town centre shop revealed

Plans for empty Bournemouth town centre shop revealed (Image: Daily Echo)PLANS have been unveiled for a town centre clothes shop which has been left empty since a high-street chain was bought out.Developers Ropemaker Properties have submitted a plannin…

Coach driver tellsof object on M-way

British Legion coach crash on the M4 motorway, police said last night.
As crash investigators continued to search the scene and examine the
coach, police said driver Stephen Brown, 38, had told them he swerved to
avoid an object on the carriageway.
Mr …

Storm Antoni: Homes are evacuated as floods batter the UK

Storm Antoni sparks flooding chaos: Homes are evacuated and cars are deluged as torrential rain and 78mph gusts of wind batter the isles after Met Office’s ‘danger to life’ warningBy Iwan Stone[1] and Dan Woodland[2] and Katherine Lawton[3] and Eleanor…

National unveils huge transport plan

The National Party wants more private investment and various forms of cost recovery to fund ambitious transport schemes as part of its election policy. 
The party accuses Labour of talking big but doing little about transport, in part because of its op…

Missing real estate agent: Police charge man with kidnapping

Police investigating the disappearance of Christchurch real estate agent Yanfei Bao[1] have arrested a man and charged him with kidnapping.
Bao was last seen in the Wigram area about 10.30am on Wednesday. She has not been found but her cellphone was lo…