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Cllr Jill Cleary sets goals after first year as Leader

30 November 2023
Cllr Jill Cleary has now been Leader of New Forest District Council (NFDC) for one year. 
With responsibility for the overall strategy of the council and the Cabinet, Cllr Cleary has reflected on her first year and what the priority pr…

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…

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 Noa: Met Office expects Bude to be battered by 62mph winds

With wind speeds of up to 75 mph forecast across Cornwall and the South West, everyone will be feeling the force of Storm Noa, a whirlwind of heavy rain and gale force winds. Cornwall has been hit particularly hard already, with several parts of the co…