New Forest news

• AA issues advice for drivers in the snow

  08-01-2026 16:05 via bbc.com
  President of the AA Edmund King warns drivers to be "gentle" when out in Storm Goretti.
  
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• Trespass incidents cause almost 10,000 minutes of delays

  03-10-2026 14:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  SWR's network had the third-highest rate of vandalism and obstruction across Network Rail's routes.
  
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• Behind bars: Drugs and illegally-brewed alcohol

  03-10-2026 09:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Drug seizures at a prison more than double, as staff continue to battle "widespread" substance abuse.
  
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• South weekly quiz: What stopped Paul Merton's show?

  03-10-2026 08:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Test your knowledge of news from Hampshire, Berkshire, Dorset, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight with our quiz.
  
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• Can big events change how a city is seen?

  03-10-2026 08:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Southampton has a packed summer calendar, with hopes of being known as a cultural destination.
  
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• Aldershot sign forward Lewis from Braintree

  02-10-2026 18:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Aldershot Town sign striker Anisius Lewis from National League South side Braintree.
  
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• Portsmouth: 'The roof started leaking'

  02-10-2026 18:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Paul Merton and Suki Webster were on stage at the Theatre Royal.
  
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• Driver, 81, sentenced over death of motorcyclist

  02-10-2026 17:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  William Beckett receives a suspended sentence after a fatal crash near Boroughbridge.
  
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• Watch: Fisherman captures dolphins chasing boat

  02-10-2026 16:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ed Blake captures the pod of about 20 bottlenose dolphins chasing his boat.
  
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• Two fans hurt as flare thrown into football crowd

  02-10-2026 15:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A five-year-old boy, from Gosport, also had his clothes damaged by the flare.
  
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• Pompey have made solid progress under Hughes

  02-10-2026 14:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Radio Solent's Andrew Moon reflects on Richard Hughes' four years as Sporting Director at Fratton Park.
  
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• Paul Merton show halted by theatre roof leak

  02-10-2026 14:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Paul Merton and his wife Suki Webster's show was abandoned when water began falling on the audience.
  
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• Peretz withdraws from Israel squad with injury

  02-10-2026 11:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Southampton goalkeeper Daniel Peretz withdraws from the Israel national side following a minor injury.
  
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• School pupils play mass Simon Says game for charity

  02-10-2026 07:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  About 12,000 children take part in an event to support bereaved children and young people.
  
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• 'Extraordinary' sighting of rare bird of prey

  02-10-2026 07:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pallid harriers breed mainly in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and are very rarely seen in the UK.
  
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• 🎧It'll all come out in the wash

  01-10-2026 14:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Pompey kitman "Big" Kev McCormack joins Chris Wise and Andy Moon to look back at his 27 years of service at Fratton Park.
  
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• Tributes paid to 'remarkable' Dame Esther Rantzen

  01-10-2026 10:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The legendary broadcaster spent much of her final years in the New Forest, which she called a "haven".
  
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• Fuel prices leave people asking 'what can we do?'

  01-10-2026 07:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Record fuel prices across the country have left people in the South looking for ways to cope.
  
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• Veteran broadcaster Dame Esther Rantzen dies aged 86

  01-10-2026 06:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rantzen, who fronted the BBC's That's Life for two decades, went on to found Childline, and in recent years had been a campaigner for assisted dying.
  
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• Esther Rantzen: The dame who feared being boring

  30-09-2026 21:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bryony Leyland looks back at the broadcaster's life.
  
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• Dame Esther Rantzen: That's Life! presenter, Childline founder and campaigner for assisted dying

  30-09-2026 20:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The star presented That's Life! for two decades and set up two national helplines, including Childline.
  
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• Second cross-Channel ferry route ends early

  30-09-2026 17:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Barfleur's final crossing from Poole has been brought forward from the start of November.
  
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• The volunteers baking birthday cakes for children

  30-09-2026 16:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Hampshire group says it has seen a rise in demand and it needs more volunteer bakers.
  
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• All-rounder Gray signs for Hampshire from Essex

  30-09-2026 15:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Essex all-rounder Eva Gray signs for Hampshire on a two-year deal.
  
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• Who made your County Championship team of the season?

  30-09-2026 14:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The votes have been counted... who made your County Championship team of the season?
  
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• LIV's future now down to player support - Bland

  30-09-2026 14:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  LIV golfer Richard Bland reveals that the future of the league will rely on "player support" with their members still left in the dark as to what will happen going forward.
  
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• Fire reaches home after spreading through vehicles

  30-09-2026 08:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  People living nearby in East Cowes were advised to keep windows and doors closed due to the smoke.
  
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• Football stadium food truck is 'changing lives'

  30-09-2026 07:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new food trailer at Southampton's St Mary's Stadium helps get young people into work.
  
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• Risks being taken with heating oil orders, firm says

  30-09-2026 07:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Customers in Berkshire and Hampshire are leaving it late to refill their tanks, an oil firm says.
  
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• Ferry schedule opens up new trade link to France

  29-09-2026 18:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Passengers have had a long wait for the ferry schedule as Brittany Ferries looks to make savings.
  
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