New Forest news

• Brave move off foot of table with win over Phoenix

  30-07-2026 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wickets from three consecutive deliveries help Southern Brave close out a first win of the season in The Hundred, beating Birmingham Phoenix by 12 runs.
  
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• 'Most dangerous' child sex offender jailed for 22 years

  30-07-2026 19:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A detective says Paul Hopkins is the most dangerous offender his team has ever investigated.
  
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• Unbeaten leaders Brave beat bottom side Phoenix

  30-07-2026 19:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Southern Brave continue their unbeaten run with an 24-run win over Birmingham Phoenix at the Utilita Bowl.
  
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• Barney-Smith chasing 'statement' win over Bellotti

  30-07-2026 17:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Royston Barney-Smith believes that a victory against Reece Bellotti on Saturday would send out a "massive statement" to the super-featherweight division.
  
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• Pony warning after girl injured at forest campsite

  30-07-2026 16:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Visitors are reminded to stay back from free-roaming ponies and other livestock in the national park.
  
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• Man jailed for nearly killing friend in street stabbing after argument

  30-07-2026 13:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Luke Foreman, 22, was lucky not to have faced a murder charge after stabbing a friend, a judge says.
  
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• Strangled patient's sisters say unsafe care risks 'more deaths'

  30-07-2026 07:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Richard Laversuch was strangled to death on a mental health ward by another patient.
  
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• Man wakes after cardiac arrest to see 'unbelievable' new baby

  30-07-2026 07:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Hampshire dad speaks of the moment he first saw his newborn after suffering a cardiac arrest.
  
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• Motorway slip road to close for 18 months

  30-07-2026 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The M3's junction at Winchester will close while major upgrade works are carried out.
  
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• Patient killed by teen after staff failures, jury finds

  29-07-2026 20:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Owen Herbert strangled Richard Laversuch to death after being admitted to a psychiatric ward.
  
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• Eastleigh sign Johnson on loan from Wednesday

  29-07-2026 17:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Eastleigh sign Sheffield Wednesday defender Reece Johnson on a season-long-loan.
  
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• More than half of England in drought, Environment Agency declares

  29-07-2026 16:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The drought declarations follow an exceptionally hot and dry period, which has hit rivers, crops and nature.
  
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• Spider-Man movie swings Basingstoke into limelight

  29-07-2026 16:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Basing View and the former AA headquarters in Basingstoke are transformed into a makeshift New York City.
  
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• Four murder arrests after missing woman's body found

  29-07-2026 14:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The body of Janna Fuller, who was reported missing on 22 July, was found in a house in Farnborough.
  
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• Spacey-Cale to step down at Southampton

  29-07-2026 14:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Southampton director of women's football Marieanne Spacey-Cale says she will step down this year.
  
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• Heathland fire damage is 'heartbreaking'

  29-07-2026 13:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC South's environment correspondent Jon Cuthill returns to the now "sooty" and "depressing" site.
  
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• Pompey defender Williams joins Blackpool on loan

  29-07-2026 13:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Blackpool sign Portsmouth defender Jordan Williams on a season-long loan.
  
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• 'Bullying' nurse who swore at patient struck off

  29-07-2026 07:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dean Thomson, who had been on the nursing register since 1995, worked for the Homeless Healthcare Service in Southampton.
  
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• Traffic scheme to be dismantled after backlash

  29-07-2026 07:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Residents have held several demonstrations over the traffic calming measures on Glen Eyre Road.
  
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• New beer sommelier praises 'superb' local brewers

  29-07-2026 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ryan Perry, from Dorset, says the Guild of Beer Sommeliers training was "really full on".
  
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• Rail services cut due to effects of dry weather

  28-07-2026 18:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hot, dry weather shrinks railway embankments for a second year in a row, which can cause tracks on top to buckle.
  
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• Gossip: Scienza 'open to opportunities'

  28-07-2026 12:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The latest transfer gossip from the EFL.
  
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• Portsmouth sign Brooke-Smith on four-year deal

  28-07-2026 11:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Portsmouth sign forward Luke Brooke-Smith from New Zealand side Wellington Phoenix for an undisclosed fee, on a four-year deal.
  
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• Three-day agricultural show gets under way

  28-07-2026 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The New Forest and Hampshire County Show traces its origins to village event in 1920.
  
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• Rail disruption fears after track soil shrinkage

  28-07-2026 06:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hot, dry weather has shrunk railway embankments, causing the tracks on top to buckle.
  
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• Crews tackle large crop fire near village

  27-07-2026 22:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Crews from across Hampshire respond to the blaze, which started in a combine harvester before spreading.
  
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• Campfire remains found at site of heathland fire that burned for five days

  27-07-2026 21:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The fire, which burned for five days on the Isle of Wight, has been put out but firefighters remain at the scene.
  
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• Campfire remains found at site of heathland fire

  27-07-2026 21:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The fire, which burned for five days on the Isle of Wight, has been put out but firefighters remain at the scene.
  
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• Double murderer guilty of sexual assaults in 1990s

  27-07-2026 18:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Allan Grimson was already serving a life sentence for the murders of two men in the 1990s.
  
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• Tributes to Briton believed to have been murdered in US

  27-07-2026 18:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The family of Sonia Exelby, 32, who was found dead in Florida, say she was "deeply loved".
  
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