New Forest news

• Charity's concern over contaminated blood payouts

  17-01-2026 17:37 via bbc.com
  Hepatitis C Trust calls payouts for men infected with HIV and hepatitis as children "wholly inadequate".
  
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• Digwa, dad and brother plead not guilty to charges

  09-07-2026 18:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The three men appear at Southampton Magistrates' Court charged with multiple weapons offences.
  
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• Smiling eyes in Ireland as Pompey pre-season begins

  09-07-2026 17:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Radio Solent's Andrew Moon is over in Ireland with the Portsmouth squad as they prepare for the new Championship season.
  
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• Drink-driving arrest after cyclist dies in crash

  09-07-2026 16:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man is arrested on suspicion of offences including drink-driving after a fatal collision.
  
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• 🎧Portsmouth want to spend more on permanent signings

  09-07-2026 14:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Radio Solent's Portsmouth commentator Andrew Moon answers fans' questions while with the team on their pre-season trip to Ireland.
  
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• Hospital 'close to collapse' during heatwave

  09-07-2026 13:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pressures on the hospital in June were "in many ways almost worse than Covid", a senior doctor says.
  
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• Gossip: Seven clubs chasing ex-Posh midfielder Collins

  09-07-2026 12:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Millwall, Portsmouth, Watford, Huddersfield Town, Oxford United, Reading and Sheffield Wednesday are reportedly all trying to sign Archie Collins.
  
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• Surge in public defibrillator use during heatwave

  09-07-2026 12:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  South Central Ambulance Service urges people to check any publicly accessible defibrillators.
  
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• Inside Pompey's pre-season training camp in Ireland

  09-07-2026 10:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Radio Solent's Andrew Moon joins the Portsmouth squad for their pre-season training camp in the Republic of Ireland.
  
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• 'It felt a bit James Bond': The mission to reintroduce a lost insect

  09-07-2026 07:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Species Recovery Trust hopes to reintroduce the New Forest cicadas not seen in UK since the 1990s.
  
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• Home improvement firms fined £370k for spam calls

  09-07-2026 07:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Firms and call centres in Bournemouth, Romsey and London targeted elderly people, regulators found.
  
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• Hants stunned by Middlesex in T20 Blast

  08-07-2026 23:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chris Lynn hits a 49-ball century to help Northamptonshire Steelbacks beat Glamorgan and seal their place in the men's T20 Blast quarter-finals.
  
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• Surrey win, Hants reach Finals Day in T20 Blast

  08-07-2026 21:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Surrey beat Warwickshire Bears and Hampshire Hawks overcome The Blaze in the Women's T20 Blast.
  
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• Amber heat health alerts in effect as UK set for one of longest-lasting heatwaves since 1976

  08-07-2026 20:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Temperatures are set to rise as high as 36C (97F) for parts of southern England this week.
  
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• Migrants centre plan 'deeply disappointing', MP says

  08-07-2026 16:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Plans to expand Haslar Immigration Removal Centre are criticised by Dame Caroline Dinenage.
  
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• Cafe owner charged over city-centre fire

  08-07-2026 15:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The fire broke out in The Square, Winchester, at about 06:00 BST on Monday.
  
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• Saints players back for pre-season testing

  08-07-2026 11:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After long summer holidays for those Southampton players not at the World Cup, pre-season gets underway this week for the new Championship campaign.
  
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• Pompey would 'absolutely' pursue Kamara - Hughes

  08-07-2026 11:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Portsmouth sporting director Richard Hughes says the club would "absolutely" be interested in a potential return for former loanee Abu Kamara this summer if Hull are willing to sell.
  
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• Family pay tribute to 'cherished' victim of house fire

  08-07-2026 11:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lucas Scutt, 24, died after a fire at a house in Cowes, Isle of Wight, on 26 June.
  
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• Arrests after biker dies in four-vehicle crash

  08-07-2026 08:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The crash involved two Harley Davidson motorbikes, a car and campervan on the A287 Farnham Road.
  
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• Talks to collaborate over 2027 Island Games travel

  08-07-2026 07:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jersey, Guernsey and several other islands could come together to travel to the 2027 Island Games in the Faroe Islands.
  
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• Staff praise 100-year-old hospital's community spirit

  08-07-2026 06:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Andover War Memorial Hospital joined the NHS in 1948 and was set up with local donations.
  
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• Why can just a few hot days increase fire risks?

  08-07-2026 06:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fire services across the south of England warn that the heatwave has increased the risk of wildfires.
  
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• Murder victim suffered neck fractures, jury told

  07-07-2026 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stephen Sexton denies raping and murdering Joanna Derkacz in Hampshire in 2023.
  
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• Events cancelled amid New Forest horse flu outbreak

  06-07-2026 18:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A horse show is cancelled and a riding school pauses its forest hacks as equine flu spreads.
  
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• Swan rescued by kayak released back into the wild

  06-07-2026 15:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A swan returns to the wild after it was found with a large fishing lure trapped between its beak and wing.
  
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• Arson arrest after 'suspicious' fire at four properties

  06-07-2026 12:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 50 firefighters were called to the blaze in The Square, Winchester, at about 06:00 BST.
  
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• Gotland to host 2031 Island Games

  06-07-2026 12:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 2031 Island Games will be held on the Swedish island of Gotland for a third time.
  
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• Hampshire sign Patel and Hudson-Prentice for 2027

  06-07-2026 12:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hampshire sign Leicestershire opening bat Rishi Patel and Sussex all-rounder Fynn Hudson-Prentice on all-format deals to start in the 2027 season.
  
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• EFL players exit World Cup over weekend

  06-07-2026 11:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wolves striker Raul Jimenez and West Ham defender Edson Alvarez were in the Mexico team eliminated by England.
  
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