New Forest news

• Is the South ready for a future of wildfires?

  29-09-2026 16:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Experts have warned the risk of wildfires could double within the next 50 years.
  
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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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• Nowak killer given leave to appeal against sentence

  29-09-2026 16:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Court of Appeal will decide in November whether to reduce or lengthen the 21-year minimum term.
  
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• Obsessed man took 'brutal and fatal revenge', jury told

  29-09-2026 15:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Southampton student Deepak Sandhu denies murdering Xiaoqing Ke after she rejected him.
  
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• Mystery death at care home prompts security upgrade

  29-09-2026 14:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A wheelchair user died after falling down a stairwell that she would have struggled to access alone.
  
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• Larin presented with key to home city of Brampton

  29-09-2026 13:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Southampton striker Cyle Larin is given a key to his home city of Brampton, Canada, to recognise his contribution to football.
  
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• Daniel Thomas refused bail over alleged boat damage

  29-09-2026 13:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Daniel Thomas is remanded in custody after appearing at Portsmouth Crown Court.
  
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• I thank heart donor's family for my 'fantastic mundane' life

  29-09-2026 07:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kev Rands says he is forever grateful for the heart transplant that gave him a family of his own.
  
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• Bluetongue found in Oxfordshire and Isle of Wight

  28-09-2026 12:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With 2000 cases in the UK including 50 in Dorset, farmers are urged to discuss vaccination with vets.
  
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• Work begins to replace station's ageing footbridge

  28-09-2026 11:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 79-year-old Havant footbridge will be closed for 12 months, with a diversion route in place.
  
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• Award winner to fourth choice - what has gone wrong for Ramsdale?

  28-09-2026 10:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From challenging for the Premier League with Arsenal and playing for England, Aaron Ramsdale is now Southampton's fourth-choice goalkeeper.
  
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• Award-winner to fourth choice - what has gone wrong for Ramsdale?

  28-09-2026 10:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From challenging for the Premier League with Arsenal and playing for England, Aaron Ramsdale is now Southampton's fourth-choice goalkeeper.
  
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• Skateboarders complete Amsterdam charity challenge

  28-09-2026 07:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two lifelong friends push from London to the Dutch capital in a charity fundraising challenge.
  
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• Pumpkin patches feel the heat after summer drought

  28-09-2026 07:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What impact have the extreme heat and dry conditions over summer had on Halloween's pumpkin crops?
  
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• Hunt family completes walk for murdered loved ones

  27-09-2026 19:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  John Hunt and his daughter Amy walked 13 miles a day from their Hertfordshire home to Bournemouth.
  
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• Businesses blames music festival for revenue losses up to £1m

  27-09-2026 15:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some Portsmouth traders have criticised the impact of Victorious Festival, held on Southsea Common.
  
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• Sussex end season with win at relegated Hampshire

  26-09-2026 17:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sussex beat Division One's bottom side Hampshire in their final County Championship fixture of 2026.
  
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• Football club postpones game after cable theft

  26-09-2026 13:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The theft at Fawley AFC has left the whole site, including tennis and bowls courts, without power.
  
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• Memorial for pupils given blood contaminated with HIV

  26-09-2026 11:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  During the 1970s and 1980s pupils received medical treatments using contaminated blood products.
  
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• South weekly quiz: What did Norman the elephant play?

  26-09-2026 08:36 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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• Navy bomb experts given highest humanitarian honour

  26-09-2026 08:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The squadron made a 500kg WW2 bomb safe during four days of disruption in Plymouth in 2024.
  
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