No lazy, hazy days of summer at Lido

7:31am Friday 10th July 2009

THE oldest outdoor swimming baths in the country will not open at all this summer, it has been confirmed.

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It’s top marks for happiness in Colbury

9:36am Friday 10th July 2009

“A HAPPY school with happy children.”

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Forest chief vows to press ahead with controversial changes

11:58am Thursday 9th July 2009

THE NEW man at the helm of the troubled New Forest National Park Authority has vowed to press ahead with a controversial blueprint for the area but said changes could be made in light of wide-spread protest.

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Woman run over by train

11:23am Monday 6th July 2009

A WOMAN plunged in front of a train at a Hampshire train station this morning.

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Jail for shoplifters

6:50am Friday 3rd July 2009

JEWELLERY, phones and computer games were recovered hours after a raid on a house in Totton, Southampton Crown Court heard.

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Cautiously optimistic about new NPA chief

8:02pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

“THE ball’s in your court.” That’s the message from campaigners to the new man at the helm of the organisation running the New Forest.

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New boss appointed for National Park

2:38pm Wednesday 1st July 2009

BARRIE Foley has been appointed today as interim chief executive for the New Forest National Park Authority.

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Sacked clerk couldn’t face using telephone

A SACKED town council clerk could not face speaking to his employers on the phone after an illness left him with a severe stammer, a tribunal heard.

Dominik, 9, is just wild about nature

11:41am Tuesday 30th June 2009

At the age of just nine, most schoolboys dream about becoming football heroes like Cristiano Ronaldo or Wayne Rooney.

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Scouts race to raise cash

11:10am Monday 29th June 2009

SOME galloped, some plodded, and others stopped to eat the grass.

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National Park chief executive quits

9:50am Thursday 25th June 2009

THE controversial head of the New Forest National Park Authority quit this morning.

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New crackdown on yobs

9:17am Wednesday 24th June 2009

COUNCIL chiefs are launching a new crackdown on drunken yobs.

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Diners go quackers for Crispie the duck

11:13am Thursday 18th June 2009

CRISPIE duck isn’t on the menu at a Hampshire restaurant.

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Demonstration against supermarket warehouse plans

12:30pm Thursday 18th June 2009

VILLAGERS have staged a second demonstration against plans for a giant supermarket warehouse on the edge of the New Forest.

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Rooster's morning calls make him public enemy number one

9:49am Wednesday 17th June 2009

FOR some he is nature’s answer to an alarm clock. But for other disgruntled neighbours in a quiet Hampshire neighbourhood Rocky the Rooster has become public enemy number one.

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Secret plan to ban cars in New Forest

10:31am Wednesday 17th June 2009

A SECRET plan to ban cars from parts of the New Forest can be revealed by the Daily Echo today.

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Fight is on to save sea water baths

10:20am Wednesday 17th June 2009

CAMPAIGNERS have launched a bid to secure the future of one of the oldest outdoor swimming pools in the country.

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£73m rail plan for New Forest

6:20pm Monday 15th June 2009

TRAIN firms want to build a new £73m rail scheme across the New Forest, the Daily Echo can reveal today.

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Forest braced for new Bay terminal bid

11:30am Monday 15th June 2009

COUNCIL chiefs say they fear another application to build a huge container terminal at Dibden Bay could be just years away.

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