Latest news for the New Forest from the Daily Echo

Urgent plans to clean up Lymington's seawater baths

12:54pm Friday 17th May 2013

URGENT action is being taken to improve the quality of Lymington’s famous seawater baths amid fears that bathers could sue if they became ill.

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Funeral held today for ambulance driver killed in New Forest crash

11:42am Wednesday 15th May 2013

THE funeral of an ambulance driver killed in a crash is due to take place today.

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Solar panels to be fitted on top of ambulances across Hampshire

11:36am Wednesday 15th May 2013

IT’S an innovative addition that will help to save more lives as well as the planet.

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UPDATED: Transport Minister "minded" to agree trial of 50mph limit on A31

5:50am Tuesday 14th May 2013

ROAD safety campaigners are hopeful that the speed limit on the A31 will be reduced to 50mph from Picket Post to Ashley Heath following a meeting with Roads Minister Stephen Hammond today.

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Fire crews called to gas cylinder blaze near service station

10:33am Monday 13th May 2013

SIX fire appliances are on the scene of a blaze involving gas cylinders near the Ibsley Service Station near Ringwood.

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One woman's bid to save giant French donkey that resembles a woolly mammoth from extinction

12:07pm Thursday 9th May 2013

A PLUCKY British woman is trying to save a critically endangered breed of giant French donkey from extinction after their numbers dropped to less than 1,000.

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UPDATED WITH VIDEO: Lorry gets stuck under railway bridge in the New Forest

3:10pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

MOTORISTS and rail commuters faced travel chaos after a lorry got stuck under a railway bridge in the New Forest.

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Pedestrian injured in collision in Burley

12:09pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

A pedestrian has been hurt in a road accident in the New Forest this morning.

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VIDEO: Clifftop closed after landslip at Barton-on-Sea

8:00am Wednesday 8th May 2013

A STRETCH of clifftop has been cordoned off at Barton-on-Sea after a landslip.

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