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Complaints about Ringwood Visitor Information Centre opening hours
8:00pm Thursday 18th March 2010
A COUNCIL has been accused of telling tourists they are not wanted by opening Ringwood’s Visitor Information Centre only three days a week.
Protecting New Forest National Park's habitats and rare species
8:30am Wednesday 17th March 2010
A £16 million conservation programme will back traditional grazing practices in the New Forest as part of efforts to protect habitats and rare species in the National Park.
Amputee’s anger at bungalow snub
7:00pm Monday 15th March 2010
A MAN who has had both legs amputated and is living in hospital cannot get onto Bournemouth council’s priority list for a bungalow.
Game over for Ringwood toyseller!
7:16pm Sunday 14th March 2010
ONE of the oldest family-owned shops in Ringwood is to close after more than 90 years at the end of April.
Pair use hose to help save fire-hit cottage in New Forest
8:00am Saturday 13th March 2010
TWO men grabbed a garden hose and helped prevent a 300-year-old thatched cottage from being destroyed by Fire.
Knotty problem in the New Forest?
7:00pm Thursday 11th March 2010
AN INSECT dubbed a sap-sucking, jumping plant louse is to be used to control invasive concrete-cracking Japanese knotweed in the UK.
Charities told to file their accounts on time
11:00am Wednesday 10th March 2010
THE Charity Commission is calling for charities to file their accounts on time as several in the Dorset area run more than a month overdue.
New Forest councils' fury after police station hours are cut
7:00pm Monday 8th March 2010
CUTS in police station opening hours in New Milton and Ringwood have angered councillors who say they were not consulted.
Loyalty scheme is going Forest-wide
7:00pm Sunday 7th March 2010
A DAILY Echo-backed shopping loyalty card scheme that began in Ringwood a year ago has been taken up by New Forest council and is set to go district-wide this year.
99p Store sign is posh enough for Lymington!
5:11pm Thursday 4th March 2010
A NEW Forest town “too posh for an Argos” has won a planning battle with 99p Stores which has now unveiled a more tasteful sign over its Lymington High Street shop.
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