Antonella Lazzeri

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A renowned New Milton personality who co-founded the town’s Neighbourcare has died at the age of 103. Born in 1921 in Eastbourne in 1938 Edward ‘Ted’ Horne enlisted in the 7th City of London Regiment Territorial Army and three years later went to Palestine to serve with its police force. He returned after five years to the army, seeing service in many Middle East countries working in an intelligence role that saw him move from tribe to tribe of desert Bedouins gathering information.

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An appeal against the refusal to demolish a three-bedroom chalet in Blackfield has been thrown out. Kammack Development had claimed the decision by New Forest District Council not to allow the development at New Road – replacing it with a two-bedroom bungalow – was wrong. The company wanted to build the new home on what was described by the planning inspector as a “long, narrow plot” which fronts New Road.

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PRE-SCHOOL staff were stunned to discover thieves had stolen the roof off a pergola. The garden feature had only been erected at Easter to keep pupils shaded from the sun as they played outside. But this week as the sun blazed down the kids had to have their playtime cut short to keep them safe. A spokesperson for the school said: “We couldn’t believe it when we saw what had happened. “It is just awful.

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Sunshine poured into the church of St John the Baptist on Sunday for the annual service of commemoration for those who served on HMS Hood. The annual event honours the 1,415 men who perished on the battlecruiser when it was hit by a salvo on 24th March 1941. Only three crew survived when the ‘Mighty Hood’ was sunk. The Bismarck scored a direct hit on the Hood, smashing through its armour and detonating around 100 tons of explosives, and it went down in less than three minutes.

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A SCHOOL in Nomansland has been praised for being a “warm and welcoming” school where pupils feel “safe and cared for”. Ofsted inspectors found that children at the New Forest C of E Primary School are encouraged to “form strong and trusting relationships” with staff and that they can “talk to them about any worries, or concern”. The school has “high expectations for pupils’ achievement and conduct”, with children being “focused, attentive and trying hard during learning time”.