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3 days ago | 
advertiserandtimes.co.uk | Dan Goater
A CHRISTCHURCH man was given a community order after he admitted attacking a man in a bar. Jack Marsh (24), of Watermill Road, admitted causing actual bodily harm to his victim at Temple Bar in Poole on 26th August last year. Poole magistrates ordered Marsh complete 150 hours of unpaid community work and pay his victim £300 compensation. Marsh was sentenced at Poole Magistrates' Court
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5 days ago | 
advertiserandtimes.co.uk | Dan Goater
Age Concern Hampshire is launching a lunch club at its care and wellbeing centre in New Milton. The charity said the club is part of its ongoing efforts to “combat loneliness” through the centre, which provides older people with essential support, activities and help with transport. It will offer people the chance for some companionship over a hot two-course meal for £9.
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5 days ago | 
advertiserandtimes.co.uk | Dan Goater
A Fordingbridge man will have to pay financial penalties after attacking a police officer. Joe Smith (32), of Player Court, pleaded guilty to assaulting a constable in Ashley Road, Poole, on 1st June last year. The town’s magistrates fined him £80 and ordered he pay £85 costs. Poole Magistrates' Court
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1 week ago | 
advertiserandtimes.co.uk | Dan Goater
A PROPOSAL to build a detached home on land adjacent to a cottage has been turned down at appeal. The owner of Cracknore Cottage in Cracknore Hard Lane, Marchwood, applied to New Forest District Council for permission to build the dwelling but the plan was rejected. An appeal lodged against that decision with the Planning Inspectorate has now been dismissed.
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1 week ago | 
advertiserandtimes.co.uk | Dan Goater
DISTRICT councillors are calling for greater clarity in the Lymington and Pennington Neighbourhood Plan before it is formally adopted. NFDC described the current draft plan, which was out for public consultation until 30th May, as a “well structured” document that “for the most part” is supported. But the town council was also warned the draft “goes beyond” the provisions of NFDC’s overall development plan and suggests some policies that “may not be in general conformity” with it.
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1 week ago | 
advertiserandtimes.co.uk | Dan Goater
Traders on a high street in the midst of a seven-week closure have been forced to shut their doors and pay wages out of personal savings. As reported by the A&T, the county council dropped a “bombshell” on Brockenhurst in April when it announced it would be closing Brookley Road for seven weeks for repairs. Local business owners warned the short-notice work to install a speed bump and fix drainage would have a devastating impact on their livelihoods, especially over the two May bank holidays.
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1 week ago | 
advertiserandtimes.co.uk | Dan Goater
A POPULAR Lymington arts venue is on the hunt for a new “figurehead and ambassador” after its chair of trustees announced his retirement. Sir John de Trafford says he is “proud” of all that has been achieved at the museum in his seven years at St Barbe Museum + Art Gallery. He said: “I was attracted by this charitable role so close to my home in Lymington that encompassed both my interest in business together with my love of painting and art.
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1 week ago | 
advertiserandtimes.co.uk | Dan Goater
FORMER Lymington mayor Jack Davies is throwing his hat in the ring to become the first mayor of the Hampshire and Solent region under devolution plans. The 29-year-old said he wants to run on behalf of the Lib Dems with a vision to “end the housing crisis” and secure a future for the next generation.
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1 week ago | 
advertiserandtimes.co.uk | Dan Goater
A COMMUNITY worker has called for a rebalance of community facilities in her home village. Sarah Fawkes, who works for the charity Community First, gave a presentation to Lymington and Pennington Town Council about the lack of community resources in Pennington compared with Lymington. She highlighted the disparities by pointing out Lymington has four dentists’ and three doctors’ surgeries while Pennington has none.
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2 weeks ago | 
advertiserandtimes.co.uk | Dan Goater
CYCLISTS from three New Forest villages will take part in a mass cycle ride in a bid to raise awareness of the need for safe routes. The ‘three villages bike ride’ will see cyclists from Pennington, Sway and Brockenhurst getting in the saddle on 15th June to coincide with Father’s Day. Riders will follow Transition Lymington’s ‘Tube’-style map of proposed cycle-friendly routes, departing from St Mark’s community hall in Pennington at 3pm to follow route A.
