Communities across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight have been clear: they want cleaner rivers and coastlines, and they want to see real, sustained progress. We know trust has to be rebuilt, people expect better from water companies

The grant will support the group’s upcoming concert, helping cover the cost of professional musicians and soloists.

The scheme aims to help older people remain independent, engaged and healthy by offering a range of accessible activities.

The property is nestled in the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

I write this on a beautiful sunny morning in Spring 2026. The sky is blue. Soft, white clouds drift slowly by. Our moon rests peacefully, waiting for the evening calling. We do live in a beautiful country.

A motorbike rider suffered a serious injury to his collarbone in a hit-and-run crash in North Hampshire.

Martin Prince, who carried a Stanley knife in public and assaulted two police officers, has been spared jail bny Basingstoke Magistrates' Court.

Jenny Uglow will be discussing her book, A Year with Gilbert White, which provides an insight into a single year from White’s Naturalist’s Journal, the year 1781.

Lucy Vaughan received the Creating Communities Award at Hartford Care’s annual awards ceremony.

The tour, titled Still At Large, will blend stand-up, storytelling and audience interaction in a new live show.

Herts Police are appealing for information after a man was attacked in a Borehamwood Tesco car park.

What is April Fools' Day? It always lands on April 1 and this is why pranks stop at 12pm plus how the tradition started.

A body recovered from the River Nene, in Wisbech, has been identified as missing teenager Declan Berry.

More than £9,000 has been raised to pay for the funeral of Eden Bunn, who died after the car she was travelling in crashed into the River Nene.

The brother of missing teenager, Declan Berry, has spoken to reporter, Sarah Cliss, at the scene of the fatal river crash at North Brink, near Wisbech.

A shop in Chalfont St Giles could soon begin selling alcohol if new plans submitted to Buckinghamshire Council are approved.

A detached four-bedroom house located just a short distance from sought after grammar schools is now on the market in High Wycombe.

A bid to create a private function room at a former Penn distillery has been given the go-ahead.

Plans to demolish a former church in Marlow Bottom and replace it with new homes have been rejected by a government inspector.

Motorists are being warned of delays on the M40 near High Wycombe.

Administrators are set to review Quiz's remaining 40 stores in the UK and seven concession stores in Ireland at the end of April, according to reports.

A man was taken to hospital with serious injuries after a crash in Surrey.

Wireless Festival 2026 has been cancelled amid headliner Kanye West being barred from entering the UK

Kanye West has been blocked from travelling to the UK to perform at the Wireless Festival as "it would not be conducive to the public good".

Pupils from Harris Primary Academy Beckenham and Harris Primary Academy Shortlands took a night-time cruise on a trip to China.

A Strictly Come Dancing star who was arrested on suspicion of rape in Hertfordshire will face no charges.

A dispute over an "unauthorised encampment" in Flamstead, Hertfordshire, is continuing despite council intervention - here is what we know so far.

There are delays on the M25 and A1(M) in Hertfordshire this afternoon following reports of a broken-down vehicle

The parish council has described a fireworks display as "inconsiderate" after many residents in London Colney were left "upset" over the weekend.

Blue badge misuse remains at the top of Hertfordshire County Council’s fraud register, with 189 allegations reported between April and December last year.

Sussex Police targeted taxis in an operation to crackdown on incorrect licensing in Brighton.

Police are at East Worthing railway station dealing with an incident there

Plans to build a major holiday resort with more than a hundred lodges and a 50-bedroom spa hotel on a former golf course in West Sussex have been recommended for approval.

Rother District Council's Local Plan has sparked fresh concerns over potential damage to the countryside and wildlife.

Whitbread, the owners of Premier Inn, have submitted an application to overhaul the Roundstone Lane site in Littlehampton.