Television Archive

Television Archive - Introduction

Welcome to New Forest Gateway's BBC Television & Radio Archive

This page contains news and sport items relating to the New Forest. The video items were screened on either the national or local TV bulletins. The audio items are taken from national and local radio. The facility is still being developed, so more content will be added in the future.

Please note: These video and audio files are part of a BBC "beta" release, so some links may be disrupted.

BBC TV & RADIO - 2010 (click here to open & close)

BBC TV & RADIO - 2009 (click here to open & close)

Date	Title	Description
17/07/2009	Pony death prompts speed campaign	Campaigners who want to reduce the speed limit in the New Forest have released pictures of a pony that died in a road accident, with her foal alongside.
16/07/2009	Fawns emerge in the New Forest	Stan Kemish, who is now in his 70s, has been studying deer since he was a teenager and says this is the best time to see the new fawns emerge from their hiding places.
10/07/2009	'Super-port' battle set to resume	A battle over a plan to build a huge £600m "super-port" at Dibden Bay, near Hampshire's New Forest, looks set to resume - five years after it was blocked by the...
25/06/2009	New Forest authority head resigns	Lindsay Cornish, the chief executive of the New Forest Park Authority, has resigned. Her resignation came at a time when the park authority was being criticised for its plans for the future of the forest.
18/05/2009	Esther Rantzen may stand as an MP	Television personality and New Forest resident Esther Rantzen has said she would be prepared to stand for Parliament, following the MP expenses scandal.
07/05/2009	Plan by German supermarket chain	German supermarket chain Lidl has unveiled plans for a major distribution centre on the edge of the New Forest.
09/04/2009	Slippery floor leader apologises	New Forest council leader, Barry Rickman, apologises for a failed £300,000 legal battle over slippery leisure centre floors.
02/04/2009	Man, 93, fined over biker death	A 93-year-old driver has been fined nearly £4,000 for causing the death of a motorcyclist on the A337 at Setley, New Forest, Hampshire, in October 2008.
27/02/2009	Camera used to protect birds	The RSPB has set up nestcams in the New Forest in its latest attempt to protect a bird of prey.
18/02/2009	Gypsy love play tours South	A play which tells a fictional love story set in a New Forest gypsy camp is about to go on tour in southern England.
16/02/2009	Lapland customers at meeting	Customers of the Lapland New Forest theme park, which was shut after complaints it was a 'rip off', attend a creditors' meeting.
09/02/2009	Slippery floors face inquiry	An inquiry has been ordered into claims New Forest District Council wasted hundreds of thousands of pounds trying to fix slippery floors at three leisure centres.
03/02/2009	*Snowy forest* drive recorded**	BBC cameraman Ian da Costa's drive to work through Hampshire's snow-covered New Forest has been captured using specialist equipment.
21/01/2009	Fencing to protect ponies	The idea of fencing off roads in the New Forest to protect ponies could become an option according to one senior verderer.
08/01/2009	Lapland 'to be wound up'	The company behind the controversial Lapland New Forest park in Dorset is to be wound up, the BBC learns.
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BBC TV & RADIO - 2008 (click here to open & close)

Date	Title	Description
09/12/2008	Lapland park dogs 'nightmare'	A couple who supplied husky dogs to the failed theme park Lapland New Forest say they have been left thousands of pounds out of pocket.
05/12/2008	Hope for Lapland park refund	Thousands of people hope to get their money back after the closure of a controversial Lapland New Forest Christmas theme park.
12/03/2008	Train hits tree on track	An Arriva Cross Country train from Bournemouth has hit a fallen tree on the track in the New Forest.
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BBC TV & RADIO - 2007 (click here to open & close)

Date	Title	Description
16/11/2007	Army Air Corps Anniversary	The Prince of Wales has been in Salisbury taking part in celebrations for the 50th Anniversary of the Army Air Corps.
14/11/2007	Village hosts EU debate	A debate on whether Britain should sign the new European Treaty has been planned for the people of Fittleton on Salisbury Plain.
12/11/2007	MP visits New Forest	The Government minister with responsibility for National Parks has paid a visit to the New Forest to inform people what they should do if they hit an animal.
25/10/2007	Hampshire residents go green	Four hundred people in Romsey Hampshire have been taking part in a project to reduce the amount of rubbish they throw away.
28/08/2007	Residents fed up with traffic	Many residents in Lyndhurst say they have to cope with high volumes of traffic and have demanded a bypass.
26/07/2007	New Forest Show	Kieran Fox has been to the New Forest Show where visitors and exhibitors have been struggling with the muddy conditions.
13/07/2007	Controversial aircraft route	Proposed changes to how commercial aircraft use the skies above Hampshire are causing people in the New Forest to protest, fearing increase in noise.
25/06/2007	Underground bunker discovered	A mystery underground bunker is discovered in the garden of a house in Salisbury.
16/05/2007	New Forest ponies value rise	The value of New Forest ponies has risen steeply in recent years following a scheme to improve quality of the stock.
14/05/2007	Donkeys' chance for survival	A New Forest farm is successfully breeding rare Poitou donkeys which would otherwise face extinction.
11/05/2007	Totton's road to Wembley	AFC Totton is to be one of the first teams to play at the new Wembley Stadium, when they meet Truro in the FA Vase final.
09/05/2007	Mains burst stops supplies	Six hundred homes and several businesses in the Stockbridge area of Hampshire have been without mains water.
30/04/2007	Ban for disturbing goshawks	A man is banned from entering all national parks and RSPB reserves after he was convicted of disturbing a wild goshawk.
10/04/2007	Fires destroy heathland	Areas of heathland in Hampshire and Dorset have been destroyed by fires - some of them started deliberately.
03/04/2007	Claims ferry fares too high	Ferry passengers on the Isle of Wight are campaigning for an investigation into fares across the Solent.
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