1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (719+ words) The River Itchen holds many stories, but few are as dramatic as the day Southampton’s vital commuter link plunged to the riverbed in 15 minutes with more than 100 passengers onboard. In March 1928, disaster struck the Itchen Ferry, turning a routine crossing…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (270+ words) People have lived in Brockenhurst since the Bronze Age. Human settlement there dates back around 4,000. Burial mounds known as tumuli mark the landscape and its early inhabitants. The village’s name is thought to have come from the Old English words…...

3+ week, 15+ hour ago   (222+ words) The real-life rogues recently immortalised in Guy Ritchie's film The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare learned their deadly trade at the Beaulieu Estate in the New Forest. During the Second World War, the Beaulieu Estate was requisitioned and turned into a…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (605+ words) Few bargain hunters realised how profoundly Matalan would reshape retail across the Southampton area when its doors first opened. Before it became a fixture on British retail parks, Matalan challenged the high-street model and divided local traders. In Eastleigh specifically,…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (337+ words) Forestry England says the New Forest will take "many years" to recover from a devastating wildfire. The blaze broke out near the A31 in the New Forest on Sunday, August 9, after a vehicle caught fire, damaging large areas of heathland. Fire…...