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Bid to axe protected trees sparks anger

Teen arrested over shop raids A TEENAGER was arrested following break-ins at two New Forest shops during last Friday evening. Hampshire and Dorset police launched a joint investigation after officers responded to reports of burglars at Woodgreen Com- munity Shop in Hale Road, Fordingbridge, and Aivly Country Store in Crow Lane, Ringwood. On the same evening, they detained a 16-year-old Ringwood boy on suspicion of burglary. He was later released under investigation pending further enquiries. ‘Flexible’ reviews of town clerk pay PAY rises for Ringwood’s town clerk will continue to be decided informally, after members decided a “deep” appraisal was not necessary. Incumbent Chris Wilkins has a review every January by members, but he gave them the option of new “deep” appraisals that would require negotiating set tar- gets for him to meet. Members preferred to continue with its “flexible” informal method, appointing Cllrs John Hayward and Glo- ria O’Reilly to carry out the forthcoming meeting. Help to shrink home energy bill RESIDENTS are being urged to reduce their carbon emissions and energy bills with advice from Hampshire County Council. The council, which aims to be carbon zero by 2050, said almost 24% of the county’s total emissions comes from domestic energy. It has teamed up with the Environment Centre to offer information about renew- able energy options, how to switch to a green tariff and save water. Visit www.envi ronmentcentre.com

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Residents fear felling will lead to widening of quiet rural roads

A spokesperson for Penning- ton and Lymington Lanes Soci- ety told the A&T it believed the application was an attempt to improve sightlines on the road in advance “by the back door”. A statement added: “By fell- ing trees they will make it easier for them to justify removing the earth bank which gives the lane its distinctive sunken character along this stretch.” That would open up the op- tions for “widening, straight- ening and urbanising” Lower Pennington Lane to create a new two-way vehicular access, it said, which was “exactly the kind of environmentally damag- ing development” it had fought all along. Local civic group the Lyming- ton Society “expressed alarm” at the application to fell the trees. Deputy chair Donald Mac- kenzie said: “If the protected trees have to be removed, we would expect this to be done gradually, with mature trees planted in their place, to main- tain the feel and character of these trees and the raised bank on which they now sit.” Neighbours were also op- posed, including resident Caro- line Forest. She questioned why Hayden’s was recommending a “mass culling” and thought the scale of the felling “unjustified and excessive”. Hayden’s did not respond to the A&T’s request for com- ment.

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PLANS to axe 17 protected trees close to a contentious de- velopment site earmarked for up to 100 homes in Lymington have infuriated conservation groups and neighbours. Hayden’s Arboricultural Con- sultants has applied on behalf of Belco Holdings Ltd to fell the mature trees in Lower Penning- ton Lane, close to land known as Site 6 in New Forest District Council’s Local Plan. It was ratified for potential development by NFDC despite complaints by the Pennington and Lymington Lanes Socie- ty and the Lymington Society who, along with neighbours, are opposed to chopping down the trees which they fear will spoil the rural character of the area. The application by Hayden’s said eight Monterey pine, six Monterey Cypress, and an Eng- lish oak, elm and horse chest- nut should go. It explained: “The tree sur- gery works proposed as part of the survey are recommended to mitigate any identified health and safety problems, to pro- mote longevity in retained trees and to consider long-term land- scaping implications.” But opponents have hit out

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The trees are close to a site earmarked for 100 homes

and claimed that in a survey of the trees in 2016, all but two of them were assessed as having a further life expectancy of 10-20 years. Objectors have also resist- ed development of Site 6 with

homes amid fears it would af- fect the distinctiveness of the rural lanes, as they fear signifi - cant changes would need to be made to accommodate the ex- tra traffic so many homes would bring.

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THE Furzey Gardens charity in Minstead enjoyed a financial watering thanks to a £300 do- nation from Lymington Rotary Club. Rotarian Roger Ling hand- ed over the cheque to Lesley Brooks of the charity, which of- fers work and support to about 200 adults with learning diffi - culties. The money was collected from club members who paid what they would have given in buying tickets for a visit earlier in the year that was cancelled by coronavirus restrictions. A

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Attorney General seeks longer jail for killer officer

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Three months’ prison for pair of Lymington shoplifters TWO thieves who stole hun- dreds of pounds of cosmetics from a Lymington chemist were jailed for three months. Stephen Dempsey (46) and Victoria Peters (30), both of the town’s Lower Buckland Road, each pleaded guilty to theft from a shop, just two days after the offence at the Superdrug branch. Dempsey had entered the High Street store shortly before 11am on Saturday and filled a bag with a range of products valued at around £400. Confronted by staff alerted to suspicious activity, he refused to return the items and fled without paying. Southampton magistrates handed Dempsey and Peters their prison terms on Monday. “After careful consideration he has decided to refer the sen- tence of Timothy Brehmer to the Court of Appeal as he be- lieves the sentence is unduly lenient.” TWO appeal hearings will de- cide whether the 10-and-a-half- year jail term given to a Hordle policeman who killed his lover will be extended or reduced. Timothy Brehmer has ap- plied to the Court of Appeal to try to cut the length of his sentence at the same time as the Attorney General’s Office submitted arguments it was “unduly lenient” and should be increased. As reported in the A&T, Bre- hmer (41), of Woodcock Lane, admitted manslaughter over the death of mother-of-two Mrs Parry in the car park of the Horns Inn pub in Parley, near Christchurch, on 9th May. A spokesperson for the Attor- ney General’s Office said: “The Solicitor General expresses his deepest sympathies to the fam- ily of Claire Parry.

Brehmer stood trial at Salis- bury Crown Court having de- nied murder and was cleared of that charge by a jury. He admit- ted manslaughter. The trial heard Mrs Parry, a nurse, had been having an affair with Brehmer for 10 years but had asked they meet as she was upset having discovered his af- fairs with other women. Prosecutors claimed Breh- mer strangled her in a rage after she sent a text to his wife, Mar- tha, from his phone which said: “I’m cheating on you.” However, Brehmer denied that and said he was responsi- ble only inadvertently for her death while trying to get her out of his car. Handing down sentence, Judge Richard Jacobs de- termined Brehmer “lost his self-control” during the inci- dent. After the punishment was an- nounced, Dorset Police said it had sacked Brehmer from the force and he had been placed on the national barred list.

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