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Index Planning Readers’ photos 13 Christian Comment 14 Letters 14 From Our Files 17 Puzzle Corner 17 New Forest Notes 19 Classifieds 20-23 Motoring 24 Family Announcements back page LT Price Rise 03 9 771353 223033 51 9 771353 223033 52 Electric car charging points plan for every new home built Page 2 Theatre ‘saved for another year’ after £240,000 grant Page 4 Town council slams ‘eyesore’ wheelie bin waste proposals Page 7 The 120-year-old plan for tunnel from New Forest to Isle of Wight Page 10 12

More red tape worth it to get out of EU, says Sir Desmond Swayne

Continued on page 2 terms of allowing continuing – though reduced – EU access to our fish, but I am confident that this was the proper prior- ity for securing our prosperity. “Whilst trade will be free with the EU, it won’t be friction- less. It will involve the sort of red tape we encounter in our trade with the rest of the world, but this is an inevitable conse- quence of having left the EU and is a price well worth paying, in my view. “We will no longer be gov- erned by laws made elsewhere and enforced by a foreign court.” Under the deal, travel could also become more complicated. Those visiting the continent will have to check for phone roaming charges and require- ments for travel insurance, and have at least six months re- maining on their passports. UK nationals will need a visa for stays of longer than 90 days in the EU in a 180-day period, and there will be extra border checks for UK travellers. EU fishing fleets will have A COMMONER who hoped to use land to run a school ded- icated to passing on forestry skills has hit a stumbling block. Ben Smith applied to New Forest District Council for a lawful development certificate for Blackwell Forest in Chapel Lane, Langley, to run the edu- cation facility for children and adults, as well as keeping ani- mals. The idea is to pass on forestry skills, with the woodland cen- tre’s proposed opening hours initially only on Saturdays be- tween 9am and 6pm.

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BOTH New Forest MPs said they would vote in favour of the government’s 11th hour Brexit deal with the EU to secure the UK’s “independence”. Finalised on Christmas Eve, the 1,246-page trade deal went before parliament on Wednes- day and was expected to gain approval, with both Sir Des- mond Swayne and Julian Lew- is telling the A&T they would back it in the lobbies. Failing to strike an agreement would have meant switching to World Trade Organisation terms on 1st January, result- ing in tariffs and quotas on im- ports and exports and therefore big price hikes on goods in UK shops. Fishing has been one of the major sticking points in Brex- it talks, and the deal has been criticised by the British fishing industry which accused the government of giving too much ground. While under the terms of the deal there will be no extra charges on goods or limits on the amount that can be traded, there will be additional checks

Tier 3 ‘hammer blow’ to firms

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where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate up to 18th December but which were registered up to 26th December. There were expected to be further updates on tiers around the country on Wednesday, after the A&T went to press. The move to put the New For- est into Tier 3 was announced last week by health secretary Matt Hancock amid rising con- cern of a new, more infectious strain of coronavirus. The rest of Hampshire was pushed into even stricter Tier 4, which bans movement out unless for rea- sons such as work. The change was backed by Hampshire County Council leader Cllr Keith Mans, who said it was the “right” decision that reflected “rapidly rising in- fection rates across our county and the impact on local hospi- tals”.

THE New Forest’s coronavirus infection rate has increased by more than half since the an- nouncement it would move into tougher Tier 3 restrictions. As of Tuesday, the local case rate was 146.6 per 100,000 peo- ple, with 264 new positive cases in the past seven days. The numbers are a marked rise on the district’s pre-Christ- mas figure of 93.8 per 100,000, which made it then the 30th lowest local authority area in the country. The area had been in Tier 2 before Boxing Day. The combined area of BCP and Dorset councils, which in- If the facility became pop- ular, he would like the option to run it seven days a week, in conjunction with local schools, colleges, and Cub and Scout groups. However, he has failed to gain a lawful development certifi- cate from NFDC for the activity, which would save him having to go through the process of for- mally gaining planning permis- sion. In his application, Mr Smith argued: “I think the use of [Blackwell Forest] for forest- ry and agriculture is lawful as

cludes Christchurch, remained in Tier 2 – despite a higher case rate which on Tuesday stood at 218 per 100,000, with weekly new cases reaching 865. On the same day the average case rate in England was 401.9. Across the Hampshire County Council area it was 286.4. There was one Covid-19 death in the New Forest, in a hospital, reported in the latest update from the Office for Na- tional Statistics (ONS). In the BCP Council area, there were 11 deaths. The provisional figures from the ONS related to fatalities during the war the forest was part of a larger smallholding which consisted of a market garden and herd of cows. This use is consistent with the com- mon use of land in the area. “The students would be ini- tially based in a classroom-sized clearing for lessons but would then be given access to the whole of the site and the adjoin- ing common to conduct obser- vations as part of their lessons. There would be no processes carried out and no machinery to be installed.”

at borders. Businesses will have to make customs declarations if they trade with the EU, while hauliers will need access per- mits. Speaking to the A&T before the vote on Wednesday, Con- servative MP Sir Desmond Swayne, of New Forest West, said “red tape and fish” were a price worth paying to be out of the EU. “This is better than I had hoped because the Europeans were digging their heels in so much I didn’t actually think we’d get a deal,” he said. “I am very pleasantly sur- prised by this agreement and satisfied it does the job of se- curing free trade without draw- ing us into the EU’s regulatory orbit. “Clearly, free trade for our agriculture and manufacturing was negotiated at a price in

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