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Treasure hunter’s search for ring owner

20-month ban for drink driving A TOTTON man who was more than twice the drink- drive limit has been given a 20-month motoring ban. Ryan Fisher (20), of Ole- ander Drive, was stopped by police in Southampton on 17th October. Appearing at the city’s magistrates’ court, Fisher pleaded guilty to the offence and was fined £323. He must also pay costs of £119. Police respond to death near pub POLICE officers rushed to a Lymington pub after the death of a pensioner. The man, who was in his 70s, was outside the Chequers Inn on Chequers Green at about 5.30pmonWednesday, when he suffered a suspected medical episode. Patrol cars converged on the area and roads were shut. A spokesperson for Hamp- shire police told the A&T: “The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file is being prepared for the coroner.”

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Wedding band was found in field by dad and son detectorists

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BY ANTONELLA LAZZERI

PATIENT care at Lymington hospital has been given a boost with the donation of a £61,000 ultrasound scanner. The Lymington Hospital Friends charity footed the bill for the advanced apparatus which has been installed in the radiology department. It joins the state-of-the-art CT scanner – added last year following a £575,000 donation by the Friends – in providing fast, accurate and detailed analysis. Lance Beatty, head of opera- tions for Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust’s south-west division, said: “Our sincerest thanks to Lymington Hospital Friends and all their supporters for their donation to improve the equipment for our radiology department. “The new GE-E10 ultrasound system provides us with ad- vanced ultrasound imaging us- ing the latest technologies and probes. “The image quality is far su- perior to the older models and the equipment is much easier to use than the older machine.” The CT scanner has proved A METAL detectorist is appeal- ing for help tracking down the owner of a lost wedding ring that he found while searching for buried treasure in a field in Sway. Geoff Lai, who lives in the village, dug up the ring while out with his eight-year-old son Reeve. The item is inscribed with the date 19th September 1964 and the names Ann and John. Geoff said: “It is a hobby we both love, and normally find gold coins and other bits and pieces. This particular day the detector sounded and when we dug down about three inches, we found the ring. “It is quite a big size, so I think it is probably a man’s one. I thought it was so sad that someone had lost it and when I saw there were names and a date on it, I knew I had to find who it belonged to and reunite them with it.” Geoff, who is international production manager for local- ly-based Gozney Stone Bake Oven Company, initially asked the landowner of the field if he had any idea who the couple were. He did not know but said he HUNDREDS of children from New Milton, Ashley and Hord- le enjoyed a special visit from Father Christmas accompanied by his friends from New Milton Round Table. Travelling aboard a sleigh pulled by a truck, Santa met over 270 children from across the area during his socially distanced trips to individual households. The Round Table team was determined to continue the tradition of Santa sleigh vis- its around New Milton and the

specifically, which is a shame. “I am hoping that someone will read this, and either be the owner of the ring or know the couple. “I would love for them to have it back. I have appealed on so- cial media but no one has come forward yet.” The discovery of the ring fol- lows a series of local finds re- ported this year, the biggest being 60 gold coins dating from the 15th and 16th centuries – and worth about £14,000 – found by an unnamed New Forest family as they weeded their garden during the first lock- down. More recently a couple were emotionally reunited with a wedding ring they lost five years ago in Christchurch following an online appeal. It was found on the beach by an engineering team from BCP Council which put out a suc- cessful appeal on social media. Anyone who knows who the ring found in Sway might be- long to can email Geoff via Geofflai8@gmail.com

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Geoff Lai was out with his son Reeve when he found the ring (inset)

looked up all the wedding cer- tificates in the UK covering September 1964. There are lots of Johns and Anns but of course I don’t know if they are the right ones. I can’t search for that date

would ask the previous occu- pants of his farm – but that line of enquiry also drew a blank, leading to Geoff making an ap- peal for help. He said: “I have actually

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surrounding villages, having been forced to cancel the popu- lar fireworks display at Fawcett Field this year because of the pandemic. They decided personal visits to the children’s homes would be the only way forward and invited parents to buy special “Santa Stop Here” signs so they could be included in the route planning. Round Table chair Rob Hen- derson said: “It’s been a tough year for everyone, so it was im- portant to us that we still got

Santa out there to see every- one.” The group received support from a number of local busi- nesses to arrange the com- munity visits including Tesco, Brewers, Jewsons, GD Print and Fireguard Services which provided a van and driver to pull Santa’s sleigh. Vice-chair Kevin Groarke said: “I’d seen another Round Table offering personal Santa visits with a ‘Santa stop here’ sign. “It meant we could still see

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Arthur England and Mike Hodges, joint chairs of Lym- ington Hospital Friends, said: “Thank you for the tremendous support from the local commu- nity and businesses by way of donations, fundraising and gifts in wills.” For more information on do- nating visit www.lymington hospitalfriends.org

a significant benefit for both patients and medical staff. It is used daily for diagnoses rang- ing from minor injuries and general healthcare issues to critical life-threatening diseas- es. It has also saved local pa- tients having to travel to South- ampton or Bournemouth hospi- tals for scans.

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Cafe owner’s frustration as raiders force closure

THE owner of a Lymington café shared her frustration at losing a day’s takings from having to shut after an overnight raid just weeks from relaunching. Nothing was stolen as intrud- ers smashed their way into The Buttery, in High Street, but it had to close throughout Mon- day while police forensic inves- tigations were carried out and damage was repaired. A kitchen window was broken to gain entry when the café was targeted sometime between 9.30am on Sunday and 8am the following day. Owner Michaela Morris, who oversaw the café’s opening un- der new management on 2nd December, arrived on Monday morning to find the devasta- tion.

Stressing no cash was kept on-site overnight, Mrs Morris slammed those responsible for the break-in as well as a num- ber of others that have taken place at businesses across the town in recent months. “Everyone knows who is do- ing this sort of thing in Lym- ington,” she told the A&T on Tuesday. “They get caught, go to prison then come out and do it all again. “People in the town are get- ting fed up with it. It was hugely disappointing to us being a new business having this happen, but we are back open today and looking forward to seeing our customers.” Messages of support poured in from the community af- ter news of the break-in was

posted on the café’s Facebook page. One person wrote: “This is truly awful news, you have both worked so hard to get it up and running and then lowlife scum thinks it’s okay to try and help themselves to your prop- erty. Hope they catch them soon.” Pennington councillor Jack Davies reacted on Facebook: “When our local businesses need our help more than ever, I am devastated to hear that somebody committed such a crime.” Anyone with information should contact Hampshire po- lice on 101, quoting crime ref- erence number 44200490459, or call Crimestoppers anonymous- ly on 0800 555 111.

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