v AVAILABLE ON ALL DEVICES v 5th June 2025 • The HERALD • Page 75 AMT MOBILE MECHANICAL 07950 638228 • Servicing • Repairs • MOT’s Arranged • Diagnostics • Breakdowns All Makes & Models incVans Competitive Rates Waterside Based amtmobile2@gmail.com Mobile Mechanic, Air Conditioning & Tyre Fitting TOWBARS SUPPLIED & FITTED TOWBARS SUPPLIED & FITTED TOWBARS SUPPLIED & FITTED TOWBARS SUPPLIED & FITTED • Latest 4-Wheel Computerised Wheel Alignment • FREE Wheel Alignment Check with Service • FREE Local Collection & Delivery BOOK ONLINE H Clutches H Diagnostics H Air Conditioning H 4 Wheel Alignment H H Cambelts H Service to Manufacturers Specification on all makes and models H BADMINSTON GARAGE HYTHE PHONE: 023 8001 9090 • EMAIL: mhbgarage100@gmail.com Web: badminstonsgroup.co.uk/hythe • F badminstonsofhythe 50 SHORE ROAD, HYTHE SO45 6GJ MOT & SERVICE CENTRE for Cars, Motorcycles,Vans and Motorhomes Waterside Climate Action Network (WaterCAN) Update from Waterside Climate Action Network (WaterCAN) Plenty of competition for the good news slot this issue: First o the blocks is Applemore Health and Leisure Centre where New Forest District Council have secured £1.8 million funding from the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme towards improvements that reduce carbon emissions and help to secure a more sustainable future for the district. ese will include insulation, solar panels, and improved heating systems. Plans for a schools seashore day in conjunction with BMT (formerly British Marine Technology) are advancing. is would take place on the foreshore behind e Grove and include presentations and a “shingle safari” to identify di erent types of marine life, plants and wading birds, as well as looking at the local environmental impact on marine life. Please check our website for updated information on this exciting project. Hythe Sea Scouts have been busy again collecting aluminium cans for recycling (they can be back on shop selves within 6 weeks!). Another 34 kilograms have been collected with more to come. Another collection box has been set up in Hythe and Dibden Parish Hall and more collecting boxes are available for anyone interested in joining in. ere have been suggestions recently that, with the advent of electric arc furnaces, which use recycled steel, the search might expand to steel cans. e spring drought has again highlighted, a bit earlier than usual, the need to conserve water. Southern Water operate a service which includes advice on water saving, including the tting of devices and the provision of water butts. To nd out if you’re eligible check out the Southern Water website. If you plan to visit the New Forest Show this year don’t forget to look out the Energy4all and New Forest Community Energy stand. And nally threats from the climate crisis come in all shapes and sizes. is time it’s a curved shape threat to the world’s most consumed fruit, and the fourth most important food globally behind wheat, rice and maize. According to a report from Christian Aid “Going Bananas: How Climate Change reatens the World’s Favourite Fruit”, rising temperatures, extreme weather and climate related pests are pummelling the world’s major banana growing countries such as Guatemala, Costa Rica and Columbia and the Caribbean, which together produce 80% of the world’s bananas. For further information and updates please check out our website: E-voice.org.uk/WaterCAN, or Facebook, or email: watercan2025@gmail.com Foreshore behind The Grove HAMPSHIRE AIR AMBULANCE New Forest/Waterside U3A members are looking forward to some interesting talks in the near future. Meetings are held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, at St Andrew’s Hall in Dibden Purlieu, starting at 2pm. Meetings nish at around 3.30pm, but everyone is invited to stay for tea and biscuits if they wish. ey regularly welcome between 90 and 100 people to their meetings. ey recently enjoyed a most interesting talk about bees and bee keeping, from local bee keeper, Nick Tustian, who doesn’t like honey! ey learned how you can buy a new queen bee for your colony, and she will arrive in the post… He also showed them how to identify the Asian hornet, which is now a threat to our native bees. Forthcoming meetings include a presentation about the Hants and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance on 17th June and on 1st July will be a talk from Keith Betton, about “Birding in the world’s most remote islands”. ey look forward to learning whereabouts those might be! Special interest groups meet regularly, including skittles, embroidery, table tennis, history, and gardening. Lunches are regularly arranged, too. A new group, for anyone who enjoys playing boules, has recently taken o . ey play on alternate Thursday afternoons, at the Old Mill, Hardley, a delightful venue, with a very pretty garden. Anyone who is interested in joining this friendly U3A group is welcome to go along to a meeting, or to contact the secretary if they’d like to chat rst. Please email: u3a. nfwsecretary@outlook. com Hampshire Scout Heritage Centre Copythorne Parish History Society meets on the 4th Thursday of each month, in the main Copythorne Parish Hall at 7.30pm and welcomes anyone who wishes to go along. Entry is £2 per person. eir next meeting is on Thursday 26th June for a visit to Hampshire Scout Heritage Centre. For more information please contact Clare on: 023 8081 2167 or email: anniesapp@hotmail.com
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