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A FARMER who admitted 6failing to ensure the wel- fare of cattle and pigs kept at a New Forest holding has escaped a ban from keeping animals. Commoner Robin Duell (62) allowed ill and healthy cattle to mix and kept pigs in sub-standard con- ditions, Southampton Magistrates’ Court heard. An emaciated cow and a carcass, which may have been there for some time, were also found during an inspection of the land. However, because it was Duell’s first offence and he was of previous good character, district judge Lorraine Morgan allowed him to continue to farm. Prosecuting for Hampshire Trad- ing Standards, Duncan Milne said Duell comes from a farming back- ground and was given warnings by his own vet and the county council prior to the charges being brought but he appeared to have ignored them. Mr Milne said the defendant, who lives at Sylvia Crescent, Totton, owns three holdings at Dibden Bay, Copythorne and Applemore. The offences before the court concerned the Copythorne site. Vet Richard Dampney went to inspect the land on November 10th 2014 and was so concerned he returned the next day with a mem- ber of the county council’s trading standards team, Carolyn Madgwick. The pair accessed the land via an unlocked gate, he said, and wit- nessed cattle suffering from pneu- monia mixing in pens with healthy cattle, putting at risk around 88 of the animals. No partitions were on the land, Mr Milne said, adding: “This increased the risk of cross- infection. Nose to nose contact was not prohibited.” Around 80 cattle did not have enough dry lying area, he said, and their troughs were too small, increasing the risk of smaller and C OUNCIL tax in the 6New Forest could go up after a six-year freeze due to government funding cuts. District council cabinet members considering the authority’s four- year financial plan for 2016-2020 heard that under a settlement announced by the government in December, additional funding previ- ously given to councils for keeping the rate the same was no longer in place. A report by chief executive Bob Jackson described this as a “major change” which would see NFDC’s funds reduced by an overall £4m by 2020. The report added: “The govern- ment’s settlement includes no offer of council tax freeze grant for 2016/17 or future years, and within their published figures they assume that councils will increase council tax in the period to 2020.” At a cabinet meeting on Wednes- day council leader Coun. Barry Rickman said: “We do not antici- pate the budget we will deliver for 2016/17 will have any adverse impact on frontline services. We also recognise our commitment to council taxpayers. We have not increased council tax for six years, with help from the government.” He added: “As we expected, the next few years will be challenging and by 2020 we will be a very differ- ent organisation to the one we were in 2010. Looking forward there is much to do but our priority will always be to put our local residents and businesses first.” Coun. Rickman said the authority would work collaboratively with town and parish councillors and partners. Finance and efficiency portfolio holder Coun. Jeremy Heron said the budget was achievable but added: “It will be a challenging exercise as we look to maintain frontline ser- vices while reducing costs.” He said the new senior manage- ment team appointed before Christ- mas would look at different ways to deliver services and working. A final decision on the council tax will be made in February. A WRITER from Milford 6who has raised more than £100,000 for charity while being treated for a rare blood cancer has been named in a list of top 50 great British people. As previously reported in the ‘A&T’, John Underwood (26) was diagnosed with hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma, a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer which affects young men and teenage boys. It is so rare, only 200 cases have ever been recorded in the UK. While undergoing chemotherapy last August at the specialist cancer unit at Bart’s Hospital in London, he decided to set up a JustGiving page for Anthony Nolan, a pioneer- ing charity that saves the lives of people with blood cancer. Using its register it matches people willing to donate their blood stem cells to others who desperately need life- saving transplants. To his surprise the initial £1,000 target was eclipsed within 45 min- utes and after just one week he had raised more than £55,000. That has now risen to £91,747, which with Giftaid brings the total to around £108,000. John has now been recognised for his fundraising in The Daily Tele- graph’s Britons of the Year list, WIN a 7-day Luxury River Cruise for two with A&T READER COMPETITION Don’t miss your A&T next week 16.01.16 A NEW MILTON woman 6was made an MBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours list for voluntary services to the local fishing industry. Also recognised were the former chief executive of Hampshire Coun- ty Council and the chairman of the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust. Sixty-five-year-old Stella Dean (pictured), who lives at Ossemsley, has been involved with the South- ern Fish Industry Training Associa- tion (SFITA) since its formation in 1981 to improve safety. The association now covers the whole of the south coast from Lyme Regis to the Medway, and provides training for the National Federation of Fish Fryers, the National Federa- tion of Fishmongers, the Sea Fish- ing Authority and other agencies. Stella’s parents owned a fishmon- gers shop and fish fryers in Purewell and the family has been involved in the Mudeford fishing industry for many generations. In 1973 she started working for the Mudeford Fisherman’s Associa- tion, which organised the annual trawler race for over 25 years and raised money for charities including the RNLI, Guide Dogs for the Blind ‘GREAT BRITON’ JOHN’S £100K TO SAVE OTHERS Recognised: John Underwood with girlfriend Ella Risbridger Support: Emily Underwood running the Clarendon Marathon for Anthony Nolan which features the top 50 British people judged to have made an impact in 2015. It includes well-known personalities such as Andy Murray, Major Timothy Peake and Lewis Hamilton, as well as human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and adventurer Sarah Outen, who recently completed a marathon four-and-a-half-year trip navigating the world. The list, which put John at num- ber 46, said he and his girlfriend Ella Risbridger had “confronted his dis- ease with wit and humour, attract- ing hundreds of supporters”. John’s mother Chris told the ‘A&T’: “I am completely thrilled for John — it’s lovely for him to get a national accolade. I am hugely proud. “He’s kept the same positive atti- tude he’s had since the summer [when he was diagnosed] and the medics can’t believe how well he’s done. One of his consultants calls him a medical marvel and a lot of it is down to his mental attitude and his positivity.” Chris said the first John knew of the accolade was when Anthony Nolan contacted him. She added: “He was absolutely amazed.” Following high dose chemothera- py John is waiting to see if a proce- dure to “clean” his stem cells of cancer has been a success. Chris said: “We have to wait 100 days but the signs are good. If it works then he will be given stem cells from a donor to build a wall round his own and the wonderful thing is that his sister Emily is a 100% match.” There is a one-in-three chance of a family member being a match, but Chris said to find a 100% match with Emily (23) was “absolute- ly brilliant”. “He has done so much to help oth- er people find donor matches by fundraising and getting people to sign up to be donors that it seems to me this is his reward,” Chris added. “Amongst all this, which has been traumatic for all, it’s lovely that this has happened.” In October Emily ran the Claren- don Marathon from Salisbury to Winchester in aid of Anthony Nolan — the first time she had attempted such a long distance. As she completed the course in five hours and three minutes she was stunned to see John amongst family and friends cheering her over the line after he made his first trip out of London since his diagnosis. To donate visit www.justgiving. com/John-Underwood- Anthony-Nolan Forest council tax set to rise after six-year freeze Farmer avoids ban over animal welfare offences Former teacher faces 17 charges of making indecent child images A FORMER teacher at a New 6Milton school has been charged with multiple counts of making indecent images of children. Tyrone Mark (40), of Linden Court, Pantside, Caerphilly, in Wales, has been accused of 17 offen- ces, which are alleged to have been committed between February 1st 2014 and November 30th 2014, Hampshire Police confirmed on Thursday. A spokeswoman for the force said the charges were the result of an investigation into Mark (pictured) by its child abuse inves- tigation team. The defendant has been released on bail and will appear before Southampton Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday January 19th, she added. A former teacher of geography at The Arnewood School for over a decade, Mark was informed of the charges on Tuesday. The force added that the alleged indecent image offences relate to a period after Mark left the Gore Road school in January 2014. Fishing safety pioneer made MBE in honours (Continued on page 2) weaker animals being excluded at feeding time. On his return visit with Mrs Madgwick, Mr Dampney found the carcass was still there, Mr Milne said. “It had sunken eyes and signs of dehydration, which indicated it may have been dead because of that or for a considerable period of time, or perhapsboth.” There were also lethargic calves in a pen, without enough dry lying land, while in another three calves had pneumonia, he said, and four others had symptoms of a similar nature. In a further pen, eight calves were found depressive and “reluctant to rise”, and one was emaciated and suffering bilateral conjunctivitis. Three pig pens contained 14 pigs and five piglets, which had no access to constant fresh water. There was no dry area for the pigs and their trough water was also muddy. The prosecutor acknowledged there were also goats and turkeys on the Copythorne land and no concerns had been raised in rela- tion to their condition. Following the inspection Mr Dampney wrote to Duell and set another visit date for November 17th of that year but, when he turned up at the holding, he could not get access. 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Page 1: NEW MILTON ADVERTISER · ing Standards, Duncan Milne said Duell comes from a farming back- ... and the family has been involved in the Mudeford fi shing industry for many generations

A FARMER who admitted 6failing to ensure the wel-

fare of cattle and pigs kept at a New Forest holding has escaped a ban from keeping animals.

Commoner Robin Duell (62) allowed ill and healthy cattle to mix and kept pigs in sub-standard con-ditions, Southampton Magistrates’ Court heard.

An emaciated cow and a carcass, which may have been there for some time, were also found during an inspection of the land.

However, because it was Duell’s fi rst offence and he was of previous good character, district judge Lorraine Morgan allowed him to continue to farm.

Prosecuting for Hampshire Trad-ing Standards, Duncan Milne said Duell comes from a farming back-ground and was given warnings by his own vet and the county council prior to the charges being brought b u t h e a p p e a r e d t o h a v e ignored them.

Mr Milne said the defendant, who lives at Sylvia Crescent, Totton, owns three holdings at Dibden Bay, Copythorne and Applemore. The offences before the court concerned the Copythorne site.

Vet Richard Dampney went to inspect the land on November 10th 2014 and was so concerned he returned the next day with a mem-ber of the county council’s trading standards team, Carolyn Madgwick. The pair accessed the land via an unlocked gate, he said, and wit-nessed cattle suffering from pneu-monia mixing in pens with healthy cattle, putting at risk around 88 of the animals. No partitions were on the land, Mr Milne said, adding: “This increased the risk of cross-infection. Nose to nose contact was not prohibited.”

Around 80 cattle did not have enough dry lying area, he said, and their troughs were too small, increasing the risk of smaller and

CO U N C I L t a x i n t h e 6New Forest could go up

after a six-year freeze due to government funding cuts.

District council cabinet members considering the authority’s four-year financial plan for 2016-2020 heard that under a settlement announced by the government in December, additional funding previ-ously given to councils for keeping t h e r a t e t h e s a m e w a s n o longer in place.

A report by chief executive Bob Jackson described this as a “major change” which would see NFDC’s funds reduced by an overall £4m by 2020.

The report added: “The govern-ment’s settlement includes no offer of council tax freeze grant for 2016/17 or future years, and within their published fi gures they assume that councils will increase council tax in the period to 2020.”

At a cabinet meeting on Wednes-day council leader Coun. Barry Rickman said: “We do not antici-pate the budget we will deliver for 2016/17 will have any adverse impact on frontline services. We also recognise our commitment to council taxpayers. We have not increased council tax for six years, with help from the government.”

He added: “As we expected, the next few years will be challenging and by 2020 we will be a very differ-ent organisation to the one we were in 2010. Looking forward there is much to do but our priority will always be to put our local residents and businesses first.”

Coun. Rickman said the authority would work collaboratively with town and parish council lors and partners.

Finance and efficiency portfolio holder Coun. Jeremy Heron said the budget was achievable but added: “It will be a challenging exercise as we look to maintain frontline ser-vices while reducing costs.”

He said the new senior manage-ment team appointed before Christ-mas would look at different ways to deliver services and working.

A fi nal decision on the council tax will be made in February.

A WRITER from Milford 6who has raised more than

£100,000 for charity while being treated for a rare blood cancer has been named in a list of top 50 great British people.

As previously reported in the ‘A&T’, John Underwood (26) was diagnosed with hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma, a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer which affects young men and teenage boys. It is so rare, only 200 cases have ever been recorded in the UK.

While undergoing chemotherapy last August at the specialist cancer unit at Bart’s Hospital in London, he decided to set up a JustGiving page for Anthony Nolan, a pioneer-ing charity that saves the lives of people with blood cancer. Using its register it matches people willing to donate their blood stem cells to others who desperately need life-saving transplants.

To his surprise the initial £1,000 target was eclipsed within 45 min-utes and after just one week he had raised more than £55,000. That has now risen to £91,747, which with Gi f ta id br ings the tota l to around £108,000.

John has now been recognised for his fundraising in The Daily Tele-graph’s Britons of the Year list,

WINa 7-day Luxury River Cruise for

two with

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Don’t miss your A&T next week 16.01.16

A NEW MILTON woman 6was made an MBE in the

Queen’s New Year Honours list for voluntary services to the local fi shing industry.

Also recognised were the former chief executive of Hampshire Coun-ty Council and the chairman of the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust.

Sixty-five-year-old Stella Dean (pictured), who lives at Ossemsley, has been involved with the South-ern Fish Industry Training Associa-tion (SFITA) since its formation in 1981 to improve safety.

The association now covers the whole of the south coast from Lyme Regis to the Medway, and provides training for the National Federation of Fish Fryers, the National Federa-tion of Fishmongers, the Sea Fish-ing Authority and other agencies.

Stella’s parents owned a fi shmon-gers shop and fi sh fryers in Purewell and the family has been involved in the Mudeford fi shing industry for many generations.

In 1973 she started working for the Mudeford Fisherman’s Associa-tion, which organised the annual trawler race for over 25 years and raised money for charities including the RNLI, Guide Dogs for the Blind

‘GREAT BRITON’ JOHN’S £100K TO SAVE OTHERS

Recognised: John Underwood with girlfriend Ella Risbridger

Support: Emily Underwood running the Clarendon

Marathon for Anthony Nolan

which features the top 50 British people judged to have made an impact in 2015.

I t i n c l u d e s w e l l - k n o w n personalities such as Andy Murray, Major Timothy Peake and Lewis Hamilton, as well as human rights l a w y e r A m a l C l o o n e y a n d adventurer Sarah Outen, who recently completed a marathon f o u r - a n d - a - h a l f - y e a r t r i p navigating the world.

The list, which put John at num-ber 46, said he and his girlfriend Ella Risbridger had “confronted his dis-ease with wit and humour, attract-ing hundreds of supporters”.

John’s mother Chris told the ‘A&T’: “I am completely thrilled for John — it’s lovely for him to get a n a t i o n a l a c c o l a d e . I a m hugely proud.

“He’s kept the same positive atti-tude he’s had since the summer [when he was diagnosed] and the medics can’t believe how well he’s done. One of his consultants calls him a medical marvel and a lot of it is down to his mental attitude and his positivity.”

Chris said the fi rst John knew of the accolade was when Anthony Nolan contacted him. She added: “He was absolutely amazed.”

Following high dose chemothera-py John is waiting to see if a proce-dure to “clean” his stem cells of cancer has been a success.

Chris said: “We have to wait 100 days but the signs are good. If it works then he will be given stem cells from a donor to build a wall round his own and the wonderful

thing is that his sister Emily is a 100% match.”

There is a one-in-three chance of a family member being a match, but Chris said to find a 100% match with Emily (23) was “absolute-ly brilliant”.

“He has done so much to help oth-er people find donor matches by fundraising and getting people to sign up to be donors that it seems t o m e t h i s i s h i s r e w a r d , ” Chris added.

“Amongst all this, which has been

traumatic for all, it’s lovely that this has happened.”

In October Emily ran the Claren-don Marathon from Salisbury to Winchester in aid of Anthony Nolan — the fi rst time she had attempted such a long distance.

As she completed the course in five hours and three minutes she was stunned to see John amongst family and friends cheering her over the line after he made his fi rst trip out of London since his diagnosis.

To donate visit www.justgiving.c o m / J o h n - U n d e r w o o d -Anthony-Nolan

Forest council tax set to rise after six-year freeze

Farmer avoids ban over animal welfare offences

Former teacher faces 17 charges of making indecent child imagesA FORMER teacher at a New

6Milton school has been charged with multiple counts of making indecent images of children.

Tyrone Mark (40), of Linden Court, Pantside, Caerphilly, in Wales, has been accused of 17 offen-ces, which are alleged to have been committed between February 1st 2014 and November 30th 2014, Hampshire Police confirmed on Thursday.

A spokeswoman for the force said the charges were the result of an investigation into Mark (pictured) b y i t s c h i l d a b u s e i n v e s -tigation team.

The defendant has been released on bail and will appear before Southampton Magistrates’ Court o n T u e s d a y J a n u a r y 19th, she added.

A former teacher of geography at The Arnewood School for over a decade, Mark was informed of the charges on Tuesday.

The force added that the alleged indecent image offences relate to a period after Mark left the Gore Road school in January 2014.

Fishing safety pioneer made MBE in honours

(Continued on page 2)

weaker animals being excluded at feeding time.

On his return visit with Mrs Madgwick, Mr Dampney found the carcass was still there, Mr Milne said. “It had sunken eyes and signs of dehydration, which indicated it may have been dead because of that or for a considerable period of time, or perhapsboth.”

There were also lethargic calves in a pen, without enough dry lying land, while in another three calves had pneumonia, he said, and four o t h e r s h a d s y m p t o m s o f a similar nature.

In a further pen, eight calves were found depressive and “reluctant to rise”, and one was emaciated and suffering bilateral conjunctivitis.

Three pig pens contained 14 pigs and five piglets, which had no access to constant fresh water. There was no dry area for the pigs a n d t h e i r t r o u g h w a t e r was also muddy.

The prosecutor acknowledged there were also goats and turkeys on the Copythorne land and no concerns had been raised in rela-tion to their condition.

Following the inspection Mr Dampney wrote to Duell and set another visit date for November 17th of that year but, when he turned up at the holding, he could not get access.

Mr Dampney visited Duell’s home (Continued on page 2)

DISTRICT NEWS

regular features X Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . .p .6 X Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . p .10 X Christian Comment . . . . . . P .11 X Sport . . . . . . . . . p .13 & p .14 X 50 Years Ago . . . . . . . . . p .16 X Play Reviews . . . . . . . . . p .16 X Puzzle Corner . . . . . . . . . p .16 X Planning . . . . . . . . . . . p .19 X Clubs & Societies . . . p .19 & p .20

eating OutLocal restaurants on page 8 & 9

What’s OnForthcoming events on pages 18-22

MILFORDThe owner of a seafront café and

bar, who painstakingly built it back up after it was battered by a freak Valentine’s Day storm, has con-firmed he plans to transform it into bed and breakfast accommodation. Richard Thompson said converting The Marine’s ground floor section was “necessary” for the business to “prosper”. Page 5

BROCKENHURSTA Good Samaritan came to the aid

of paramedics whose ambulance be-came submerged in floodwater un-derneath the notorious Latchmoor Bridge. The emergency vehicle was pulled out by Joe Hale in his Land Rover after its crew got into difficul-ty while trying to assist the driver of another stranded vehicle. Page 7

HYTHEA dog which was missing in the

Forest for almost a week has miracu-lously found its way back home. Mate, a Jack Russell, returned as a motorist followed her in an attempt to catch her after appeals were made on Facebook. Owner Fiona Ether-ington said: “It’s like something from a movie.” Page 9

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Page 2 ADVERTISER & TIMES Sat., Jan. 9th, 2016

and the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.In 1978 Stella was asked to be sec-

retary and treasurer for the South Coast Fisherman’s Council which set up SFITA, of which she also became secretary and treasurer.

She was appointed to the South-ern Sea Fisheries District Commit-tee, which later became the Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority, in 1992. She retired from there last year. A patrol vessel was named Stella Barbara after her in recognition of her contribution to the coastal fish-i n g c o m m u n i t y a n d f i s h e r-ies management.

Stella told the ‘A&T’ she greatly enjoyed that role, adding the nam-ing of the boat was a great honour.

“I was very surprised and hon-o u r e d t o b e g i v e n t h e MBE,” she said.

Hampshire County Council’s for-mer chief executive, Andrew Smith, picked up his second honour for services to local government, being made a CBE.

He retired earlier this year after more than 25 years at the council and eight years at the helm. He was one of the highest paid council officers in the country with an annual salary of more than £200,000. He was made an OBE in 2006.

In a statement the authority said: “During his time as chief executive, Andrew introduced an entrepre-neurial and visionary approach to managing and developing public services - all through a period of financial constraint and challenge.

“His innovative thinking has led to major change and transfor-mation in Hampshire, and ground-breaking partnerships being developed with both the private and public sector, to improve and susta in publ ic serv ices for the future.

“As a result, Hampshire is now widely regarded as a national lead-er in shared and traded public ser-vices, as well as being recognised for the quality of its services to residents.”

HCC leader Coun. Roy Perry said: “I am delighted for Andrew – he has

Farmer admits welfare offences

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H A M P S H I R E p o l i c e h a v e launched an investigation after a six-year-old girl suffered life-threatening injuries when she was hit by a metal bollard in Lymington which local traders had warned was dangerous.

As exclusively revealed in last week’s ‘A&T’, the youngster is understood to have slipped while leapfrogging the bollard on the cob-bled street on Quay Hill just after 6pm on December 28th. It then top-pled and hit her head.

Traders, passers-by and an off-duty nurse ran to her aid and witnesses described the child as going in and out of consciousness. An ambulance then arrived at the scene and she was taken to Southampton General Hospital.

The young girl suffered a serious head injury, and subsequently a South Central Ambulance Service spokesman said she was in a “life-threatening/life-changing” condi-tion in the intensive treatment unit.

Following the incident angry trad-ers on Quay Street said they had told Hampshire County Council in the weeks leading up to it that the bollard needed replacing, but noth-ing had been done. Since the a c c i d e n t t h e b o l l a r d h a s been removed.

HCC said it had launched an investigation and this week Hamp-shire Constabulary confirmed it was also looking into the incident and would decide whether a criminal offence had been committed.

A spokesman for the force said: “The police were made aware by the ambulance service due to the seri-

ousness of the injury to the six-year-old child.

“Due to the nature of how the injury was caused, the police have a duty to investigate those circum-stances to see if there are any crim-

inal offences disclosed around the state of the bollard. We are working jointly with the Health and Safe-ty Executive.”

It is understood officers have visited the scene and taken witness

statements from traders who say they reported the bollard had been hit by a car and damaged around three weeks ago.

Various rumours have also circu-lated about the young girl’s condi-tion, but police refused to clarify h o w s h e w a s w h e n a s k e d by the ‘A&T’.

However, the spokesman did point out the force would publicly announce anything which “signifi-cantly” changed the nature of its investigation.

The ‘A&T’ also asked HCC a host of questions about the incident, and in response it released a short state-ment which read: “We were very sad to hear of the injuries to the little girl and wish her a swift recovery.

“The circumstances of the accident are currently being inves-tigated and it would not be appro-priate to comment further until those investigations are completed.”

The young girl is said to have been in the area holidaying with her fam-ily, who are from Buckinghamshire and were staying at the Stanwell H o u s e H o t e l i n Ly m i n g t o n High Street.

Traders left flowers at the scene w h i c h c o n t a i n e d g e t w e l l soon messages.

Nearby residents and shop owners have keys to unlock and lower the bollards to enable them to drive through. In the wake of the incident local traders have called for the road to be totally pedestrianised – currently only half of it is.

Police probe into bollard accident which left girl (6) seriously injured

Removed: the damaged bollard on Quay Hill

Three named in New Year Honours

and spoke to his wife and inspected animal records. He discovered there had been some paperwork prob-lems which were blamed on the defendant’s computer illiteracy.

As far back as 2012, Duell had been advised by his own vets about the amount of dry lying land required for his animals, Mr Milne said.

Interviewed by police in March 2015 Duell told officers he visited the Copythorne site twice a day and did not have partitions on the land because animals mixed when they are at the markets, adding: “So what’s the point?”

Mr Milne said this was a “worrying reflection” of Duell’s attitude to the risk posed by disease spread and his animals’ welfare.

Duell had already admitted a total of six charges at a previous hearing.

Three of those concerned him fail-ing to comply with animal welfare regulations, two related to him fail-ing in his duty as a person respon-sible for animals to ensure their welfare and another to his record keeping. A seventh charge which also related to record keeping was withdrawn by the prosecution.

Defending, solicitor Jamie Gam-mon said his client had made a host of changes at the site since the inspection, including putting out more troughs for the cattle and drinking apparatus for his pigs and changing his pen arrangements to comply with regulations.

“He has taken on board every-thing that has been said,” Mr Gam-mon assured the court.

The solicitor pointed out that in the last 14 months there had been no concerns raised with the Copy-thorne site or Duell’s other hold-ings. He said it was not unusual for

(Continued from front page) older cattle to regularly contract diseases such as pneumonia.

There were “unusual” problems at the Copythorne site at the time of the inspection, Mr Gammon said, such as heavy rain causing a tractor to get stuck, meaning hay bales could not be moved.

Mr Gammon said his client ran the Copythorne holding as a com-mercial business with the help of his son and had been involved with farming for around five decades. However, Duell had now been advised to think again about using the land to fatten up calves and sell them on, he added.

He said the defendant, who also worked full-time as a groundworker for the Hampshire Wildlife Trust, had problems with his animals becoming ill and suspected that was due to copper poisoning.

Duell and his family would be hit hard were they to be banned from keeping animals, Mr Gammon stressed, and he urged the Bench to

allow him to continue farming given his client’s previous good record and character.

Sentencing, the judge ordered Duell to pay £1,824 in court costs and handed him a 12-month com-munity order, during which he will have to complete 180 hours of unpaid work.

dedicated his entire working life to improving public services and this award is the least he deserves. His ‘citizen first’ approach has benefit-ted everyone who lives and works in Hampshire and his long-term vision for the public sector will benefit the generations to come.”

The chairman of South Western Ambulance Service NHS Founda-tion Trust (SWASFT), Heather Strawbridge, was made an OBE for services to health and care.

SWASFT said: “Heather has worked tirelessly to support and promote the work of ambulance services for 11 years, undertaking both national and regional roles where she is respected for her effec-tiveness and influence with regard to national policy.”

Appointed as chairman in 2006, she has supported significant man-agement change to deliver ambu-lance operations from Gloucester to the Isles of Scilly, covering one fifth of mainland England and serving a population of 5.3-million, with an additional 17-million visiting holidaymakers.

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PUPILS at Applemore College have been recognised with an inter-national award for sustainability.

The Eco-Schools award pro-gramme, which is managed by the environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy, guides pupils and staff on how to embed sustainable principles into everyday life.

New Forest sustainable schools co-ordinator Gill Hickman recently visited Applemore College to hear about the work involved to secure its bronze award.

Pupils from years seven to 10 formed an EcoTeam that meets reg-ularly and records discussions and actions.

They also undertook an environ-mental review of the school, asking many teachers for feedback about the school’s performance in nine environmental areas. After review-ing the responses they have devel-oped an action plan and are working on three key project areas, looking at energy, waste and recy-cling and the school grounds.

Gill said: “I am so impressed by the energy and enthusiasm of the EcoTeam and all the staff involved. Congratulations for a very well deserved bronze award.”

The team is also working hard on ideas to transform their school’s daily routine into one that benefits the environment, saves money and improves the school’s surroundings. They recently presented their litter campaign ideas to the school’s gov-ernors and the student council and hope to soon achieve a silver award.

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