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Nelson Mail, 2 Sep 2026

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ArticleOne for your diary.

Sum­mer­set’s Nation­wide Open Day is on Sunday 13 Septem­ber. All 40 of our vil­lages are open, so if you’re curi­ous about retire­ment vil­lage liv­ing, don’t won­der, come have a wander. Love the life you choose. Sunday 13 Septem­ber 10am-2pm...

One for your diary.

ArticleWind­throw leaves long tail

After the massive recov­ery oper­a­tion of mil­lions of wind­thrown trees, the region’s forestry industry may need to brace itself for a dec­ade of lower har­vest volumes. An estim­ated 2.2 mil­lion trees on 5500ha were toppled dur­ing wind events in...

Wind­throw leaves long tail

ArticleMan who murdered 7-year-old boy denied parole at first hear­ing

A man serving life impris­on­ment for mur­der­ing his 7-year-old stepson has been denied parole after acknow­ledging he became viol­ent dur­ing a prison touch rugby game and con­tinu­ing to dis­pute respons­ib­il­ity for many of the injur­ies found on...

Man who murdered 7-year-old boy denied parole at first hear­ing

ArticleTELEGRAPH CROSSWORD

Across 1 Broth (4) 3 Basil, say (4) 6 Con­fed­er­ate gen­eral (3) 9 Vital sign (5,8) 10 Log­ging (8) 12 Pause from work (4) 13 Tit for ____ (3) 15 Gift (6) 18 Fool­ish chat­terer (6) 19 Sticky stuff (3) 21 Prin­cipal (4) 22 Popeye’s girl (5,3)

TELEGRAPH CROSSWORD

ArticleMONDAY’S SOLUTION

Across: 1 Hide, 3 Ran­gier (Hydrangea), 8 Osprey, 9 Nut­meg, 10 Deliv­ery, 11 Peal, 12 Slo­gan, 15 Dan­cer, 17 Hoop, 19 Unsettle, 22 Detach, 23 Morsel, 24 Syn­onym, 25 Plus. Down: 1 Haste, 2 Darling, 4 Annoyed, 5 Get up, 6 Elev­ate, 7 Lyre, 13...

MONDAY’S SOLUTION

ArticleNew play­ground on track for sum­mer

Nel­son’s vibrant new Ruther­ford Park playspace is tak­ing shape and is on track to open in time for sum­mer. The play­ground fea­tures a high rope climb­ing tower with a spiral slide, double cable fly­ing fox, giant octopus tentacles with sucker...

New play­ground on track for sum­mer

ArticleGovt, Labour slammed over fuel tax pledges

Nel­son’s Green Party can­did­ate says com­mit­ments not to raise fuel tax rep­res­ent “the polit­ics of fear”. The pledges would “bleed infra­struc­ture funds dry”, and leave the coun­try “beholden” to the fossil fuel industry, Rohan O’Neill Stevens...

Govt, Labour slammed over fuel tax pledges