Barton

A SPECIAL group has been launched to ensure memories are “never forgotten” of a hospital which treated thousands of Indian troops in Barton.

A CLIFFTOP celebration with a parade and beacon lighting is one of the New Forest events planned to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

A RENOWNED Christmas lighting display in Barton raised £6,000 for the NHS.

NEW Milton councillors welcomed news that Barton beach’s “frighteningly frail” public toilets are set to be fully refurbished by the summer.

TWO men have been arrested on suspicion of drug supply offences after a police pursuit in New Milton.

MORE than £9,000 will be pumped into a programme to fell and replace storm-damaged trees at a popular open space in Barton.

DAME Esther Rantzen has hailed a Barton widower who inspired her to set up a loneliness charity after he died a few days short of his 100th birthday.

HUNDREDS of people braved the cold on Sunday to watch a famous Barton street illuminated with more than 80,000 Christmas lights.

COUNCILLORS were flushed with pride to hear Barton beach’s aged public toilets, previously threatened with demolition, are top of an upgrade list.

THE operators of a Downton quarry have applied to increase the number of visiting lorries in order to meet a growing demand for building materials.

A DEVELOPER has won a planning appeal to tear down a home in an exclusive Barton road and build four houses.

TOWNS and villages across the New Forest and Christchurch will join the nation in commemorating the fallen on Remembrance Sunday, 14th November.

THE opening of a major supermarket chain’s new branch in a landmark Barton building has been delayed by hold-ups over settling highways access.

THE story of the only Vietnam War veteran who played test cricket for Australia – having been born in Barton – has been revealed in a new book.

A DOG had a lucky escape after falling 15ft from the clifftop at Barton.

MOTORHOME owners parking overnight on Barton clifftop have been accused of anti-social behaviour after running their engines into the night.

A CREW of refuse collectors had a lucky escape after their truck burst into flames in Barton, this morning (Tuesday).

MORE funding will have to be found if projects to protect the local coastline are to go ahead, civic chiefs have warned.

AN elderly car driver was hospitalised after a crash with a minibus carrying nine people in Barton Court Avenue.

A DISUSED Barton gravel store could be temporarily made available for BMX riders to prevent further damage being caused to nearby Long Meadow.