03 June 2021
WARNING signs were re-erected at popular dog walking site Long Meadow in Barton after recent flooding disturbed potentially lethal water hemlock.
03 June 2021
A Milford woman found drowned off the coast between Milford and Barton had told friends she would "swim out to sea" to end her life, an inquest heard.
02 June 2021
BARTON man Andrew Maclean hanged himself six years after his mother committed suicide having never got over her death inquest at Winchester hears.
22 April 2021
LOCALLY-monitored CCTV could be installed at Barton to deter troublemakers following a string of vandalism incidents.
21 March 2021
A BARTON artist has had one of her works accepted for a prestigious display in London...
20 March 2021
NEW Milton councillors are set to work with youngsters to find an alternative cycling track after a teenager apologised for more damage caused at a local beauty spot...
18 March 2021
PUBLIC toilets at Barton and Calshot are set to stay open for now after a controversial plan to keep them closed was flushed away...
07 March 2021
RESIDENTS have made a “resounding” call to save a public toilet block at Barton beach threatened with removal...
18 February 2021
HUNDREDS of people have signed a petition against removing toilets from Barton beach after claims that their closure during the pandemic has led to the beauty spot being blighted by human waste...
14 February 2021
A STRING of vandalism has prompted calls for CCTV to be installed at Barton clifftop amid claims the area is underserved by security coverage...
30 January 2021
TO be diagnosed with Covid-19 two days before your 100th birthday would leave most people reeling. It certainly worried the family of great-grandmother Stella Hunt who celebrated the century milestone last Saturday...
23 January 2021
A BARTON couple celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary by having their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine...
24 December 2020
Vandals hacked down a Christmas tree on Barton clifftop, but efforts have since been made to repair it “IT’S disgusting” – this was the reaction of a…
20 November 2020
Rescue teams at the scene (pictures: Southbourne Coastguard) A DOG walker had to be airlifted by helicopter after becoming stuck waist-deep in mud on…
20 November 2020
The scheme was planned for Barton Common Lane (picture: Google) A BID to demolish a home in an exclusive Barton road to make way for four houses was narrowly…
09 November 2020
PEOPLE across the New Forest and Christchurch honoured the fallen differently this year as the pandemic forced the scaling-back of annual Remembrance Sunday commemorations...
08 November 2020
The thieves targeted a home on Barton Lane (picture: Google) JEWELLERY, cash and fragrances to the value of £7,000 were stolen by thieves from a Barton…
06 November 2020
DETERMINED to mark this year’s Remembrance despite tough new Covid lockdown laws, the community of Pennington came together a few days early to lay wreaths at the village’s war memorial...
03 November 2020
Emergency services at Barton beach (picture: SCAS) RESCUE teams raced against time to help a walker who had fallen on rocks at Barton beach as the tide…
02 November 2020
Harmeet Singh Brar from Sikh Council Hampshire said he intended to still lay a wreath at the Indian memorial THE new month-long national lockdown has…