Bransgore

A BRANSGORE special college honoured students’ achievements with awards and a renewed drive to raise £300,000 for a new roof.

A PLANNING inspector has turned down an appeal by a Bransgore homeowner to build a replacement dwelling after a blaze tore through his property.

ADMINISTRATORS have been called in to Yellow Buses which serves passengers across Christchurch and the western side of the New Forest.

A TRIP abroad turned into a holiday from hell for a Bransgore dad stranded in Portugal after he suffered a quadruple heart attack.

A MAIN road which runs under the A35 at Holmsley is set to reopen this Friday after nesting birds delayed the completion of improvement works.

PLANS to convert a Grade II listed stone granary in Bransgore into a meeting space have been refused by New Forest District Council planners.

POLICE have said an 82-year-old man reported missing from a Bransgore address has now been found.

A ROGUE trader from Bransgore has been jailed after conning a vulnerable Warwickshire woman out of £93,000 to fund a gambling habit.

BRANSGORE Primary School is "far better" now, its head has declared, despite losing its 15-year 'outstanding' ranking in the latest inspection.

VANDALS snatched wheels from one of two goals recently bought for Bransgore Youth Football Club.

A HOMEOWNER whose Bransgore home was destroyed in a blaze last year has challenged NFDC's rejection of his plans for a replacement property.

A GRIEVING father fears traffic generated by a proposed extension to a woodland burial ground will spoil the peace of his son’s resting place.

A 100-HOME development in Bransgore has been given planning permission after assurances the scheme will improve flooding problems for neighbours.

A VICAR whose bicycle was stolen while he was in church has been "absolutely overwhelmed" by offers of help from the local community.

A POPULAR charity cafe run by volunteers and considered by many to be a village hub is looking for extra help.

A TRAUMATIC brain injury led to the death of a 61-year-old Bransgore man, an inquest heard.

A BIRD'S nest which has put motorists in a flap and delayed the opening of a key route under the A35 has been confirmed as that of a sparrow.

A BIRD'S nest has stopped the promised reopening of a popular road linking the New Forest either side of the A35.

A NEWLY launched group matching New Forest hosts with Ukrainian refugees is appealing to local residents with spare rooms to get in touch.

A COUPLE were threatened and attacked with a suspected knuckleduster after confronting three teenagers vandalising vehicles in a Bransgore street.