Burley

A DECISION is due on whether to allow plans to plant oak trees in Burley for the Queen’s jubilee which were initially rejected by the verderers.

A NEW Forest banker who was convicted of a £3.5bn currency fraud has been transferred to a UK jail, the A&T can reveal.

BURLEY Food & Drink Festival is back this year with a jam packed programme featuring live music, art, tarot reading, kids' trails and vintage cars.

MOTORISTS breathed a sigh of relief this morning (Monday) as the A35 at Holmsley finally reopened after months of bridge replacement work.

THE weather could decide if the busy A35 can reopen on Sunday following Holmsley bridge replacement works.

THE verderers have been urged to reconsider a decision to refuse a tree planting scheme in Burley to mark the Queen’s platinum jubilee.

THE annual celebration of man's best friend, Dogstival, is taking a walk and relocating to Romsey this year after outgrowing its New Forest roots.

A PLAN by a New Forest village to plant a dozen trees to celebrate the Queen’s platinum jubilee in the summer has been scuppered by the verderers.

PLANS have been resubmitted to turn outbuildings into commercial units on a former chicken farm in Burley.

ONE of the oldest tourist institutions in the New Forest has been saved after Forestry England agreed to give its new owners a three-year licence.

PLANS have been approved for a row of 10 new trees to replace oaks in Burley which villagers tied themselves to last year in a bid to save them.

A BURST water main has forced the closure of a stretch of Pound Lane near Burley – a key diversion route during the A35 Holmsley bridge works.

DOZENS of vehicles are thought to have been damaged after a large hole opened up on a New Forest road.

MOTORISTS who drive off-road in the New Forest are warned their vehicles could be seized after police caught three offenders in a week.

PART of Lyndhurst High Street will be temporarily closed to allow a delivery of 20-metre concrete beams.

DRIVERS have been stopped using a narrow New Forest cut-through while diversions are in place during work to replace Holmsley Bridge on the A35.

A PROBLEM installing foundations of the replacement Holmsley bridge has been blamed for the A35 having to shut longer than originally planned.

HUNDREDS of spectators braved the wind and rain to roar home riders and their horses at the popular New Forest point-to-point races.

INDEPENDENT Bransgore farmer Richard Frampton has won the Bransgore and Burley New Forest District Council seat after a festive byelection.

A FESTIVE by-election battle will see four candidates vie for the vacant Bransgore and Burley seat on New Forest District Council.