Burton

A MOTHER-of-three discovered she had been in a relationship for a year with a convicted paedophile, a court heard.

A SOPLEY pub on the banks of the River Avon has reopened following a major refurbishment overseen by its new owners.

MOTORISTS are warned delays to major Holmsley bridge replacement work could prevent the reopening of the busy stretch in time for Easter.

GETTING caught with cocaine cost a Burton man more than £400 when he appeared before magistrates.

BURTON residents have successfully campaigned for a new bus service.

HUNDREDS of festive characters pounded the streets of Burton on Sunday for Christchurch Runners' annual 10k race.

A FRUSTRATED Winkton pensioner's car has had its windows shot out in catapult attacks three times in as many weeks.

SOFAS, a bed and a desk were among waste dumped in a lane in Burton.

FRESH calls have been made to bring in a BCP Council planning committee dedicated to the Christchurch area.

HOBURNE Holiday Park and fields in Burton and Bransgore are among suggested parcels of land BCP Council could develop with hundreds of homes.

A HOST of Christchurch greenbelt sites could be included in council plans to meet a shortfall of 5,500 new homes.

POLICE have made an arrest after a suspected one-man crimewave terrorised a community with a series of attacks in which property was vandalised and set alight...

A SUSPICIOUS teenage cyclist is being sought as police probe a spate of vandalism and arson attacks which brought “distress” to Burton residents on Saturday night...

POLICE are hunting a cold-calling rogue trader who charged a resident £3,000 after ripping tiles from the roof of their home without permission...

A WOMAN has come forward after police issued a picture appeal in relation to a reported assault on a Christchurch field...

Owen Ackers was given an eight-and-a-half-year jail sentence as well as 18 months' stringent monitoring A BURTON man has been slapped with an extended…

The deer was dumped near the Christchurch bypass A DEER was bitten by dogs and dragged by bungee cords before its body was dumped in Christchurch during…

Owen Ackers faces up to 12 years in jail A THUG stamped so hard on his pregnant girlfriend he left an imprint of his shoe on her stomach before he bit…

Bear of Burton opened after its refurbishment just before the lockdown ACCORDING to an inscription on the wall of the Bear of Burton, Goldilocks “woke…

Gilly Cole has been nominated in the We’re Stronger Together contest THE efforts by Burton’s postmaster to keep the branch open during the Covid-19 pandemic…