Bransgore

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

NEW Forest District Council has a new cabinet member – Cllr Geoffrey Blunden replacing Mark Steele, who resigned after a row with the leader.

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

A CATAPULT, a stolen Network Rail survey box and suspected drugs were found in an uninsured car seized by police in Bransgore.

TWENTY new volunteers have joined New Forest Basics Bank, swelling its ranks to well over 100 as the service continues to expand to meet demand.

A CAR was destroyed in an arson attack when five men targeted a Bransgore home early last Friday morning.

A BANKSY-STYLE graffiti artist has unmasked himself so he could return to Bransgore and repair an uplifting artwork he secretly created 10 years ago.

A STRING of vehicle offences in Arundel Close, New Milton, resulted in a Bransgore man being jailed for 34 weeks.

THE death of a "wonderful" Bransgore woman who took her own life was wholly unexpected, an inquest heard.

BUILDER Wyatt Homes has submitted its bid to build 100 homes on land south of Derritt Lane, close to Bransgore and Sopley.

A BRANSGORE family escaped a blaze in their home after a lightning strike which "turned the whole street yellow".

LIGHTNING struck the roof of a Bransgore home, sparking a blaze, as storms swept across the New Forest and Christchurch.

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

POLICE stumbled across a collection of cannabis plants while patrolling a local beauty spot.

SEVEN New Forest towns and villages are set for full-fibre broadband as part of a project that will create hundreds of new jobs.

A CONSERVATORY attached to a home in the national park without authorisation and against policy will not have to be demolished.

POLICE have launched a probe into an early-hours blaze which gutted a car at Holmsley Car Park near Burley.

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

A SMALL brewery operating from a Hinton farm that specialises in vegan craft beers is hosting an open day with real ales, a barbecue and live music.

A MILITARY bandsman who was given a six-month trial having never played an instrument before in his life has finally retired after 50 years of music.