Highcliffe

HIGHCLIFFE School has announced it will be merging with a Southampton academy trust.

THE demolition of a row of Highcliffe village centre shops has been halted – by a seagull.

A grant for Christchurch based Coda Music Trust will be used create a new cultural activity site.

TWO boys will stand trial at Winchester Crown Court after they pleaded not guilty to murdering Walkford man Edward Reeve.

POLICE are seeking a woman whose dog bit a man as he tried to stop it attacking his son’s pet in Highcliffe.

THE resurrection of a controversial bid for housing in a Highcliffe woodland has sparked opposition by parish councillors.

A DOG owner is urging people to beware of adders emerging from hibernation after her pet was badly bitten by one of the venomous snakes at Highcliffe.

POLICE have stepped up patrols around a Highcliffe clifftop café’s car park plagued by “dangerous and highly disruptive” anti-social driving.

WALKFORD United Reformed church has been forced to close after nearly 200 years as the elderly congregation had dwindled to only a dozen.

A DEVELOPER’S controversial bid to build housing on woodland in Highcliffe has been resurrected with fewer homes.

BCP Council has warned residents they have a week to apply for road closures to hold street parties celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee

NEW Forest District Council has revealed concerns that building hundreds of homes in Bransgore and Walkford could have cross-border effects.

A NURSING home worker in Highcliffe has given up her flat in Poland to a Ukrainian mum and her three children.

HIGHCLIFFE will see its high street revitalised as part of a pilot project by BCP Council.

GOLD jewellery of great sentimental value was stolen when burglars raided a pensioner's Highcliffe home.

CREATIVE Highcliffe pupils had a grand day when they were treated to a model-making workshop with the team behind family favourite Wallace and Gromit.

STAFF at Highcliffe Castle celebrated after winning gold at the Dorset Tourism Awards for Wedding Venue of the Year.

FOUR talented local youngsters have been offered places at prestigious UK music colleges.

HAULS of tools were stolen in a spate of raids on garages and vehicles in Walkford.

A DEVELOPER with permission to build 38 properties on its estate in Highcliffe has now submitted plans for up to three times as many on the site.