A CONTROVERSIAL playground in Barton-on-Sea has been officially opened to the ... “Some children haven’t even got a garden, as some live in flats, and this makes people come together.

People in Barton-on-Sea and Ashley were woken by howling winds and lashing rain in the early hours of Friday. Homes were damaged, fencing was flattened and a 6ft-high (1.8m) wall was brought down.

The extreme weather hit Barton-on-Sea in the New Forest around 4am this morning. Garden fence panels were hurled out of place in high winds, with one smashing through a glass panel door of an address.

The cliff collapsed onto the shore at Barton-on-Sea on Tuesday evening. New Forest District Council said an assessment by its coastal scientists had revealed further movement and another landslip ...

The cliff collapsed onto the shore at Barton-on-Sea on Tuesday evening. New Forest District Council said an assessment by its coastal scientists had revealed further movement and another landslip ...