PROPOSALS to open a boarding school for inner London school children have met with a barrage of objections.

South London-based Durand Academy wants to use St Cuthman's School, a disused boarding school in Stedham, near Milland, for its new venture.

Headteacher Greg Martin said the academy wanted to give the youngsters, who were 97 per cent African Caribbean, a boarding school with an extended day to give them a greater depth of study and experiences.

Bramshott and Liphook Parish Council's planning committee discussed and objected to the application which proposes to transport children from Inner London in busses through the centre of the village and down the Portsmouth Road to Stedham.

For full story, see this week's Liphook Herald.