A RAFT of changes to Hampshire bus services will come into effect in the new year including routes to and from Whitehill and Bordon.

Hampshire County Council is asking residents to check newly-released bus timetables for any changes to their usual routes, following a review of public-transport funding, carried out earlier in the year.

Against the backdrop of having to save £100m by March 2015, the council has looked closely at where to focus its funding for public and community transport, which accounts for 15 per cent of bus journeys in Hampshire.

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