A FULL planning application for a £40million "gateway development" at the entrance to Bournemouth town centre has been submitted. The proposals would see the 1.95 acre car park between St Paul's Road and Wessex Way transformed into St Paul's Square, with
A WOMAN on her way out to a party says she came face to face with a big cat near the cliffs in Bournemouth - just a month after a holidaymaker reported seeing a puma just a mile and a half along the seafront. Shocked Helen Bowman was with two other people
DORSET has been placed near the top of a speed camera league table after issuing almost £4million worth of fines in one year. Just six regions collected more money from fines in 2003/04 than Dorset Safety Camera Partnership while 28 regions collected
SHOCKED staff at Europe's largest DIY retailer, B&Q, face an uncertain new year with the news that two stores in the Bournemouth area are to close by the end of January, with the transfer or loss of 199 jobs. The chain, the third largest of its kind
A SECOND would-be passenger has complained about budget airline Ryanair after he was barred from a flight at Bournemouth International Airport because his passport was judged too worn. Poole GP Dr John Lovejoy and his wife Avril were booked to travel
WHEN she first moved into her new home five years ago, disabled teenager Natasha Chaffey was looking forward to a much higher quality of life. The 14-year-old - who has the muscle-weakening disease severe congenital muscular dystrophy - and her family
WIMBORNE Town maintained their 100 per cent home record this season as Stuart Cannie's strike proved enough to see off the challenge of AFC Newbury. Cannie fired home the winner in the 65th minute, much to the relief of Magpies boss Paul Arnold who had
HAMWORTHY United bounced back from their first league defeat of the season with a fine away win at Fareham Town. Hammers were unlucky to go down 1-0 to Winchester City in midweek but Steve Legg's 10th-minute strike was enough secure the points at the
CHRISTCHURCH'S attempts to rewrite the Hurn Bridge record books were kicked into touch by a goal-mad Cowe. Former Aston Villa and Swindon striker Steve Cowe netted either side of half-time to deny Priory a place in the third qualifying round for the first
BUSINESS is back on track at dry cleaner Barker Group after fire gutted its Winton factory last week. Thirty people had to be evacuated after the blaze at Bournemouth-based Barker's Latimer Road HQ. Barker has partnered with laundry companies across the
PROMINENT citizens are angry that a town centre makeover has been ditched because of an "inadequate" survey. They are also concerned that the £162,000 which might have been used for the partial pedestrianisation of Wimborne Square will now be lost. But
CONSERVATION officials are taking urgent action to stop an important listed barn from falling into ruin. Specialist officers at West Dorset District Council are proposing to carry out repairs to make the Grade II-listed Whitcombe Barn weathertight. The
ROAD safety staff are baffled after a machine used to measure vehicle speed was stolen from the roadside in a remote village. The Speed Indicator Device (SID), belonging to Dorset County Council, flashes up the speed of passing motorists. County chiefs
A VILLAGE school is so cramped that teachers regularly have to work from home because there's no staff room. Shillingstone Voluntary Aided C of E Primary School is out of date and too small for its 100 pupils. The building, parts of which are around 140
A CHARITABLE organisation which provides music tuition for people of all ages and abilities could be forced to close unless it gets funding for next year. Coda Music Trust, which organises classes for more than 500 people a week at its Chewton Glen Farm
A MOTHER has reacted angrily after her teenage daughter was sent home from school in Christchurch for having studs in her double-pierced tongue. Lisa Elson claims the Grange School at Somerford is operating double standards after her daughter Kayleigh
IT'S WAR. Increased competition between Wilts & Dorset and Yellow Buses has sparked a fierce battle in which drivers are being subjected to dirty tricks, it has been claimed. A complaint has been made to the Traffic Commissioner after a number of
DORSET has been placed near the top of a speed camera league table after issuing almost £4million worth of fines in one year. Just six regions collected more money from fines in 2003/04 than Dorset Safety Camera Partnership while 28 regions collected
THREE drug dealers caught plying their illicit trade during an undercover police operation have been jailed for more than six years. Glenn Percival, 29, Darren Faulkner, 30, and Steven Johnson, 32, admitted supplying class A drugs to plainclothes officers
A FULL planning application for a £40million "gateway development" at the entrance to Bournemouth town centre has been submitted. The proposals would see the 1.95 acre car park between St Paul's Road and Wessex Way transformed into St Paul's Square, with
THREE drug dealers caught plying their illicit trade during an undercover police operation have been jailed for more than six years. Glenn Percival, 29, Darren Faulkner, 30, and Steven Johnson, 32, admitted supplying class A drugs to plainclothes officers
AN ELDERLY lady has died in hospital after a devastating fire destroyed her flat in the early hours of Friday morning. Firefighters smashed their way in to the top-floor flat in Vale Road, Boscombe and found the 82-year-old by her door trying to escape
AN upmarket restaurant launched as the centre-piece of a half-million-pound refurbishment of Swanage Bay View holiday park has been closed down for the winter because it is losing money. Swanage Bay View is one of the country's few council-owned caravan
LYMINGTON and New Milton hope to tempt Danny Woods to Fawcett's Field this week as they look to maintain their fine Ryman One form. Woods had been attempting to force his way back into the first team picture at Eastleigh but has now been released by the
BASHLEY'S hunt for a left-sided player goes on after Lymington and New Milton's Pete Smith turned down a move to the Recreation Ground. But Bash were boosted by their first league victory of the season on Saturday, player-manager Dave Wakefield's late
PETE Moore was once again left fuming with the officials after watching his Bournemouth Poppies side crash 2-0 at home to Moneyfields, writes James Morton. Poppies ended the game with nine men, with Lamin Dibba sent-off after just nine minutes for deliberate
A 23-YEAR-OLD man is recovering after being attacked as he walked home. The victim had enjoyed a night out in Weymouth and was walking through the Diana Memorial Gardens, off Radipole Park Drive, when he was set upon by three of four men near the railway
MORE than 140,000 Dorset households are to be asked how they would deal with worries about child abuse in their lives. The mailing survey by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) will also provide advice on how to spot
AN AREA of trees at a holiday park in Osmington Mills could be designated as a woodland to stop it from being cut down. Planning officers at West Dorset District Council have already re-issued tree preservation orders (TPOs) on the area of trees at Upton
DO something amazing today - Give Blood. Hordle man Nicholas Layton has been doing something amazing since long before the slogan was adopted by the National Blood Service. He's just earned his Emerald Award from the service for making 75 donations, each
