TRADING standards officers have spent this week racing against the clock in a frantic bid to remove all food products contaminated with the Sudan 1 dye. Within 24 hours of the Food Standards Agency's warning, Bournemouth officers sent out advice letters
DORSET Police is following the national trend of employing more officers than ever to police our streets. It was announced on February 25 that the number of police officers in England and Wales had topped 140,000 for the first time. The Home Office announced
DENTISTS are being drafted in from Poland to provide NHS cover at Bournemouth practices. And there are also plans to recruit from Germany in a bid to ease the shortage of NHS dentists. Bournemouth Primary Care Trust members will hear on Wednesday March
A TOP Chinese restaurant whose customers have included Tony Blair has been convicted of importing illegal food into Britain. Southampton port bosses discovered the outlawed food hidden under crockery destined for Bournemouth's Red Panda Chinese Restaurant
A SHOP owner fears a BB gun yob who blasted a hole in an "exceptional" and eye-catching shop front could turn his weapon on the public if he is not stopped. It may be only a matter of time before the thrill of smashing shop and pub windows is replaced
DRUG-fuelled brothers who robbed and assaulted five people in a matter of minutes have been jailed for four years. Dean and Darren Swift went on the rampage in Dorchester last July, attacking five people in less than 35 minutes. Dorchester Crown Court
MEMBERS of a group, which represents people with learning difficulties came together for an annual meeting. Dorset People First was launched last year and developed from Dorset Self Advocacy. The charity aims to give people with learning difficulties
BEVIN Boy Warwick Taylor from Beaminster has relived his wartime memories for a major exhibition at the Imperial War Museum. Mr Taylor, 78, was invited to contribute to The Children's War, which marks the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World
A RETIRED vicar who waged a poison pen campaign against neighbours has dramatically withdrawn his appeal against conviction. Aubrey Ridge, 79, of Milford-on-Sea, had been due to challenge the finding of a New Forest district judge next month. But a spokesman
HERE'S a depressing fact - 40 per cent of Britain's teenage girls say they are depressed. Fifty per cent of teenage girls questioned for a new survey said they felt they couldn't cope with the "pressures" of modern life, and one-in-10 saw themselves as
SO what's your favourite gadget? The games consul or the Apple iPOD? They're both in a list of the Top 100 gadgets, as featured in Mobile PC magazine. Now although I've never been technically minded and shun anything that looks complicated, I've built
IT'S the most glamorous date on the international showbiz calendar and the night Hollywood parties in earnest... Sunday night is Oscar night. As the world's biggest stars gather to flaunt their expensive grins and show off their designer robes at the
ORGANISERS of a world poverty rally in Poole are outraged that the council is seemingly putting the condition of its grass before that of starving children. The Borough of Poole has told the schools and churches behind the Make Poverty History rally that
A BUSINESSMAN was twice over the legal drink-drive limit when his silver Mercedes crashed head-on into another car and reversed into a taxi twice as he fled from the scene. Bournemouth Crown Court heard how estate agent William Shakespear, 39, had been
POLICE have slammed a controversial Home Office study which claims that nearly all CCTV camera systems fail to cut crime or make people feel safer. Criminologists studied 14 CCTV schemes, including systems in town and city centres, but only one network
A RISE in the minimum wage could put more pressure on Bournemouth hoteliers already struggling to fill job vacancies, a tourism chief has warned. Mark Haslingden, the new chairman of Bournemouth Area Hospitality Association, said: "Hoteliers here tend
THE battle is on for the chance to launch a new radio station in Dorset and the surrounding areas. A Bournemouth-based Christian radio service, a student union station and a talk station led by Fred Dinenage are among those bidding for the chance of a
IT'S early evening at Poole police station, and a jovial bunch of men and women are uniformed up and itching to get out on the town. From a sales worker to a conservationist, the six people who climb into the police van have a variety of day jobs, but
WE'VE had the freezing temperatures, we've had the chill winds, we've even had ice and sleet - but where's our snow? While the rest of the country has spent the week covered in a thick blanket of the white stuff, most people in Dorset have seen little
ORGANISERS of a world poverty rally in Poole are outraged that the council is seemingly putting the condition of its grass before that of starving children. The Borough of Poole has told the schools and churches behind the Make Poverty History rally that
SHIVERING in a short sleeve, orange boiler suit, Adam was convulsing with cold as his interrogators barked at him: "Stand still". "I wanted to stand still but my body was shivering to try and keep warm," said Adam Shepherd, from Brampton Road, Poole.
WELL, he didn't look much like the new messiah the hype would have us believe with his plaid shirt and just-got-out-of-bed hair. The bar of expectation has been set at a dizzying height and that Willy Mason clears it with ease is a true tribute to the
CHILDREN tucked into fresh fruit and vegetables as part of a healthy eating masterclass led by the executive chef of Sainsbury's, John Wood. South Dorset MP Jim Knight and England hockey player Jon Oram-Evennett also teamed up for the event, jointly organised
OLDER people in Dorchester are set to benefit from more than £150,000 worth of investment at the town's Age Concern HQ. Builders are currently working to finish an extension at Age Concern Dorchester's Rowan Cottage base, thanks to fundraising and donations
A COUNCIL has stood firm over its support for a one-way traffic system in Dorchester. West Dorset District Council is calling on highways chiefs at Dorset County Council to turn High East and High West streets into a one-way scheme. But many Dorchester-based
TWO Dorset men are putting their best feet forward to take part in the Bogle Stroll. The 55-mile walk in a figure of eight round Greater Manchester is one of the oldest sponsored charity events in the North West. Iain Erskine, 57, a residential care home
FORMER Cherries striker Derek Holmes claims the Dean Court boo-boys played their part in his departure from the club. Holmes says the main reason he quit Cherries for Nationwide Conference outfit Carlisle United was in pursuit of "regular first-team football
