A CORONER was so distressed by the case of a toddler whose body had to be kept in a mortuary for 18 months that he has risked a legal challenge in a bid to spare other families the same trauma. West Dorset coroner Michael Johnston has commissioned extra
A CORONER wants all doctors to be alerted to a rare skin infection which killed a young marine from Bournemouth. Dr Elizabeth Earland wants the country's chief medical officer to warn GPs about Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL), a highly dangerous toxin
HUNDREDS of pubs and clubs in Bournemouth could be out of action by Christmas because of confusion surrounding new licensing laws. With the August 6 deadline fast approaching, fewer than three per cent of the town's watering holes have applied to transfer
DORSET team manager Sean Walbridge has revealed that there may be a Minor Counties Twenty20 Cup next year. The former Bournemouth spinner believes the ECB are looking at bringing in a competition in 2006 following the success of the shortened version
Church Lane (Holy Rood Church), Wool; 6/2005/0465, erect wrought iron gate to church porch; J D Williams. High Street (23/24), Wool; 6/2005/0466, replace felted porch roofs with pitched porch roofs; Mr Avery Churchill Green Cottages, Rempstone; 6/2005
A MAN who once received a citizenship award for apprehending a car thief has been jailed for ten months for a serious road rage attack in front of his nine-year-old daughter. Darren Puttock, 28, of Bailey Crescent, Fleetsbridge, Poole, aimed a kick at
FRAUDSTER Mark Robertson, who was jailed after making millions abusing a government training scheme, has denied stashing away his fortune in secret bank accounts across Europe. In January Robertson was jailed for four years when he was found guilty of
DORSET-BASED website content management specialist Intergage is to open an office in Southampton on June 1 ahead of planned national expansion via franchising. Since opening, Poole-based Intergage has grown from the three founder directors to a team of
DELIGHTED residents took to the streets on Saturday to celebrate after controversial plans for a block of flats on their doorstep were thrown out. Councillors in East Dorset went against the advice of their planning officers and refused proposals to demolish
A YOUNG father from Portland is presumed dead today after falling overboard from a fishing boat. The man, aged in his early 20s, was believed to be working on the deck of a crabbing vessel when he fell over the side. Coastguards launched a major search
TEENAGE dancer Kristy Cullen has fought her way through to the semi-final of BBC show Strictly Dance Fever. The Weymouth College student has won a place in next weekend's show despite failing to impress the judges after an emotional week. Last weekend
A PARENT-TEACHER champion from Dorchester is calling on the Government to listen to mums and dads in the fight against bad classroom behaviour. Margaret Morrissey, spokeswoman for the National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations, says the recently-announced
THIS is what Blandford's long-awaited £2.5 million library and affordable homes complex will look like. An artist's impression of the new building at the gateway to the town in West Street went on show to the public for the first time on Friday. The proposal
CHRISTCHURCH publican John Lovell is celebrating the renewal of his entertainment licence after close neighbours complained of noise nuisance. But his victory comes at a price. After a three-hour borough council licensing committee hearing, councillors
IT WAS like Christmas for Euan Burke when he finally went home this weekend and saw his bedroom and toys for the first time in his life. The little lad has so far spent all of his 19-month lifetime living on hospital wards because, without a 24-hour specialist
BOURNEMOUTH'S newest MP has taken up the idea of imposing a levy on town centre pubs and clubs to help with the cost of policing. Tobias Ellwood, who represents Bournemouth East, used his maiden speech in the House of Commons to voice his fears over the
PURBECK planning chiefs are closing a loophole to help safeguard the development of more affordable housing in the district. It will mean developers can no longer sub-divide large sites in order to avoid rules which require affordable housing to be provided
WEYMOUTH have scrapped their reserve side for next season. Owner Martyn Harrison today said the club will axe their formal second string - instead working more closely with their youth structure. The Terras, who turn full-time from July 4, will continue
DORSET-BASED website content management specialist Intergage is to open an office in Southampton on June 1 ahead of planned national expansion via franchising. Since opening, Poole-based Intergage has grown from the three founder directors to a team of
VETERAN comic Barry Cryer performed a star turn in Dorchester. The top entertainer and writer appeared at Dorchester Rotary Club's gala dinner raising cash for Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance. The event also celebrated 80 years of the club in the county
DIAMOND couple John and Mary Rooke celebrated their special day among family and fellow church members. The couple tied the knot at the close of the Second World War having met in their native Crediton, Devon. Their marriage, which was marked at the weekend
A GEOLOGY expert who led the bid to declare Dorset's Jurassic Coast a World Heritage Site is stepping down. Professor Denys Brunsden is to retire as chairman of the Dorset Coast Forum on Tuesday at an event which marks 10 years since the forum was founded
A NEW Forest woman who has championed a children's charity for 20 years has been to India to see where some of her money has been going. Retired geography teacher Margaret Champion and husband Ray, a former management consultant, have returned to Lymington
LONG-term injury victim Jason Tindall looks set to be handed a chance to prove his fitness to Cherries boss Sean O'Driscoll. The 27-year-old, who has been plagued by a persistent knee problem, has opened talks with the club regarding the possibility of
SORRY to spring this one on you chaps, but there really is no easy way to tell you the bad news. They've created a talking washing machine. 'They' are the Electrolux Group and the monster they have created is the Zanussi-Electrolux Timeline ZWV1651S,
