PEOPLE power has claimed a landmark victory in Bournemouth after residents scuppered a town centre pub's bid for a late-night drinks licence. Residents living in flats above the Tapp and Hobbit succeeded where others have failed in persuading councillors
MARK Wiggett has come within inches of picking up seriously big prizes for holes-in-one over the past couple of weeks on the West Region. The Dudsbury touring professional is still pondering over his bad luck at Salisbury. His 6-iron tee shot on the 163
A POOLE residents' association has accused the council of being less than F.A.B over its dealings with the developer of the prestigious Thunderbird house. It has served a writ on Borough of Poole chief executive John McBride, calling for action against
THE grief-stricken family of a 20-year-old South Korean cyclist who died in a collision with a bus have urged other foreign students to wear safety helmets and fit lights to their bikes. As relatives and friends gathered in stunned silence on August 15
NAKED rambler Melanie Roberts has managed to cling to her clean police record despite being arrested as she walked nude through Shropshire. The Bournemouth hairdresser stressed she did not want to get into trouble with the cops when she set off on her
HERE is a good news story you may have missed: Britain's greenhouse gas emissions have gone down for the first time in five years. And here is more good news: We are recycling more waste than at any time in our history. Water companies have reduced their
TWO women were held up at gunpoint when a robber stormed a general store in Ferndown and made off with an undisclosed sum of cash. The women - one aged 40 and one 39 - were working at the Forbuoys newsagents and grocery at Tricketts Cross, Ferndown, on
A TINY local authority struggling to keep its head above water is having to shell out hundreds of thousands of pounds on professional fees every year, it has been revealed. North Dorset District Council Independent councillor John Tory has hit out at
BOURNEMOUTH council's failed attempt to sell Yellow Buses has been met with disbelief and derision by industry experts. The news that Transport Minister Alistair Darling has refused to approve the sale of Yellow Buses to Transdev has been described as
THE seaside will be a safer place for visitors thanks to the introduction of a new signing campaign by the RNLI. Bournemouth will be one of the first places to test out the new initiative, which the charity hopes will lead to a reduction in the number
LOST memories of wartime Christchurch have been regained by the Red House museum two months after the tapes containing them were stolen. A woman who walked into the museum in Quay Road left a carrier bag containing the 10 camcorder cassettes but not the
THURSDAY is bin day in my road. And so every Wednesday evening it's the same ritual in my flat. Tip all the bins into one sack; attack the fridge with another. I do plan my meals, but all sorts of things can crop up to ambush a perfectly choreographed
A STUDY by an optometrist from Wareham claims that three out of four children are underachieving at school because of their poor eyesight. Geoff Shayler did studies in a Bournemouth and London school and hopes his research will mean better eye care for
SHARES in publisher Highbury House - which employs around 250 people in Bournemouth - closed up 12.3 per cent after takeover speculation. Shares rose 0.33p to 3p after the Stock Exchange formally confirmed weekend reports that former Sun editor Kelvin
A PETITION is being circulated by West Parley residents concerned at plans by a property tycoon to erect 28 flats on a disused petrol station. Dave Wells insists the development on New Road, Parley Cross, will not be social housing but affordable rental
TWO women were held up at gunpoint when a robber stormed a general store in Ferndown and made off with an undisclosed sum of cash. The women - one aged 40 and one 39 - were working at the Forbuoys newsagents and grocery at Tricketts Cross, Ferndown, on
A BAND is feeling brassed off after its application for a new home was rejected by New Forest District Council amid fears about noise. Councillors on the planning development control committee struck the wrong chord with Hyde Band when they refused its
