AFC Bournemouth's biggest secured creditor has extended a vital repayment deadline by a further three months. Stanley Cohen, the club's honorary president, has negotiated a discount worth hundreds of thousands of pounds on a debt worth £1.4million. The
"PUT your money where our mouths are" - that's Brenda Portman's challenge to Tony Blair after she was refused funding for three new NHS dental surgeries. After a prolonged battle to get planning permission for additional surgeries, the dental practice
THURSDAY'S final Test between England and Australia has been billed as the biggest sporting event in this country since the 1966 World Cup final. The Aussies' stranglehold on the Ashes (or rather, a replica, since the original urn is in the museum at
A BUILDER turned pastor from Sandford, near Wareham, is on a mission to Sri Lanka in the wake of the tsunami. Pastor Paul Shepherd from the Purbeck Gateway Church is spending a fortnight building homes in Hikkaduwa, a community left devastated by the
POLICE in Poole are hoping bragging louts will have implicated themselves in a vicious attack earlier this summer - and are appealing for anyone who knows about it to contact them. A 20-year-old student visiting Bournemouth temporarily lost his hearing
DEFENDER Darren Powell was the unlikely hero for Lymington & New Milton as they progressed into the next round of the Westview Cup. The veteran centre-back proved he is still a major threat at set-pieces as he struck with two headers either side of
FEARS that a proposed bandstand will become a gathering place for youths and a hotspot for noise and antisocial behaviour have been raised by residents. Dozens of objectors have signed a petition and written to the district council to object to Ferndown
TRAFFIC could be banned from circling Weymouth's King's Statue under a major revamp of the town's seafront. Council bosses plan to alter road layouts - including possibly axing the Esplanade/King Street mini roundabout next to the Jubilee Clock - in an
AN inmate found hanged in his cell on Portland had tried to commit suicide twice before, an inquest jury heard. Hugh James Edwards, 30, from Glastonbury in Somerset, died in the Verne Prison on November 9 last year. He was less than four months into a
A 'RAUCOUS' Royal British Legion club has denied claims it is to blame for vomiting, urinating and noise. The revelations came as Sturminster Newton Royal British Legion (RBL) applied to extend its opening and licensing hours until 2am and asked for permission
CAMPAIGNERS fighting against the threatened closure of a Bournemouth facility for mentally ill people went to London to hand in a petition at 10 Downing Street. More than 5,500 signatures had been collected over the last few weeks calling for Torch -
THURSDAY'S final Test between England and Australia has been billed as the biggest sporting event in this country since the 1966 World Cup final. The Aussies' stranglehold on the Ashes (or rather, a replica, since the original urn is in the museum at
HOSPITAL bosses are investigating a complaint that a woman in extreme pain was ignored by nursing staff as she lay on a hospital trolley covered in vomit. Viv Thomson was taken to the Royal Bournemouth's accident and emergency department screaming in
A CANCER Research shop has resorted to installing CCTV inside and out because shoplifting and fly-tipping there has become so widespread. Rusty old washing machines, ripped sofas and boxes of rubbish have been dumped at the back of the charity shop in
AN AFC Bournemouth player was arrested after violence flared at a nightclub. Midfielder Brian Stock was quizzed by police following an alleged assault on ex-beauty queen Sam Lewis by two women. He was issued with a penalty notice for disorder. The two
WINGER James Ward ran in a hat-trick as Oakmeadians powered through to round two of the National Trophy with a resounding 40-23 defeat of Aylesbury. Despite blooding five newcomers, Oaks produced some dazzling running rugby as they defied the baking conditions
ALL-CONQUERING Boscombe Cliff are B&D champions for the fourth year in a row. The Woodland Avenue maestroes duly clinched the crown on their home green despite being held 82-82 by fellow high-flyers Ringwood. Boscombe Cliff appeared to have their
INTEREST rates are expected to stay at 4.5 per cent on Thursday as high oil prices exacerbated by Hurricane Katrina hit manufacturers, it is predicted. Rates could remain at 4.5 per cent until early 2006 following last month's 0.25 per cent cut, forecast
AS Bournemouth Ballet Club looks forward to celebrating its 60th anniversary and staging an exciting show next year it is urging more dancers to become members. Since its founder Miss Collins died three years ago the club's enthusiastic, voluntary committee
VALUABLE knick-knacks went under the hammer in Dorchester when a television auction programme came to town. The BBC's Flog it! was filming at Duke's auction rooms on the Grove trading estate, helping around 20 people to make money from family heirlooms
WEYMOUTH and Portland must grasp a vital opportunity to use the Olympics as a trigger to expand its economy, a meeting was told. An early report on Olympic issues, priorities and costs went before yesterday's Weymouth and Portland Borough Council management
ANGRY councillors have hit out over sex toys being sold in some of Weymouth's seafront shops in full view of children. Members of Weymouth and Portland Borough Council's environment and conservation committee voted to lobby Government and issue a public
A BUILDER vowed to return to work today after returning home to Weymouth from a holiday hell in which he was left for dead by a gang of knife-wielding robbers. Father-of-two David Batchelor, 40, wandered across the Costa Blanca region of Spain after being
BRANSGORE people are being urged to fight a pub company's plans to build homes in the car park of a popular inn. Inntown Pub Co says it has no intention of closing down the Carpenters Arms in Burley Road. "A running pub is worth a lot more to us than
COUNTY chiefs are being asked to speed up the building of a controversial new bridge over the River Avon near Sopley. Cabinet members are being recommended today to agree to an accelerated bridge-building programme at Avon Causeway to avoid traffic chaos
