A BRISTOL hospital is investigating allegations that a surgeon with the job of removing a Bournemouth patient's septic kidney left part of it behind. North Bristol NHS Trust launched the formal investigation after Aiden Smith, and his mum Lynne, wrote
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
A SPECIAL operation has been launched to rid Bournemouth's streets of illegal traders following complaints from angry shopkeepers and local councillors. Police, council officials and trading standards officers have joined forces to set up a special task
PETROL prices could rise again, thanks to Hurricane Rita - and this after motorists have not seen the 4p drop retailers predicted, the AA Motoring Trust has said. The Texas and Louisiana coast, in the hurricane's path, is home to America's biggest concentration
SID has gone missing and his owners - Dorset County Council's road safety team - would like him back. They are appealing for information following the theft from outside the Recreation Ground on Castle Lane in Okeford Fitzpaine on Wednesday. It is believed
CAMPAIGNERS have welcomed plans for fur-ther speed restrictions on a notorious stretch of road which has claimed seven lives. Highways chiefs want to slash the limit from 60mph to 50mph along part of the B3081 Ringwood to Verwood Road in a bid to slow
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
A SPECIAL operation has been launched to rid Bournemouth's streets of illegal traders following complaints from angry shopkeepers and local councillors. Police, council officials and trading standards officers have joined forces to set up a special task
SHE is set to batter the Texas and Louisiana coast this morning. Hurricane Rita comes hot on the heels of Hurricane Katrina, which crippled New Orleans, crushing buildings, flooding streets and claiming more than 1,000 lives. All too painfully aware of
POLICE have searched a private fishing lake and Bournemouth Airport looking for a missing 41-year-old mother. It is now exactly two weeks since hotel receptionist Emma Palmer disappeared from her home in Sandbanks Road in Lower Parkstone at 8am on September
