HOUSE prices in Bournemouth dropped by seven per cent last year, a new survey has shown. But homeowners shouldn't despair - statistics have revealed that they made a massive 73 per cent from investing in the property market in just five years. While house
GLOBAL warming could bring more visitors to Dorset, but also threaten coastal attractions and historic National Trust properties, experts warned an audience in Bournemouth. The Climate Change Conference at Bournemouth University heard that without drastic
THE Princess Royal is to come to Poole and Bournemouth on May 2 less than a year after her last official visit to the area. She is due to arrive at Victoria School in Branksome Park, Poole, shortly before noon to meet children, staff and guests. The Princess
BURGLARS who were caught in the act trying to break into three neighbouring Poole homes are back behind bars. John Grant, 41, and Jason Cumber, 35, each admitted one charge of burglary and two attempted burglaries on April 1 last year. Prosecuting at
FOR most children there is no place like home, but for youngsters in Dorset suffering from life-limiting and life-threatening illnesses there is. You do not have to go over a rainbow to find it and you do not need a pair of ruby slippers, but you do need
GOLD Hill in Shaftesbury, made famous by Britain's favourite delivery boy in the classic Hovis ad, is set to make a return to our television screens later this month. More than three decades after the old-fashioned commercial was created, the cloth-capped
DORSET is leading the way in the fight against substance misuse in the police, a meeting heard. Police chiefs are drawing up a new policy which would allow for random alcohol and drugs tests to be carried out on officers ranging from recruits to officers
A BOGUS butler fleeced his employer of £40,000 while his boss was away on holiday, a court heard. Percival Hole admits forging his employer's signature on a cheque and paying the cash into his own bank account. The 55-year-old said he needed the money
A SECOND bid to replace a prominent Bournemouth hotel with a restaurant and flats has failed - despite claims it is running at a loss. Peter Lyon, owner of the Studland Dene Hotel in Alum Chine, said the hotel loses £250,000 a year and struggles to get
DORSET Police is looking into the possibility of providing officers with "head cameras" which record an officer's eye view of incidents. The head-mounted cameras have been piloted by the Metropolitan and Devon and Cornwall police forces and are already
BOURNEMOUTH hotels say they are ready to receive elderly and disabled visitors despite a recent national report claiming otherwise. The report by VisitBritain states that England's tourism industry has mainly ignored the special needs of its 20 million
GLOBAL warming could bring more visitors to Dorset, but also threaten coastal attractions and historic National Trust properties, experts warned an audience in Bournemouth. The Climate Change Conference at Bournemouth University heard that without drastic
"I ENJOY the job so much I am staying on until I'm 70." I had to ask the man sat opposite me - in the black uniform which lazy motorists everywhere have come to dread - to repeat what he had said. I had only moments before sat down for the briefing and
OF all the critters in all the world, the humble moth has to be one of the most misunderstood. The common conception is that they are little more than dull, hairy-bodied beasts, whose sole purpose is gatecrashing the home and causing a flap. In reality
A POPULAR street chaplain, who was specially ordained to bring comfort and hope to homeless people in Poole, has died just two weeks into his new job. Friends and colleagues are coming to terms with the loss of Rev Colin Harley, whose ordination - just
A POOLE fundraiser who gave up her friends and family to work with endangered apes is appealing for volunteers to adopt orphaned orang-utans in Borneo. Kerrie Bayliss, from Broadstone, had always dreamed of working with orang-utans, but it was not until
ORPHANED children living in a Tanzanian village are set to benefit from work carried out by a Westover Land Rover apprentice. Seb Lloyd joined around 50 other apprentices for Land Rover's annual Challenge Africa event. The week-long trip involved helping
MAGPIES boss Mark Morris says he won't know for sure which of his out-of-contract players are staying and who will be leaving the Avenue Stadium for several weeks yet. "I'm not 100 per cent certain what my wages budget will be for next season and while
Dorchester can consider themselves unlucky to return from Priory Lane with just one point after turning in one of their best displays of 2006. Although there was no obvious incentive to do well, the Magpies shook off the malaise of recent weeks to display
WEYMOUTH 2 LEWES 0 THE threat of a points penalty against Weymouth proved irrelevant on a day when everything went right for Garry Hill's Conference South champions. Not only did the Terras round off their superb season with a win over ten-man Lewes
SKIPPER Matt Bound raised the Conference South championship trophy on Saturday to signal Weymouth's return to the top flight of non-League football. Goals from Raphael Nade and Kirk Jackson sealed a final-day 2-0 win over Lewes at the Wessex Stadium
STRIKER Raphael Nade wants to make his stay at Weymouth permanent. The Terras joint top scorer sparked the Conference South championship party after netting the opener in Saturday's 2-0 home win over Lewes. Nade's first half header was his 13th goal
LIFEBOAT crews rescued people on boats that ran into problems off the Dorset coast. In a busy holiday weekend for coastguards Lyme Regis lifeboat launched to rescue two adults and a child on the fishing boat Blue Fin west of Portland. They raised the
A DISABLED woman has hit out at Ruby Wax's show at the Dorchester Festival. Alex Penn paid £18 for a ticket but claimed she had to queue in the cold for an hour to see the American comedienne's 35-minute performance. Her comments came after Miss Wax
VILLAGERS have turned out in force to find out how to fight plans to close their library. Crossways is one of 13 libraries across Dorset facing the axe as part of a package of measures to save the county council-run service £847,000 over the next three
A MAJOR fire has gutted a treasured village pub. Up to 60 firefighters spent more than three hours tackling the blaze at the Wise Man Inn, West Stafford, near Dorchester, which broke out in the early hours of yesterday. A man and a woman who were
WEYMOUTH came to a standstill to honour the town's footballing heroes. Fans lined the streets to see the Terras parade the Conference South championship presented after Garry Hill's team beat Lewes 2-0 at the Wessex Stadium on Saturday. The title means
