A DISTRAUGHT dad spent a night in a cell on suspicion of grievous bodily harm after his son was injured on a play-ground roundabout. Crispin Galizia, from Boscombe, was in police custody for 12 hours after taking his three-year-old son to Royal Bournemouth
AS house prices continue to soar, many experts are warning the boom can't last for ever. They fear a property crash of devastating proportions as price tags rocket at a rate that salaries can't keep up with. First-time buyers are finding it almost impossible
NEW speed cameras have been installed in a bid to slow down drivers at two accident blackspots in Bournemouth. A fixed camera recently appeared on Talbot Avenue, between Cemetery Junction and Bournemouth University. Another has been installed at the junction
AS house prices continue to soar, many experts are warning the boom can't last for ever. They fear a property crash of devastating proportions as price tags rocket at a rate that salaries can't keep up with. First-time buyers are finding it almost impossible
CCTV coverage is being beefed up in Swanage. A security camera is going up at Swanage boat park and surveillance stepped up along the sea front. A £3,800 upgrade of the sea front camera will allow police to monitor digital images via a microwave radio
Grove Road Farm Meadow Holiday Park, Stour Way; 8/04/0246, flood defence wall and embankment (Phase 2 Improvements to Grove Farm existing flood alleviation scheme); Mr Malpass, Environment Agency, Rivers House, Sunrise Business Park, Higher Shaftesbury
A MAN from Poole has become a Royal Marine Commando after being awarded the coveted Green Beret. Nicholas White, 24, successfully completed 30 weeks of training and passed out at the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines in Lympstone, Devon with 859
WHEN Tony Blair announced last week that we would have a referendum on the European constitution the big story was not about the referendum but about his U-turn. The message appears to be clear. Forget the reasons for the decision, a U-turn is a bad thing
A GANG of thieves, including a Ferndown man, who are thought to have raided more than 600 parked cars at beauty spots across Southern England have been jailed for a total of seven years. Brothers David and Gary Wells from Salisbury and sisters Victoria
ESCALATING anti-social behaviour will be top of the agenda at a meeting in Alderholt on May 6. Local police chiefs will be among key speakers at the event, set up by the village action group. Newly appointed anti-social behaviour officer for East Dorset
TRADERS have hit out at a council for felling a row of trees overlooking their workplace. West Dorset District Council claims the trees along an embankment on the Marabout Industrial Estate in Dorchester were trimmed as part of its grounds maintenance
A NOVEL way to boost children's health is being launched - getting pupils to collect Walk Miles. Students at Broadmayne First School will score points every time they ditch the car and pound the streets on their way to class. Road safety chiefs at Dorset
TO those who say actions speak louder than words, I have just two words of my own: "Ron" and "Atkinson". In the late '70s, I lived in Handsworth, a vibrant Birmingham suburb well known for its sizeable West Indian population. It was a short bus ride away
THOSE buying property overseas are being warned to think twice about setting up offshore companies in a bid to reduce their tax. Attempts can backfire for buyers with investors paying more - rather than less - tax, warn accountants. Offshore companies
SKIPPER Michael Dowdney feared for his life when a warship fired live shells near his boat off Portland Bill. He warned that fishing boats, pleasure craft, dive boats and cargo vessels could have been hit in the blasts. The drama unfolded as Mr Dowdney
CHILDREN were doing the jitterbug, GIs were jiving and military vehicles lined the entrance to Bridport's Colfox School. The occasion was Bridport Heritage Forum's two-day event to mark D-Day, featuring exhibitions, demonstrations and the music and fashion
FRAZZLED parents in Blandford trying to understand or help their troubled teenagers will soon be able to get instant advice under a new scheme being started in the town. Relate, the national charity specialising in relationships, is launching a weekly
CELEBRITIES from the world of football braved the elements to take part in the inaugural Avonmouth Hotel Charity Golf Day at Barton-on-Sea. The star-studded line up included former Cherries boss Harry Redknapp, ex-Saints managers Glenn Hoddle and Lawrie
MORE than 140 swimmers made sporting history in Poole when they took part in what is thought to be the world's biggest synchronised swimming routine. The 138 girls and three boys twice performed a three-minute "mass routine" at the Dolphin pool, breaking
CONSTANT vigilance may be all that can save the 200 or so red squirrels living on Brownsea Island - one of the last remaining outposts of the species in England - from being lost. Ecological experts this week warned that the native red squirrel faces
STEVE Claridge wants to put revelations about his Terras contract behind him. The Weymouth player-boss stopped talking to the Dorset Echo last week after we printed details of his Wessex Stadium salary. Claridge was furious after it was revealed he could
PIRATES boss Matt Ford believes Tony Rickardsson is the greatest speedway rider of all time. Poole RIAS' chief also believes the Swede, who rides his last meeting for them at home to Belle Vue on Wednesday (April 28), could have won a record SEVEN World
DRAMATIC footage of a helicopter rescue involving a Weymouth sailor will be aired on national television tomorrow. Yachtsman John Birtwistle, from Nothe Parade, radioed for help after his friend Sue Bowness caught her fingers between a winch and a length
FILM producers of an "Army Wives" type of television drama have said elements of the controversial "Mucky Major" Army sex case, which took place in Dorset, may be included in the programme. There had been rumours that Shed Productions, the company that
A PORTRAIT of Highcliffe and I first met more than 20 years ago on a magazine shelf at Ludlam's stationers in the village main street. The book was clad in a plain brown cover and I forget how I was dressed. In the intervening years, as old friends do
IT is 40 years since Wimborne railway station closed. The anniversary of the closure falls on May 2 and an A5-sized booklet entitled The Rise and Fall of Wimborne Station has been put together by Wimborne author and retired Southern railwayman Michael
BOSSES at Poole Hospital NHS Trust look set to spend £90,000 on a new park-and-ride scheme for staff. The plans are being discussed after a waiting list had to be set up for the 40 staff currently without a parking permit. All places on the hospital site
DORCHESTER TOWN 1 WEYMOUTH 0 FORMER Wareham Rangers striker Anthony Warrington scored on his Avenue Stadium debut for the Magpies last night to clinch the runner-up spot with a second Two Counties Cup victory of the season over the Terras. He latched
OWNERS and occupiers of commercial property could soon pull a tactical card from their sleeves under changes to the law surrounding the expiry of leases. The changes to the Land-lord & Tenant Act 1954 come into force on June 1. They give landlords
FANS will be seeing a lot more of John Martyn when he plays Bournemouth Pavilion on Friday April 30. "Since the incident with the leg, I've not been able to get about too well, so I've put on quite a bit of weight," he says. "Still, I've had a couple
A GRIEVING son today told of his horror after vandals set fire to treasured mementoes left at the spot where the ashes of his late parents lie. David Simonds said his family was heartbroken after two teddy bears left by his young daughters were burned
CHERRIES goalkeeper Neil Moss has been voted Professional Footballers' Association Division Two fans' player of the year, reports the PFA website. Moss scooped the prestigious accolade after finishing top of a supporters' poll run by the PFA, the players
