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  • Growing vision

    LIFE for style and food guru Sir Terence Conran began here in Dorset during the 1940s. The man who pioneered the radical furniture designs of the 1950s, started the first branch of Habitat in London in the 1960s, opened a total of 44 restaurants world-wide

  • Body of ex-marine is flown back to the UK

    A POLICE investigation is underway after a former Royal Marine from Poole was shot and killed in Iraq. Brian Tilley, 47, died on May 14, when a gunman reportedly walked into the house in Baghdad where he was staying and opened fire. His body has arrived

  • VICTIM OF STABBING RECOVERING

    A YOUNG woman is recovering after being stabbed twice as she walked along a street on her way to work. The 25-year-old banged on the door of a house screaming for help after the attack on Monday morning in Poole. As reported on the front page of later

  • Hospital chiefs hit out over security 'scare'

    ROYAL Bournemouth Hospital bosses have hit back against criticisms of its security measures. The chief executive of Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospital Trust, Tony Spotswood, and director of service delivery, John Morton, spoke out at a meeting of the

  • Public asked views on nuclear waste disposal

    THE Environment Agency is consulting the public over proposed changes at a company which disposes radioactive waste from Winfrith Technology Centre. Specialist company NNC Ltd is seeking permission from the agency to vary its authorisation to dispose

  • Fight on say Dann camp

    STEVE Bendall's on-off British middleweight title bout against Scott Dann should still go ahead this summer, reports Phil Chard. That's the view of Plymouth-based Dann's manager Chris Sanigar, who also used to be the man in charge of Poole-based southpaw

  • Award silences Kate

    BOURNEMOUTH opera singer Kate Royal has been awarded the coveted Kathleen Ferrier Award with its prize money of £10,000. The former Talbot Heath pupil who studied music and drama at Brockenhurst College has also been offered two major roles with Glyndebourne

  • Youngsters get kick out of raising school funds

    YOUNGSTERS showed their sporting prowess on the football pitch in an annual tournament. Dorchester's Prince of Wales School held the competition as part of its school association fun day - now in its 10th year - to raise funds for new books. Some 15 teams

  • Proposed traveller site rejected by councillors

    A MOVE to set up a stopping place for gypsies and travellers in Shaftesbury has been rejected by North Dorset District Council. Cabinet members say the site on Salisbury Road, which is currently leased by Dorset County Council as a depot, is "unsuitable

  • Points don't make prizes

    I NOW have a clean driving licence. This may not seem like the proudest boast in the world, but for someone whose endorsement section looks like the rental history of a local library's copy of The Kama Sutra, it is a moment to savour. Many of those penalties

  • Suspicious signs

    I'M not the suspicious sort - maybe I lack the imagination required to suspect the worst in people, perhaps it's just that I tend to hope for the best in people until circumstances indicate otherwise. Nevertheless, I have to report that my wife has scored

  • Teen used samurai sword in robbery bid

    A TEENAGER who terrified a taxi driver with an ornamental sword and attempted to rob him has been locked up for two-and-a-half years. Michael Bailey, 18, of Keeble Road, Bournemouth, cut two eye holes into a hat and pulled it over his face, and armed

  • Fat chance to get out of mum's car

    THE true extent of pupil laziness among Bournemouth's children is now being assessed to coincide with National Walk to School Week, which begins today. In some of the Bournemouth schools that have already completed the local education authority questionnaires

  • Too few chefs

    NEVER, it seems, have there been so many chefs doing so much cooking on our TV screens. Schedules are full of celebrity chefs discussing, creating or consuming culinary delights. Gordon Ramsay seems to be flavour of the month with his Kitchen Nightmares

  • Asylum seeker jailed for documents scam

    AN ASYLUM seeker from Libya who had forged documents and obtained a £15,000 bank loan by deception has been jailed for nine months. Khaled Muftha AlHamil, 28, of Porchester Place, Bournemouth, admitted possessing a false passport and driving licence and

  • Trust recipe for happy marriage, say experts

    PLANNING to tie the knot this summer? Consider shielding some of your assets from your future spouse in a trust in case it all goes wrong, advise accountants. This may sound unromantic and selfish but it is an option for the growing numbers of people

  • Breast really is best

    IT'S why women have breasts - yet fewer than two-thirds of new mums in some parts of Dorset are even attempting to feed their babies themselves. Those who do try often give up, discouraged by such problems as soreness, anxiety about the baby getting enough

  • Bjarne backs rider power

    PIRATES star Bjarne Pedersen has admitted he is giving full backing to his fellow Grand Prix participants' tough stance over rider safety in the World Championship. The Poole RIAS rider was not one of the main spokesmen who forced GP race director Ole

  • Budding ballet dancers get a Sleep-y lesson

    BUDDING ballet dancers enjoyed a masterclass from one of the best in the business when Wayne Sleep visited Dorset on May 23. The world-famous dancer, who also starred in I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here, passed on his tips for the top to more than

  • Fury as lollipop lady is taken from danger road

    ROAD safety chiefs have sparked fury after withdrawing a crossing patrol from outside a Colehill school. Lollipop lady Joyce Brown retires this week after 25 years' service - but Dorset County Council says she will not be replaced. The move has sparked

  • Young dancers ready to tap into their enthusiasm and succeed

    YOUNG dancers from all over the south of England will be converging on Bournemouth next weekend as the 2004 Bournemouth Music Competitions gets under way. As usual the festival - a mainstay of the town's cultural calendar for nearly 80 years - begins

  • FOSTER CARE HOMES CRISIS

    CHILDREN from west Dorset are being placed in homes hundreds of miles away in Kent because of a dire shortage of foster parents. Dozens of other youngsters are being housed in temporary homes in east Dorset due to the lack of carers. Dorset County Council

  • Seventies pop stars pull in the crowds

    VETERAN musicians Showaddywaddy had Dorchester Town's Avenue Stadium rocking at the weekend. The seventies stars left music lovers with smiles on their faces after headlining two nights of gigs at the home of the Magpies. The group, who had hits throughout

  • 102 best wishes for Cecilia

    SPRIGHTLY Cecilia Richmond celebrated her 102nd birthday with a family party. Mrs Richmond, a former hotelier, marked the occasion with the get-together at the Westhaven hospital where she is a patient. Staff nurse Sheila Hunn said: "I can't believe Mrs