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  • Yacht the heck's going on here?

    THIS is what Bournemouth would look like if the waters were to rise - what could happen if the process was managed and planned for. Tim O'Rourke says of his project, Unrealised Potential: "Flooding the gardens to form a new marina gives Bournemouth the

  • 'He wasn't just Jade's dad. He was my world'

    THE heartbroken fiancee of Andrew Goody has paid tribute to her partner and said: "He wasn't just Jade's dad, he was the love of my life." Mr Goody, 42, was found dead in the toilets of the KFC in Holdenhurst Road on Sunday, August 21. At the opening

  • Proposals invited for Gardens replacement

    CONTROVERSIAL plans to replace the Winter Gardens with a new £8 million arts centre could take a major step forward next week. Council chiefs are expected to get the ball rolling by inviting developers to submit proposals for a "cultural quarter" centred

  • Walkabout facing fight to stay open

    ONE of Bournemouth's biggest bars has failed in its bid to stave off the threat of closure. The future of the Australian theme bar Walkabout will now be decided at a special licensing hearing on September 19, unless the bar owners can reach a compromise

  • Yacht the heck's going on here?

    THIS is what Bournemouth would look like if the waters were to rise - what could happen if the process was managed and planned for. Tim O'Rourke says of his project, Unrealised Potential: "Flooding the gardens to form a new marina gives Bournemouth the

  • JAILED FOR BRUTAL ATTACK

    A CALLOUS brute who continued to kick a partygoer as he received first aid for a vicious assault has been jailed, along with his accomplice. Christopher Brown and Andrew Turner were seen kicking victim Alan McDonnell "with great force," in an alcohol-fuelled

  • Tories' U-turn on car park charge promise

    INCREASES in New Forest parking charges which could send the cost of a long-stay permit soaring to more than 13 times the current level have been criticised by Liberal Democrats. New Forest District Council's ruling Conservatives have tabled changes to

  • Travellers in shock after father's death

    TRAVELLERS are in shock following the death of a fellow traveller at the Great Dorset Steam Fair. Teeman Jason Williams was found floating in a reservoir near the funfair on Wednesday, August 31. The 27-year-old father-of-two drowned, an autopsy performed

  • JAILED FOR BRUTAL ATTACK

    A CALLOUS brute who continued to kick a partygoer as he received first aid for a vicious assault has been jailed, along with his accomplice. Christopher Brown and Andrew Turner were seen kicking victim Alan McDonnell "with great force," in an alcohol-fuelled

  • Drink-driver found slumped at the wheel

    A DRINK-DRIVER was found slumped at the wheel of his car in the middle of a busy one-way system, a court heard on September 2. Shocked witnesses spotted boozed-up Leonard Stroud stopped in the centre of a three-lane highway in Poole at shortly after 6.30pm

  • A fresh start in Spain for Ben's grieving dad

    A DEVASTATED father is moving to Spain in a bid to ease the pain of the death of his 20-year-old son. Darryl Smith, who runs a tennis club in Corfe Mullen, will move to the Costa Blanca with his wife, Penny, and step-daughter Alex, 13, next week. Ben

  • New venue added to Race for Life in 2006

    RACE for Life fundraising events in Bournemouth and Poole this year were so successful organisers have already added another venue to their 2006 race list. Demand for a place in one of the country's most popular fundraising events for Cancer Research

  • TERRAS SET MOVE DATE

    WEYMOUTH Football Club today revealed the target date for the opening of a long-awaited new leisure and retail complex. Officials, who plan to lodge a formal planning application for the proposed Wessex Stadium development later this year, hope to move

  • Hungry bunnies face a culling

    RABBITS plaguing a Dorchester allotment could be culled. Allotment holders said their crops were being destroyed by dozens of rabbits which have made the Alington Avenue site their home. Now they are demanding some form of pest control measures to rid

  • Cops go speeding - but off the road

    POLICE officers are joining the British National Rally Championships - to promote road safety. Inspector Shaun Cronin, 41, and Sergeant Colin Bell, 40, will make their debut as the Dorset Police Rally Team in 2006 by taking part in the Rallye Sunseeker

  • Fury at charge for outside pub seats

    LANDLORDS are up in arms after being told to pay for outdoor seating on pavements. Letters sent from the Weymouth and Portland Borough Council are asking businesses to fork out a licence fee of £200 for every 10 seats outside their premises. Some landlords