TWO high-profile figures from Bournemouth's entertainment sector have been away from their jobs for three months. The pair are Rob Zuradzki, entertainments manager at the Bournemouth International Centre, Pavilion and Pier Theatre and Tony Hardman, publicity
IT is a sunny day and thousands of people - many of them children - are in the sea along Bournemouth and Poole. There is one thing wrong with this picture: Red flags are flying to indicate that no one should be in the water. Lifeguards with loud hailers
SHOPS in Dorset are facing closure because of tobacco smuggling. A survey carried out by the Tobacco Alliance has revealed that a quarter of retailers have had to lay off staff to compensate for the money they are losing, while another quarter have considered
SMALLER retailers are taking the brunt of antisocial behaviour from youngsters who are refused cigarettes and alcohol. Over half of staff working in grocery stores who refused to serve under-age products have been victims of violent crime according to
THREE rowers who cheated death when a freak wave ended their transatlantic record rowing bid thanked the RAF personnel who played a major part in their rescue. The crew of the Pink Lady visited RAF Kinloss in Moray, Scotland, to thank the crew of the
HAVE you ever wondered what life on earth would look like if evolution could be fast-forwarded? Dinosaur expert Dougal Dixon from Wareham did just that - and the results are a new series, The Future Is Wild, starting on BBC2 on Sunday, August 29. Flying
A GOOD Samaritan who helped a 12-year-old girl after she had been assaulted in the centre of Poole is being sought by detectives. The man assisted the youngster after she had fallen down stairs in a subway outside Chilli's nightclub in Kingland Crescent
CALLING all men ... is your engine running smoothly, or is it time to call in the mechanic for some running repairs? Just like any other piece of machinery, the human body has to be kept fit and healthy to prevent future problems. But men are notoriously
WITH a name like The Bachelors it is no wonder that the sixties Irish singing trio had an eye for the ladies. But the boys whose well-groomed image added the suggestion of a roving eye took the whole image one step further. Their chart topping contemporaries
SUPPORTERS of a new swimming pool for Dorchester could be thrown a lifeline. Hopes of a new pool on land owned by the Duchy of Cornwall at Poundbury were dashed earlier this week when a special meeting at West Dorset District Council confirmed an earlier
A SCHOOLGIRL claims that part of her left leg became paralysed after she received an electric shock from a Weymouth Carnival attraction. Jessica Harris, 15, who starts next month in Year 11 at Budmouth Technology College, claims she received her shock
A MOTHER spent all day in a pub getting drunk then returned home and glassed her 14-year-old son in the face as he watched television. The 38-year-old from Boscombe also kicked and punched the boy, stamped on his face and rubbed shards of glass into his
VIOLENCE, injury, sexual assault and yobbish behaviour; it's all been blamed on binge drinking, and rarely a week goes by without either a councillor, correspondent to this newspaper, or police officer, bemoaning its dangers. But a new report has been
THE man behind AFC Bournemouth's Kick Racism Out of Football campaign has been subjected to threats of violence as a result of his efforts. Paul Williams, director of AFC Bournemouth Community Mutual, says racists have been targeting him on an internet
MANY speed cameras sited on Dorset roads are not in operation because they do not comply with government rules, it has been revealed. Only 40 of the county's fixed cameras are currently operating and are listed on the Dorset Safety Camera Partnership's
AN investigation has been launched after a woman complained she was bitten by a dog belonging to a group of travellers. Bournemouth council's dog warden is looking into claims that Patricia Sainsbury was attacked after a group of travellers moved on to
FEW Dorset cricketers can claim to have played at the home of cricket but tomorrow (August 22), Bournemouth-based umpire Steve Bishopp will take the famous walk down the Long Room to officiate at Lord's. The 50-year-old will take charge of the NPower
RESIDENTS have had their say on a plan for sheltered housing on a controversial plot in Lilliput where a popular pub once stood. Government inspector Jane Stiles must decide on the fate of the site of the former Beehive pub in Sandbanks Road. Residents
PIRATES star Antonio Lindback will steer his speedway bike out of the pits onto the Ullevi Stadium track tonight - and he probably won't even notice that more than 30,000 Swedish fans will be roaring him on in support! (August 21) The Rio Rocket, as the
A SPORTS pavilion fell foul of a rampaging pack of vandals who used a battering ram to smash their way in through a reinforced glass window. In a whirlwind of destruction the gang of 20 yobs shattered crockery, tore cupboard doors off their hinges, smashed
EVERY year we see the same images of the agony and ecstasy as the next generation of University students finally receive their A-level results. Newspapers across the country publish photographs of the successful candidates embracing each other and leaping
