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town centre sealed off

10:46pm Monday 6th July 2009

PART of Bournemouth town centre was sealed off tonight (Mon) following a reported robbery involving a Securicor van.

Residents flee block after blaze in top floor flat

Fire-damaged debris outside St Michael’s Court in Weymouth after the fire

9:32am Monday 6th July 2009

RESIDENTS fled a block of flats in Weymouth when a fire broke out on the top floor.

Plea to stop teens’ lethal sea-jumping

6:30pm Monday 6th July 2009

“TOMBSTONING ruins lives.” That is the message being targeting at young people in Dorset in a bid to combat a growing problem.

It’s simply the Fest as Christchurch rocks

XC FACTOR: Station XC were just one of the acts to play at the Festival

7:20pm Monday 6th July 2009

MUSIC fans boogied into Christchurch at the weekend for a festival that looks likely to boost the mayor’s charity coffers by more than £1,200.

‘No alternative’ but to axe Christchurch cafe

OMINOUS: The ‘Grim Reaper’ peers out from a shop window in Christchurch. The empty Woolworth store can be seen reflected in the glass Picture: Mike Swift

7:10pm Monday 6th July 2009

THERE is no alternative to controversial plans to expand Christchurch’s library by swallowing up a café next door, council officers have said.

Estate agent who hit girl ‘was idiot’

7:00pm Monday 6th July 2009

AN ESTATE agent who was caught on camera attacking a woman outside a Bournemouth nightclub has received a suspended prison sentence.

Traders face huge repair bill after Wimborne fire

AFTERMATH: Fire damage to shop buildings in Wimborne town centre

7:00pm Monday 6th July 2009

AN ELECTRICAL fault is believed to have started the blaze that ripped through historic buildings in Wimborne town centre during the early hours of Saturday morning.

Floating a new solution to carnival travel ban

RESOLVING THE ISSUES: Carnival float passengers at a 2008 event

7:00pm Monday 6th July 2009

CARNIVAL organisers are upbeat after a meeting over a police ban stopping the movement of floats in the dark that had threatened to put the mockers on events in North Dorset.

Bournemouth teenager saves pet from savage attack

RECOVERING: Lily Terry with Penny, who was attacked by a Great Dane

7:00pm Monday 6th July 2009

A tiny Yorkshire terrier was savaged by a Great Dane during a walk on Queens Park golf course.


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