Detectives in Bournemouth investigating an assault in the town have released a picture of a man that they would like to speak with. The incident happened at 1.10am on Sunday 13 October in Aruba Restaurant and Bar on Pier Approach. A man accidentally backed into another man on the dance floor and was pushed away.…
Christchurch will once again be welcoming Father Christmas and his reindeer when they fly in for the Christchurch Christmas Festival on Saturday 30 November. But this year the lights switch-on will take place at a later time. Father Christmas and his reindeer will fly into Peeks Partystore car park in Reid Street at 4pm and…
Copies of a book celebrating 150 years of service by Sembcorp Bournemouth Water (SBW) have been presented to 27 libraries across its supply area. The libraries include Christchurch, Colehill, Ferndown, Verwood, Wimborne, West Moors, Poole and Ringwood. ‘Confluence’ by Malcolm Toogood, maps SBW’s progress from its formation as the Bournemouth Gas & Water Company through…
Police in Wimborne are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after two motocross dirt bikes were stolen in a burglary at a property in the Stapehill area.
Hampshire detectives today made an urgent appeal to identify the Dorset hotel or bed and breakfast accommodation that issues keys with zebra stripes on the head. Here is a photograph. Anyone who recognises the keys is asked to ring Bitterne CID in Hampshire, using the 101 number. The keys were in the possession of two…
Trudi Ellis has been shortlisted in the ‘Best Dementia Nurse Specialist’ category of the National Dementia Care Awards 2013.
Dorset Police today begins a recruitment drive for new police constables – the first external campaign in four years. The campaign is expected to attract significant interest and marks the first time new police officers have been invited to join the Dorset Police team externally since September 2009. The Force wishes to recruit an intake…
With only a few days to go before the final round of the MSA British Rally Championship, excitement is mounting on the South Coast of England in anticipation of a battle on several fronts when Rallye Sunseeker begins on Friday night in Poole. In the main BRC field Mark Donnelly and Dai Roberts will lead…
Forget Monaco Grand Prix – the smell of burning rubber, screeching tyres and a throaty roar could be heard in Bournemouth’s Lower Gardens yesterday (16 October) as Schumacher’s Benetton Formula One championship car sped through for a demonstration and taster of what’s to come at the new Wheels Festival – May 24-26 May 2014. Launching…
Traffic officers are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a red Mercedes estate car mounted the verge on Bournemouth’s Wessex Way and collided with a tree. The incident happened at around 3pm on Tuesday 15 October 2013. The car, driven by a man from the Wareham area, apparently left the…
