3 years since Sarah Fenton disappeared from high-speed ferry
The husband and family of a woman who went missing from a cross channel ferry have made a public appeal – three years after she disappeared.
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Election candidates announced for Bournemouth
Bournemouth Council has 208 candidates in the Local Elections and there are 12 candidates across the two Bournemouth Constituencies for the General Election. The 208 candidates in the Local Elections, representing a number of parties and also independent candidates, are contesting 54 seats across 18 wards. There are 54 Conservatives, 50 Labour, 37 Green, 26…
Candidates announced for elections in Poole
A record number of candidates will be standing in the forthcoming local council elections in Poole. A total of 173 candidates will contest 42 seats across 16 wards representing a number of political parties and also independents. The number of candidates for the local elections are: * 42 Green * 41 Conservative * 31 Liberal…
Former Canford student captains Oxford Boat Race women’s crew
A former Canford School pupil will be making history in tomorrow’s (Saturday 11 April) landmark Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. The women’s crews are competing on the Tideway for the first time on the same day as the men’s event. Captaining the Oxford crew is Old Canfordian Anastasia Chitty, who is also President of the…
Wimborne dancer appearing at Pavilion
Wimborne’s Michael Burr will be returning to Dorset this month when he plays the lead male role in Essence of Ireland at Bournemouth’s Pavilion Theatre. As a child, Michael trained at Studio One (Dorset’s Centre of Performing Arts) under the guidance of Principal Denise Booth, before leaving to further his career in dance and musical…
Do you recognise this man?
Detectives have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak with in connection with an assault in Bournemouth. It happened at around 2am on Sunday 22 February on the A35 close to the Cotlands Road car park. The victim, a 25-year-old man from the Blandford Forum area, was left with facial…
Alleged indecent exposure in Verwood
Police investigating alleged indecent exposure incidents in the Verwood area are appealing for anyone with information to come forward – with one man being arrested. Dorset Police received reports that a man had indecently exposed himself on the footpath area between Potterne Park and Moors Valley at around 4pm on Wednesday 8 April 2015. East…
Man jailed following robbery of pensioner
A man has been jailed for six years for robbing a Bournemouth pensioner. Duane Davis, 33, of no fixed abode, was found guilty at Bournemouth Crown Court for assaulting and robbing a woman in Springbourne. Davis, who had pleaded not guilty, was sentenced on Wednesday 8 April 2015 at the same court. The court heard…
Grandma returns to Crow
The doors of the Crowe Hill WI Hall, in Crow Lane, Ringwood, will be opening again for another exciting Grandma’s Attic spring sale from 10 am to 12noon on Saturday 11 April. The sale will be brimming with bargains, ranging from antiques, jewellery, delicious home-made cakes, a raffle with great prices to be won, children’s…
Autism Wessex launch autism alert card
Funded by Dorset Police, Autism Wessex is launching the autism alert card scheme in Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole.
Alert cards will be issued free of charge to people aged 10 years and over who are on the Autism Spectrum, including those with Asperger syndrome.