A Bournemouth man has been convicted of murdering his father in Southbourne last year.
Nathan Robinson (26) was found guilty of the murder of William Spiller by a jury at Winchester Crown Court on 27 November following a full trial.
He had previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter which was rejected by the Crown Prosecution Service.
Police are investigating an unpleasant assault on a Wilts and Dorset bus driver in Bournemouth.
The incident happened at around 2.30pm on Saturday 27 September 2014 in Gervis Place in the town centre.
For the second year in a row, Bournemouth has won the Best UK Coastal Resort at the British Travel Awards 2014, held in London last night (26 November)
Detectives are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a report that a chemical substance was squirted into the face of a man in Christchurch on Friday, 14 November. The victim, a 19-year-old Christchurch man, was about to get into a car which was parked outside McColls newsagents in Somerford Road…
School children at Poulner School in Ringwood had a special treat this week when Roger the Ringwood Reindeer came to their school to promote the Christmas Lights Switch On which will take place next week. Roger was accompanied by one of the 16 elves that will be entertaining crowds on Saturday 6 December. Giving out free…
A meeting of Dorset County Council will be held next week to decide the on-going leadership of the authority. This follows Cllr Spencer Flower’s decision to step aside as leader after he was charged by the police over alleged failures to declare an interest in a property company. Last week Cllr Flower handed over leadership…
The ‘Bug Busting’ team visited Year 2 pupils at Oakhurst Community First School to deliver a unique workshop in the hope local schoolchildren will learn how to stop common infections such as coughs and colds spreading, causing sickness and absence from school.
Almost 100 people attended the St Cecilia Celebration in Wimborne Minster on Saturday evening, 22 November. Deirdre Ashton, deputy churchwarden and a member of the small committee which organised the informal evening of seasonal words and music from local performers said, “it was wonderful to see so many people supporting the Minster on a wet November evening.”…
Dorset Police has joined the nationwide awareness week to involve the public in preventing terrorism and keeping the country safe. Every police force in the UK is involved in promoting awareness of terrorism in their area and engaging with their communities to make them mindful of reporting suspicious behaviour. To effectively combat the threat of…
The ground works have been prepared and Poole’s new junior school, Ocean Academy Poole, will begin to take shape this week as 45 bespoke modular units are delivered to the Constitution Hill Road site. The modules were constructed by McAvoy Group in their Northern Ireland factory, before being shipped to Poole. Modular construction was successfully…
