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Dorset | Archive | 2004 | April

Stories for 9 April 2004

Bournemouth Cherries

FITNESS FIRST FOR FLETCHER

STEVE Fletcher has vowed not to gamble with Cherries' play-off chances in his fitness battle to return to his old stomping ground. more...

Bournemouth Columnist

The spitting image of dad

MY YOUNG son has a new trick, of which he's terribly proud. more...

Bournemouth Leisure

Mission Canyon

Evan Delaney star of the excellent thriller China Lake is back. more...

Le Corbusier

THIS is the latest in Archipockets series studying top architects. more...

Pride of the North Atlantic

This "maritime trilogy" is a worthy publication to welcome the Queen Mary 2 and combines three earlier volumes celebrating the Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth and QE2. more...

Pieces of April (12A)

THERE'S a thin line between love and hate, and families tend to cross it more often than most, especially around the holiday season. more...

Shaun of the Dead (15)

SHAUN (Simon Pegg) is fast approaching his 30th birthday and can't escape the nagging thought that life is passing him by. more...

WITH a couple of solid recent offerings in the shape of Anger Management and Punch Drunk Love under his belt, Adam Sandler goes for some timely career consolidation with this touchy-feely romantic comedy. more...

Bournemouth News

Households escape rise in interest rates

BORROWERS are now eyeing next month nervously after April's close call on interest rates. more...

Renewed plea over missing dad Colin

VISITORS to Dorset this weekend are being urged to keep an eye out for a man who went missing from his Wareham home two months ago. more...

Action-packed Easter weekend lies ahead

THE long Easter weekend looks set to provide some fun in the sun as a spectrum of activities are laid on across the Bournemouth area. more...

Koff is top dog again after elbow op `first'

A PET Labrador is back home after under-going a pioneering operation to replace a damaged joint. more...

Child porn councillor pondering calls to quit

A DISGRACED politician is considering his future as a councillor after being convicted of child pornography-related offences. more...

Arson destroys students' coach

A GROUP of Polish students have hit out at arsonists who destroyed their coach leaving them temporarily stranded. more...

Police crackdown on anti-social behaviour

POLICE will be launching another crackdown from Friday (April 9) on groups of trouble-makers in Bournemouth's town centre. more...

Police appeal after bridge plunge death

AN URGENT appeal is being made to trace the final movements of a man who fell to his death from a Bournemouth bridge on Monday morning (April 5). more...

Pitch perfect!

BOURNEMOUTH'S football ground is set to become the biggest music venue in town. The resort will see its largest ever music concerts when a team sheet of top acts kick off a three-day event at AFC's Fitness First stadium. more...

Warden attacked over meter penalty

A PARKING attendant has been assaulted handing out one of the first penalty notices for Bournemouth's controversial on-street parking meters. more...

MAFIA-LINK SMUGGLER SLAIN

POLICE are investigating the murder of a convicted drug smuggler with two children and a wife living in Poole. more...

Bournemouth Sport

Karen lands a final berth

FERNDOWN'S Karen Legg last night eased into tonight's final of the 200m freestyle to bring qualification for her second Olympic Games a big step closer. more...

Christchurch News

Scrums of people up for the cup!

RUGBY Union's sweet chariot swung low into Dorset on April 8 as the World Cup won by the England team in Australia last year went on show at the Regent Centre in Christchurch. more...

East Dorset News

Former head of chain dies

A FORMER chairman of the Bournemouth-based Melson Wingate national chain of opticians has died in an East Dorset rest home at the age of 89. more...

New Forest News

OAP homes to go in 10 years

SHELTERED accommodation for the elderly at Churchill Court in New Milton will be demolished to make way for general needs housing - but not for about 10 years. more...

North Dorset News

Child porn councillor pondering calls to quit

A DISGRACED politician is considering his future as a councillor after being convicted of child pornography-related offences. more...

Child porn councillor pondering calls to quit

A DISGRACED politician is considering his future as a councillor after being convicted of child pornography-related offences. more...

Purbeck News

New village hall rises next to old

IN the shadow of the old and much-loved 1920s corrugated iron village hall, a replacement hall for Morden and the surrounding hamlets is taking shape. more...

Weymouth Leisure

Arts events for the week starting Friday, April 9

FRIDAY (9) more...

A tribute to Cliff and the Shadows

THERE is a range of music on offer at Weymouth Pavilion over the next few days, starting on Sunday with Bachelor Boy, a tribute to Cliff Richard and the Shadows. more...

Phil Cool is back

Comedian Phil Cool is back in action after a few years of peace and quiet and is performing at the Cheese and Grain in Frome on Thursday, April 22, and the Marine Theatre in Lyme Regis the following night. more...

Diamond ice show

SIXTY years of entertainment is being celebrated by Holiday on Ice at Canford Park Arena in Bournemouth later this month. more...

Singer seen in his own write

IN THE early part of the 1990s, Weymouth's live music scene was home to an incredibly popular four-piece rock band that was called The Little Green Men. more...