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Stories for 28 June 2004

Bournemouth Columnist

Answer's at the cinema

I HAVE a solution to the growing plague of binge-drinking morons flooding on to the streets of towns and cities across the nation in the early hours of the morning.  more...

Bournemouth Leisure

Prepare for 10 nights of open-air dreaming

TOP open-air theatre company Heartbreak Productions brings a ten night run of Shakespeare's comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream to Meyrick Park in Bournemouth in July.  more...

Bournemouth News

HAMWORTHY KSE TO FLOAT ON AIM

HAMWORTHY KSE - shortly to be renamed Hamworthy plc - is set to float on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) next month.   more...

NEW FOREST PLANS (July 16)

Lochcristi, Furzey Lane, Beaulieu; 81823, front porch; Brian Turner RIBA Dip.Arch, 15 College Road, Ringwood (for B McDermott).  more...

CHRISTCHURCH PLANS (June 14-18)

Hurnwood Park, Avon Causeway; 8/04/0347, change of use of agricultural buildings to class B8 (Storage & Distribution) (Variation of conditions of consent ref 8/00/0257 to allow for the variation enlargement of the area of caravan storage, fencing, parking and refuse area); Tanner & Tilley, 4 Beresford Road, Bournemouth (for A Rance, Hurnwood Park).  more...

It may soon be murder at town's crown court

MURDER trials could soon be heard at Bournemouth if a proposed reclassification of the town's Crown Court goes ahead.  more...

`Nasty' Nastase is Ace with book fans

HIS nicknames have included Nasty and the Bucharest Buffoon, but when former tennis star Ilie Nastase appeared at a Bournemouth book shop, he was Prince Charming himself.  more...

Doctor accuses Trust of race slur

A DOCTOR has accused the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospital NHS trust of racial discrimination claiming he was sacked because he was a black man.  more...

Jailed addict threatened to stab cashier

A DRUG addict who threatened to kill a cashier at a Bournemouth petrol station has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.  more...

PACKING UP, MOVING OUT

A LONG serving councillor is moving of his Bournemouth ward with his family because he can't stand living there any more.  more...

We deserve better, say park residents

DISGRUNTLED mobile home residents have had enough of being treated like "second-class citizens" and have formed their own association to fight for their rights.   more...

BIC pool closes with hardly a splash

A YEAR after launching a campaign to save the BIC swimming pool, David Stokes finally admitted defeat yesterday.  more...

`You're too splashy to swim in our pool'

A BOURNEMOUTH swimming group has been booted out of the Littledown Centre for being "too splashy", it has been claimed.  more...

Bournemouth Pirates

Bjarne edges into top eight

PIRATES ace Bjarne Pedersen believes that "focus" is the key to maintaining his hard-earned top eight place in the World Championship Grand Prix series.  more...

Bournemouth Sport

Rose Bowl set for historic Ashes date

THE Rose Bowl is expected to host the first Twenty20 fixture between England and Australia as a curtain raiser in next summer's Ashes tour.  more...

Deakin and Cowley put Dorset in charge

OCCASIONAL bowler Peter Deakin grabbed championship best figures of four wickets for 52 runs as he inspired Dorset into a good position on the first day of their Minor Counties Western Division match against Cheshire.  more...

EMO IS TAKING UP CHALLENGE

BOURNEMOUTH'S Gary Emerson has pledged his immediate future to the European Challenge Tour after coming within a whisker of winning a second title in Germany on Sunday.  more...

Christchurch News

Mystery of kittens left in car park

MYSTERY surrounds this clutch of kittens found in a box in a Highcliffe supermarket car park.  more...

East Dorset News

A bonsai effort!

AN AMBITIOUS project to restore Kingston Lacy's Japanese gardens to their Edwardian heyday is now underway at the country estate near Wimborne.  more...

New Forest News

`Quiet summer' hopes to attract yachtsmen

LYMINGTON Harbour Commissioners are hoping there is no repetition of last summer's violence and vandalism on the picturesque Town Quay.  more...

Forest to get Park status

THE New Forest is set to win National Park status with ministers expected to make an announcement on its future today.  more...

North Dorset News

Councillor barred from position for four years

A POLITICIAN who brought his council into disrepute, harangued officers and wasted their time has been disqualified from holding office for four years.  more...

Poole News

Centre for disabled gets a new lease of life

A DAY centre for disabled people which was saved from closure after a Daily Echo campaign is to be turned into a community resource centre.  more...

Pole park?

BEER-fuelled mayhem was on the cards when a zany sporting challenge returned to Poole Park with contestants facing the daunting task of eating three dozen cakes and downing five gallons of real ale.  more...

Purbeck News

Council seeks partner to save Leeson House

A POPULAR outdoor education centre saved from threatened closure after an Echo campaign earlier this year could have its long-term future secured by a partnership with an outside business or charity.  more...

Weymouth News

Skatepark's delight at lottery plaque award

AN EXTREME sports facility has been recognised for the positive impact it has made on the community.   more...

It's all the fun of the fair

HUNDREDS of people enjoyed a fun time in the sun at the Sutton Poyntz Victorian Street Fair.  more...

Music festival attracts 1,000

MORE than 1,000 people visited Spydafest, a new music and community arts festival which ran for three days on Portland.  more...

Turned out nice again

WEYMOUTH'S famous white horse received a much-needed grooming over the weekend.  more...

Stars of Bollywood film a supernatural thriller

BOLLYWOOD stars have been in Dorset filming for a new supernatural thriller.  more...

STARS LINED UP FOR BIG FESTIVAL

CHART toppers Peter Andre, Liberty X and Blazin' Squad are signed up to headline a major pop concert in Weymouth.  more...

  
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