Will Frampton and Andy Martin

BOURNEMOUTH council has purchased the Wessex Fields site for £2.25 million to build a new link from the Spur Road - with AFC Bournemouth ruling out a move to the site.

THE Conservatives comfortably held on to Dorset County Council in Thursday's local elections as the top tier authority awaits a government decision on its future.

Live results and coverage from across Dorset for the county council elections 2017

A pedestrian suffered fatal injuries in a crash in the New Forest last night.

TWO leading councillors were summoned to court - for failing to pay their own council tax bills.