THINK Surrealism and it's the soft clocks, lobster telephone and the drooping moustache of its chief proponent, Salvador Dali, that generally springs to mind. But away from Dali's Catalonian flamboyance and genius for self-publicity, there was a slew
POLICE in Ferndown are taking a new approach to tackling antisocial behaviour in the town centre and at the Heatherlands estate. The force is in the process of building teams under the Safer Neighbourhoods initiative to try to get to the root of issues
Rail passengers have been warned that work on the track between Dorset and London during the Easter break could last beyond the holiday, causing misery for commuters. The closure of lines in the Basingstoke area during major engineering works between
TWENTY-FIVE years ago, Dean Regan was up to his neck in muck, blood and bullets. He had sailed from Southampton to the Falklands on the QE2, and then on to San Carlos Water, where his unit distributed ammunition, rations and fuel. He also acted as stretcher-bearer
PRINCESS Anne chatted with craftsmen and children as she strolled around a wood and opened a new living classroom project yesterday. The Princess Royal singled out 14-year-old Emily Tanner from Durweston Youth Club, who was part of a group making a shelter
PROUD bosses at Poole Stadium were beaming when they switched on a £250,000 state-of-the-art lighting system on Tuesday night - but hours later the track was plunged into darkness. Part-way through the seventh greyhound race of the night, there was a
THE steep price hike announced on phone calls made from hospitals could leave patients cut off from friends and family. Private company Patientline is increasing the cost of calls made from bedside phones from 10p to 26p a minutes, a staggering 160 per
A FORMER Royal Marine who carried out a road rage attack on another motorist has been jailed for three months and banned from driving for three years by a judge at Bournemouth Crown court. Engineer Robert Thomson was told he would have been jailed for
THE MOTHER of a young soldier killed in a road accident in Christchurch is campaigning for better security at the town's main cemetery where his grave was desecrated by vandals. Debbie Ormston plans to hand in a 1,300-name petition to Christchurch council
AT least a seventh of all Dorset's registered companies are dormant - they carry out no business at all, a new report reveals. Of the 36,823 companies registered in Dorset, nearly 5,000 are dormant, according to new data from Poole chartered accountants
THERE will be egg hunts all over Dorset this Easter weekend. Up to 60,000 visitors are expected to spend some of the Easter break enjoying the forecast good weather on the beach, but there are plenty of other activities on offer. In Boscombe Gardens
"So I got home, and the phone was ringing. I picked it up, and said Who's speaking please?' and a voice said You are'." A classic from the king of one-liners himself, Tommy Cooper. OK, so Kenneth Williams may have won the funniest film one-liner with
AFTER 67 years on the road, a 90-year-old great grandmother from Bournemouth has fallen foul of a speed camera and spoiled her unblemished driving record. Wartime entertainer Betty Hockey was caught on film driving her Suzuki wagon at 39 miles an hour
COLEEN McCloughlin's lavish 21st birthday bash last weekend cost a reported £500,000. Mine, admittedly a year or 33 ago, cost about £3.50. My mum and dad drove up to where I was living to take me out for a steak and chips in a Berni Inn. And they bought
BLANDFORD could become like "Siberia without the snow" according to angry pensioners who fear proposed changes to bus services in the town could lead to them being left virtual prisoners in their own homes. Wilts & Dorset buses and Dorset County Council
A VITAL New Forest road closed for repairs for 23 days has been left with inches-deep potholes and dangerous gullies - and the county council says it has "no dates" planned to finish the work. The northern half of the C10 between Vereley Hill and the
ALMOST all of Corfe Castle has been reopened to visitors after months of restoration work on the iconic landmark's crumbling ruins. In spring 2006 the National Trust closed the top third of the castle as stone conservationists began a £700,000 restoration
CHARITIES have criticised a council for using offensive terms such as "lunatics" and "idiots" in election guidelines. According to the notes for candidates issued by Bournemouth Borough Council "lunatics and idiots" were disqualified from standing as
A TAXI driver is alleged to have hounded a 72-year-old Poole woman across town hurling abuse at her in a road rage incident. The woman, who was driving a red Renault Scenic, is thought to have been followed home by the 59-year-old driver of a black Vauxhall
A drugs baron, who smuggled multi-million pound shipments of cocaine into the UK through Poole, has been jailed for 30 years. In the 1990s crime boss Brian Wright, 60, reigned over a huge international drug smuggling empire, which customs officers claim
Sugababes, Bournemouth International Centre SWATHED in kaleidoscopic lights and dressed in spangled costumes, Britain's most successful girl group delivered a candy-floss sweet pop concert at the BIC last night to delight Babe fans large and small.
HOME Secretary John Reid has denied plans to expand the use of "talking" CCTV cameras across the country were "Big Brother gone mad". Loudspeakers are being fitted to cameras in 20 areas, allowing CCTV operators to bark commands at people committing
Derek Acorah, Pavilion, Bournemouth IN something of a turn-around of events, the audience brought Derek Acorah to his knees at the Pavilion Theatre on Monday. TV's most recognisable medium was back in Bournemouth for one night with his live show, and
