Dorset police are appealing to the public to help identify two men suspected of theft in Bournemouth. At around 12.15 pm on Wednesday the 9th of January 2019, the two men entered the Ringwood Road branch of TK Maxx. One of the men was seen taking a purse from the store before both attempted to […]
Caught on camera: do you know the West Moors robber who threatened staff at bookmakers with meat cleaver?
Dorset Police have renewed their appeal for witnesses to a robbery that took place in West Moors on the 16th of January 2019. The police have issued a CCTV image of the robber, and is seen in the image wearing a dark hoodie and a blue cloth over their face. Shortly before 8pm on the […]
Bournemouth International Centre hosts 2019 UK Dance Championship
Dancers, diamonds and delight are filling the Bournemouth International centre to host the 2019 United Kingdom dance championships. The event by Dance News Ltd. has been hosted in Bournemouth since 1984. The three day event from January 15-17 brings contenders from around the world to compete for the UK championship title. Contests are won in professional ballroom, […]
BREAKING: Police manhunt for a robber armed with a meat cleaver after he jumped over bookies’ counter for cash in West Moors
There is a manhunt underway after a man leapt over the counter and threatened staff with a meat cleaver at a local bookmakers. Dorset Police was called to Ladbrokes in Station Road around 8pm last night after a robber raided the establishment. The robber, male, five feet ten inches of stocky build was last seen […]
AFC Bournemouth January transfer window rumours
It’s the halfway stage in the January transfer window and AFC Bournemouth have made two high calibre purchases with the additions of Liverpool pair Nathaniel Clyne and Dominic Solanke. Full back Clyne joined the Cherries on loan until the end of the season whilst England forward Solanke moved in a permanent switch worth £19 million. Yet, […]
Redknapp makes third hotel renovation attempt
Former AFC Bournemouth manager Harry Redknapp has made a third attempt to renovate a hotel in Bournemouth into flats and homes. Bournemouth council have refused two previous attempts made by Mr Redknapp and his wife Sandra as part of Pierfront Developments. The former hotel, which is located on Old Christchurch Road now hosts 24 bedsits. […]
World Dance Championships come to Bournemouth tomorrow
Get your dancing shoes on – the first day of the UK Open to the World Dance Championships will be hitting Bournemouth tomorrow. Dancers will be competing for victory tomorrow in the first round of competitions at the Bournemouth International Centre. Organised by Dance News Limited, the ‘Rising Stars’ Championships kick off the next three […]
Revealed: the state of Bournemouth’s sexual health on National Sexually Transmitted Infection Day
A health expert has labelled Bournemouth’s sexually transmitted infection rate as “awful”. Speaking on National STIQ Day, Samantha Dawson of the Body Positive Clinic in Dorset said: “Our STI rates [in Bournemouth] are awful. We’re actually highly prevalent for HIV as well. “People are happy enough to go out and have sex, but for some unknown […]
Dorset Police investigation launched after naked man wearing Santa hat approaches woman
Police officers are appealing for witnesses after a local woman, aged in her 50s, was approached by a man wearing nothing except for a purple Santa hat, a beige rucksack and shoes. The incident happened around 4:15pm on January 4th in Rempstone Forest, Corfe Castle, where the man had walked towards her from the opposite direction. […]
Dorset charity financially helps young Poole cancer patient
A Dorset charity has helped a young woman from Poole who has been diagnosed with cancer just five months after undergoing a liver transplant. Sophie Houghton-Hinks, a 20-year-old from Poole, has been given financial support from Dorset Cancer Care Foundation since the liver transplant and being diagnosed with post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder. She has also lost her mother […]