Bournemouth, England News

PREPARE to embark on a gastronomic journey, as the countdown to Bournemouth's biggest food and drink festival gets underway.

Robert Ian Finlay, 53, of Barnes Crescent, Bournemouth, faces 17 charges relating to making indecent photographs / pseudo-photographs of a child between January 1 2009 and April 4 this year.

A series of exhibitions will take place in the town over plans to "enhance sustainable transport" as part of the Three Towns Travel project for the A35 corridor through Christchurch, Bournemouth and Poole.

CRAZED intruder who threatened a terrified woman at knifepoint in her own bedroom has been jailed for three years.

BOTH Bournemouth and Poole councils are reviewing their policies on the filming of meetings, following new guidance from the Government.

Firefighters were called to the flat in Donoughmore Road in Bournemouth just before 4pm on Sunday after calls from people believing she was still the burning flat.

Firefighters from Springbourne were called to Northcote Road shortly after midnight after a car was set alight.

A MAN from Broadstone has been told to tidy up his garden after losing an appeal against Borough of Poole following complaints from neighbours.

Tim Laycock has become a keeper of the flame for the county's musical heritage, able to draw on a vast collection of traditional folk songs, sea shanties, ballads and music hall songs.

PLANS for a A 150m hotel, apartment and leisure complex on Bournemouth's Winter Gardens site will come under scrutiny at a meeting tonight.

A woman kicked out of Omaha's Grace University says she is being told she must pay back $6,300 for financial aid she had been awarded.

The Dolphin shopping centre launched their new community project, Don't Drive Wednesdays, which calls on residents to help lower the town's carbon footprint by using the other shared transport options available.

A FAKE pension letter, passports, bills and pay slips were used to con banks out of A 3million for mortgages.

AN AMBITIOUS bid to style Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch as a "Silicon Beach" with a thriving creative and digital economy has been outlined.

Ryanair said they'd print my boarding pass because my printer wasn't working - but didn't say it would cost me A 70 AIRLINE Ryanair has been accused of "exploiting people" after they charged a passenger A 70 to simply print off a boarding pass.

A DRIVER is upset after stopping to check if a young cyclist was okay after a crash and finding A 300 worth of damage to his car.

A FORMER rugby club captain who inflicted brain injuries on a friend during a jealous rage has received a suspended prison sentence.

COUNCILLORS have spoken out against "mindless morons" who ripped up trees and left a trail of litter through West Parley.

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BE robber threatened to shoot a money exchange cashier if she didn't hand over the takings from her till, a court heard yesterday.