Stories for 19 February 2005

Bournemouth Cherries

JAMES JOY OVER MOVE

NEW boy James O'Connor admits he jumped at the chance of a loan move to Dean Court having been on the receiving end of a Cherries football masterclass earlier in the season.   more...

Bournemouth Columnist

Taking away the Michael

GEORGE Michael says he's quitting the world of pop because he can't bear fame anymore.  more...

Off the wall

JOAN BAEZ has been up in our bedroom again, singing her heart out about railroad disasters, unrequited love and people getting stabbed down by the banks of the Ohio.  more...

Bournemouth Leisure

Stars out for top jazzman

TOP British jazz stars head for the south coast on February 19 to pay tribute to the great Caribbean saxophonist and composer Joe Harriott.  more...

Bournemouth News

Taking care

WITH 2005 designated the Year of the Volunteer, organisations all over the country are urging people to do their bit to help others.  more...

Second time around

PRINCE Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles may be all smiles after announcing their plans to wed but, statistically, divorced men or women who remarry are far more likely to end up with another failed marriage on their hands.  more...

Taking care

WITH 2005 designated the Year of the Volunteer, organisations all over the country are urging people to do their bit to help others.  more...

Did you get taken for a mug on ebay?

A HOME-made Charles and Camilla mug - made using a 40p mug, newspaper cuttings and Prittstick - was sold for £71 after being posted on ebay.  more...

Packet in, we prefer hexagonal

HAS anyone over the age of 15 ever got used to calling Opal Fruits Starburst?  more...

The text pest that's eating up my credit

A WOMAN who subscribed to a "free" text messaging service over the internet believes she may be among many who are falling victim to a texting scam.  more...

Businesses warned over cheque fraud

BUSINESSES are being warned to be on their guard against bogus customers offering fat cheques, after one Bournemouth hotel came close to losing thousands of pounds in a scam.  more...

I'll go to jail, vows ticketed fund-raiser

A CHARITY worker who picked up a parking ticket while unloading his car for a tsunami fund-raising event has vowed to go to jail rather than pay the fine.  more...

College plans major overhaul of facilities

BOSSES at Bournemouth and Poole College are drawing up plans for a major redevelopment of its North Road site.  more...

Rich but no but like I'll get £500 a night

YEAH but, no but - Vicky Pollard's making me rich. Little Britain fan Natalie King hit the headlines earlier this month after being branded a dead ringer for the foul-mouthed tearaway in the hit BBC TV show.  more...

Warning as illegal dye gets into food

HUNDREDS of food products are being taken off the shelves after they were discovered to have been inadvertently contaminated with an illegal dye.  more...

METER MAN!

PARKING charges should be introduced across practically the whole of Bournemouth, it has been claimed.  more...

New Forest News

`Successful' market set to double in size

NEW Milton market has been declared a success and looks likely to double in size a little more than a year after the first stalls were set up.  more...

Poole News

Not much cop

DORSET police officers have been throwing a tabloid magazine-style Home Office publication in the bin, labelling it an expensive insult to their intelligence.  more...

Final decision on ban down to cost

A SMOKING ban in shops, restaurants, pubs and working places in Poole has all but been given a green light.  more...

Wellmeetagain Snapshot

Touring exhibition to mark end of war

A GROUND-breaking exhibition marking the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War is to visit Bournemouth.  more...