A CHRISTCHURCH councillor told how she nearly took a mop and bucket to a dirty road sign amid a string of complaints about the area's highways.
THE weekend's horrible weather is set to start this afternoon with high winds and thunder forecast locally.
DOZENS of actors who have played Alice at the Adventure Wonderland theme park gathered to celebrate its 30th birthday.
RESIDENTS in Christchurch could be asked if they would back a BCP Council bid for city status for the area to unlock millions of pounds of funding.
THE weekend weather is about to take a sharp turn from the current heatwave, with warnings of heavy rain and thundery showers.
HIGH temperatures are to continue in Christchurch and the New Forest until Thursday, with the Met Office issuing its first amber extreme heat warning.
A CHRISTCHURCH man has been jailed for nearly five years after encouraging a fictional 12-year-old girl to abuse her seven-year-old sister.
A CHRISTCHURCH primary school has hit out at vandals who sprayed offensive graffiti in its grounds overnight.
HEALTH bosses are warning residents to be careful in the sun this weekend as temperatures are forecast to nudge into the low 30sC by Sunday.
RESIDENTS including the town's deputy mayor have slammed a restaurant's plan to continue takeaway sales of food and alcohol.
POLICE stumbled across a collection of cannabis plants while patrolling a local beauty spot.
PLANS to develop an area of land – previously used to display advertising hoardings – with five new homes have been thrown out..
AN elderly woman who died after being rescued from a blaze at her home in Purewell, Christchurch, earlier this year has been named as Jean Dawe.
A WEATHER alert for thunderstorms and heavy rain has been issued for the New Forest and Christchurch today (Monday).
