Peter Ruscoe News Today

SMALL but crucial steps are being made to regenerate a Bournemouth high street.

A man who has problems understanding letters and numbers was hit with an £80 charge after experiencing difficulties using a Wiltshire car park…

CHANGES are afoot in Boscombe as early tranches of the major £23million government cash injection have been received.

PRIVATE security officers carrying handcuffs have been employed in the shopping area of Boscombe.

BOSCOMBE’S high street has received another major boost with three new retailers opening in the centre of the town. Lifestyle and Mobility, a trading name of The Scooter Club, is opening a large store in the Sovereign Centre, supermarket chain Malinka has moved into the vacant Bonmarche unit and, across Old Christchurch Road, the Plant Hustler eatery, previously named Dirty Vegans, is expanding into a new unit. With the summer approaching and retailers poised to re-open, Boscombe is enc...

The lights were spotted by a Boscombe resident on Wednesday, February 3. The resident, who wished to remain anonymous, was pleasantly surprised by the appearance of lights and was keen to determine who hung them up. She said: "I went to Boscombe in the pouring rain last week and in the precinct I could see some lights amid the wet and gloom. I thought they were Christmas lights that had been left up. "As I got closer, I saw that they were a string of white lights with red hearts attache...