Fine for speeding Volkswagen driver who failed to stop
Kieran Gifford, a driver from Basingstoke, was fined for exceeding the speed limit and failing to cooperate with the police.
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Kieran Gifford, a driver from Basingstoke, was fined for exceeding the speed limit and failing to cooperate with the police.
CHANGES to a gateway housing site for Child Okeford which councillors rejected in March have now been approved after the developer made changes to…
The scheme, which is opposite the village school, was given outline permission in 2019. Many of the letters express concerns about a lack of parking and possible congestion near the school entrance. The application to Dorset Council provides the details of the design of the homes and the layout and landscaping for the 1.2 hectare site. It comes from ELT Bournemouth Ltd. The scheme proposes six 4-bed homes, thirteen 3-bed and seven 2-bed. Ten of the two and three bed homes will be ‘affordable’ rent or for shared equity. The site will provide more than 60 car parking spaces, two t...
Two men sentenced after spitting blood in the face of police officer in violent attack Two men have been convicted and sentenced after assaulting a police officer in Milton Keynes. Stephen Pocock and Declan Mann, both of Maree Close, Bletchley, both attacked an officer who attempted to arrest one of the men last year on September 18. Pocock, aged 22, and Mann, aged 19, attacked the officer with various punches to the head. One of the offenders also spat blood into the face of the officer. Another officer then arrived to assist and both Pocock and Mann were detained at Lakes es...
Sleeping tablets AN ILLEGAL supplier of sleeping tablets and tranquilisers has been given a community order. Michael Purnell, 53, also had a drug from magic mushrooms in his illegal collection of drugs on him when police stopped him heading towards his York home along the A64, York Crown Court heard. The Recorder of York, Judge Sean Morris, said locking him up would mean him losing his accommodation and putting him back on the street. But letting him keep his freedom would enable him to get help for his problems. “He welcomes help,” said defence barrister Jeremy Barton. The judg...