1. Drivers Priced Off Road
(Articles/Motors)

...untry it's priced at £1.26/litre. Motorists say that the poorer drivers will be forced of the road, possibly unable to get work too.  Drivers were disgusted and called the price "h...

2. School Bus Fare Hike
(News/Latest Stories)

A schoolboy from Purewell who used to pay 80 pence return to Grove Road now has to stump up £2.40 to get to school after Wilts and Dorset hiked up the fares for children travelling before 9.00a

3. Popular Bus Routes Axed
(News/Latest Stories)

...hat Somerford passengers are well served by Yellow buses starting from Sainsburys terminal in Lyndhurst Road. They added that the new X12 service would follow the most popular routes through Burton an...

4. Indiana Jones - 2008
(Entertainment/Movies)

...alko (Soviet villain), John Hurt as Professor Abner Ravenwood, Karen Allen as Marion Ravenwood and Jim Broadbent as Professor Hawthorne Ravenwood goes back by himself to the merchant's tent and tr...

5. Queen & Paul Rodgers
(Entertainment/Music)

Rock band Queen have returned to the road after many years due to self-inflicted retirement  by the terrible loss of lead singer Freddie Mercury and one which had appeare

6. Historic Pub Fire
(News/Latest Stories)

...r Woolpack Inn at Sopley caught fire last Thursday afternoon, closing the Christchurch to Ringwood Road for some time.  The owners were alerted to the blaze by a passing motorist. The owners...

7. Please Don't Feed Me
(News/Latest Stories)

...ey were more likely to cause problems such as malnutrition and encourages the ponies to hang around the roadside for more because they think this is easier than foraging for natural food in the Forest...

8. Sir Humphrey Strikes Again
(Articles/WeekEnder)

... on the most polluting cars.This means to you and me and owner of nearly every model of car on the road a doubling in road tax. It means he is telling you he wants you all to drive tiny Japa...

9. Family Cars - Best Buys v Value
(Articles/Motors)

  The most commonly seen cars on the road are also the favourites for fleet buyers but popular with used car buyers seeking a good all round large family car.  Here we look at the top three

10. Beer Money and DNA
(Articles/WeekEnder)

...hell procured the Warrior vehicle with a softspot on the underside?  Especially in conflicts where roadside bombs are common. So, back to price hike on your pint, sorry, cans really.  T...

11. Licence to Smoke?
(Articles/WeekEnder)

... move.  Hands on the hood. Legs spread.  Okay, show us your licence.  Meantime, down the road a dear little old lady gets mugged by a young gang for her purse just because the cost of b...

12. Bishops - A34(T) and Bridge Killers
(Articles/WeekEnder)

...heir direction of travel.  Unbelievable!  Why am I very angry?  Well, because this trunk road is the only viable link from the central south coast and the Midlands.  I have to trav...

13. Hospital Bugs - Two Enemies
(Articles/Health)

...mage the cells lining the intestine. The result is then diarrhoea. Patients who have been treated with broad spectrum type of antibiotics, ie; that affect a wide range of bacteria, including inte...

14. Parking Wardens - New Powers
(News/Latest Stories)

  The Road Traffic Management Act (1991) will be replaced by the Traffic Management Act (2004).  What are the changes? Parking Wardens or Attendants under the new Act will become known 

15. Transport & Industry
(Christchurch/History)

...on, Southampton to Dorchester lines, but the nearest station to Christchurch was Holmsley (Christchurch Road) therefore passengers continued their journey by "horse-bus" or a small phaeton t...

16. Early Years
(Christchurch/History)

...prompted the reconstruction of the bargate, which was removed in 1724. However, it gave its name to the road 'Bargates' which continues from the High Street north to the railway today. In 1455...

17. Harbour
(Christchurch/Virtual Tour)

...y Head. Note* There is no public motor access to these beaches on the Head side except trade but a road train is available Spring/Summer to and from these beaches and the large car parks on the B...

18. The Quay
(Christchurch/Virtual Tour)

...ess to the Quay is only available to vehicles under 7.5 tonnes, via Church Street, Church Lane and Quay Road.  There is limited parking for cars here too. Optional parking for the Quay is the Pri...

19. River Stour
(Christchurch/Virtual Tour)

... and finally surging twice a day through the "Run" at Mudeford and finally out to sea.The new road bridge at Iford built in 1932 carries the A35 trunk road connecting Christchurch to Bournem...

20. River Avon
(Christchurch/Virtual Tour)

...e looking downstream. . The river splits into two spurs in the water meadows north of the towns by-pass road the A35 trunk road  one spur flows under the Town Bridge and the other flows under Wat...

21. A Brief History
(Christchurch/History)

...t of this Charter of Incorporation, the new Town Council had full urban powers, the result being better roads, better sewerage and lighting. In 1911 the boundaries were extended to include Mudeford a...

22. Virtual Tour
(Christchurch/Virtual Tour)

...he movie, it is streamed in packets to your computer.  These videos have been optimised for DSL / Broadband at two speeds, 512Kb(600Kb) and 1Mb(1024Kb) to allow the widest audiences. Movies now a...

23. Visitor Guide
(Christchurch/Visitor Guide)

...ccessing the Town Another key factor when visiting a town is what attractions there are available, easy road, rail access. SouthWest Trains from London stop at Christchurch station and then on to...

24. Education
(Christchurch/History)

... mistresses cottage were presented to the school in 1834. This school closed in 1926 when the Clarendon Road Infants School was opened with an initail intake of 325 children. Only recently has this sc...

25. Welfare & Health
(Christchurch/History)

...Hospital which was to be found in Magdalen Lane just outside the main town between Bargates and Barrack Road as it is now known. During the medieval period leprosy was common. When the disease gradual...

26. Smuggling
(Christchurch/History)

...e first reported Streeter's snuff factory in the area of Stanpit, a collection of 6 cottages on the road to Mudeford. This was at time when the Custom House was under suspicion of collusion with C...

27. Town Centre
(Christchurch/Virtual Tour)

...ubs have been changed to theme bars, but still keeping there historic frontage.  At the end of the road can be found the Church Hatch an early 18th century house which was saved from conversion t...

28. Help Lines
(Christchurch/Community)

...r rights to fair trading. Get the information you need here.  Also gives advice when buying from abroad.  Tel - 08454 040506 National Drugs Helpline Get help and advice in confidence. Tel ...

29. Hospitals & Clinics
(Christchurch/Community)

...p;                Wellworthy Road, Lymington, SO41 8QD Lymington New Forest Mobile Imaging Centre Wellworthy Road, Lymington...

30. New Jaguar - The XF
(Articles/Motors)

... starting price tag of £33,900 for either the V6 or V6 diesel. What did BBC's Top Gear Say on road-test? Watch video page 2. What Car Review - Voted Car of the Year 2008 Continued >> ...