THERE'S an old joke about the police car with its siren blaring and lights flashing, heading off to Dunkin' Donuts for breakfast.

I am pretty sure no officer would actually do that, but judging by the picture on page three today, it appears there are times that members of Dorset Police will break the rules in the course of grabbing a meal. Clearly it isn't only an army that marches on its stomach.

Linda Warne and her husband Kevin spotted a couple of boys in blue in The Hungry Copper (sorry, Husky) in Southbourne, having parked in a disabled bay.

Having been done themselves previously while getting a prescription, the Warnes took some photos and brought them in to us. Dorset Police have promised a full inquiry, and quite right too.

As numerous stories in this paper in recent months testify, the squeeze is being well and truly put on motorists by both public and private authorities when it comes to parking. The activities of some enforcement companies seem totally out of control. So, the last thing the public wants to put up with is the police abusing their position and taking the mickey.

  • As the Second World War recedes further into the past, some veterans fear their efforts will be forgotten when none of them are left to give testimony in person; that no-one will remember them.

However, if the great-grandchildren of Douglas Duggan, who died last month, are anything to go by, that is never going to happen. They represented him at the VJ commemorations in Poole on Friday.

He would have been as proud of them as they clearly are of him.