Editing Bournemouth (section)

===21st century===
From 2000 to 2001 the [[Tesco bomb campaign]] hit the town with a plot to extort money from Supermarket giant [[Tesco]]. Visitors to the town plummeted during the campaign, especially after a bomb exploded at an elderly woman's home after she opened a letter sent by the bomber. During the eight months, over seven bombs were found by [[Dorset Police]], ranging from small letter bombs, to pipe bombs and parcel bombs. The culprit was found to be Robert Edward Dyer, he was sentenced to 12 years in prison.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=11 June 2001 |title=Tesco blackmail 'bomber' jailed |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1383121.stm |work=BBC News |access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref>

[[The Waterfront, Bournemouth|The Waterfront complex]], which was intended to hold an IMAX cinema, was constructed on the seafront in 1998.<ref name=Iguard>{{cite news | url =https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/jan/20/bournemouth-imax-building-demolition | title =England's most hated building to be demolished | date =20 January 2010 | author =Steven Morris | newspaper =The Guardian | access-date =10 February 2013 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20131002143332/http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/jan/20/bournemouth-imax-building-demolition | archive-date =2 October 2013 | url-status =live }}</ref> The {{convert|19|m|ft|adj=mid|abbr=off|-high}} concrete and smoked glass building featured a wavy roof design, but was despised by residents and visitors alike because it blocked views of the bay and the [[Isle of Purbeck]].<ref name=Iguard/><ref name=IBBC>{{cite web | url =https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-12785867 | title =Work to lower height of Dorset's Imax building starts | date =18 March 2011 | publisher =BBC Dorset | access-date =10 February 2013 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110504193123/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-12785867 | archive-date =4 May 2011 | url-status =live }}</ref> In 2005 it was voted the most hated building in England in a 10,000-person poll conducted by the [[Channel 4]] programme ''[[Demolition (TV series)|Demolition]]'', and was pulled down in spring 2013.<ref name=Iguard/><ref name=Itel>{{cite news| url =https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7036130/Cinema-to-be-demolished-to-restore-famous-view.html| title =Cinema to be demolished to restore famous view| date =21 January 2010| newspaper =The Telegraph| access-date =10 February 2013| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20131228072141/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7036130/Cinema-to-be-demolished-to-restore-famous-view.html| archive-date =28 December 2013| url-status =live}}</ref>

Bournemouth was twice unsuccessful in its bids for [[city status]], first at the [[Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II]] in 2012,<ref>{{cite news | first = Darren | last = Slade | title = Bournemouth loses bid for city status | date = 14 March 2012 | url = http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/districts/bournemouth/9588576.Bournemouth_loses_bid_for_city_status/ | work = Bournemouth Echo | access-date = 6 April 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141129053021/http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/districts/bournemouth/9588576.Bournemouth_loses_bid_for_city_status/ | archive-date = 29 November 2014 | url-status = live }}</ref> and again in the [[Platinum Jubilee Civic Honours]] in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title='City status bid for Bournemouth is ludicrous in the extreme' |url=https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/19725149.city-status-bid-bournemouth-ludicrous-extreme/ |access-date=22 March 2022 |website=Bournemouth Echo |date=18 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref>