CHERRIES boss Lee Bradbury maintains chief scout Des Taylor “has been offered” a position by Burnley. Bradbury made the claim in a detailed statement – which covered a number of recent matters – published on the club’s official website earlier today.
DORSET’S Lee James boosted his European Tour School fund with another high finish on the TP Tour series at Berkamsted on Wednesday. The 1994 British Amateur champion carded a one-under-par 70 for a share of fourth place – three shots behind
Bashley have earned a place in cricket history after smashing what could be the highest total at their level or above in the t20 format. The village outfit racked up runs at such a rapid rate that scorers apparently lost count in their Southern
The News of the World will close after a final edition this weekend, News International chairman James Murdoch said today. The tabloid newspaper will be published for the last time on Sunday after it was rocked by the phone hacking scandal.
HISTORY fans will be able to see three iconic World War Two planes on every day of this year’s Bournemouth Air Festival, thanks to a new sponsorship deal. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight – made up of a Spitfire, Hurricane and Lancaster bomber –
A BAND of con artists posing as good Samaritans gave a lift to a great-grandmother and then stole her pension. The callous thieves picked up the woman as she struggled to walk home along the route of a bus service which has recently been axed. Lynn
THE countdown to this year’s New Forest show has begun, with organisers finalising arrangements for the three-day countryside extravaganza. And with lots of new attractions and stalls organised for this year’s event at New Park in Brockenhurst, the show
A WEEKEND of old fashioned fun was held in memory of a 17-year-old girl who died riding her Vespa home. Hundreds of scooter owners signed up to take part in the Jo Loving Fun Day at Wimborne Football Club, in Cowgrove, from Saturday through to Sunday
A LOCALLY-based national charity has backed a health expert’s claim that overeating is placing the lives of hundreds of thousands of young people at risk. Professor Martin Lombard, national clinical director for liver at the Department of Health, warned
RYANAIR will cease operations from Bournemouth Airport for three months again this winter. The carrier will suspend flights from Bournemouth during November, December and January, mirroring the operational move it made last year. The low-cost airline
DORSET ladies came within a whisker of retaining the South West Championship title, in their centenary year, at North Wilts. Captain Liz Lloyd’s team finished level with Gloucestershire on four points apiece but lost 31.5 to 30.5 on a countback
COUNCILLORS will consider two options for the future of Dorset’s library service, with the threat of closure still hanging over nine libraries. A final decision on the future of the service will be made at a meeting of Dorset County Council on July 21
HEALTH and safety investigators say a Christchurch roofer ‘unnecessarily lost his life’ when he suffered fatal head injuries from a fall through a rooflight. Two firms were fined and a company director was given a conditional discharge at Southampton
REMEDY OAK star Georgia Hall claimed third place in the individual competition at the European girls’ team championship at Is Molas in Sardinia. The 15-year-old carded rounds of 70 and 73 (one-under-par total) as she helped England qualify for the matchplay
JUNK has turned into treasure for a self-confessed hoarder who is set to pocket £100,000 from selling his tat. The anonymous collector has spent 15 years assembling the hoard that includes old lawnmowers, typewriters, tricycles, record players, clocks
THE man convicted of killing Heather Barnett will face the first in a series of extradition hearings today. Danilo Restivo, 39, was found guilty of the murder of the seamstress last week and sentenced to a whole life term behind bars.
DETECTIVES have launched a murder investigation after a man was found stabbed in a Bournemouth street. Police called to Parkwood Road in Southbourne at around 12.45am yesterday found a 42-year-old Poole man with serious injuries. He was taken
TEENAGER Beth Jeans never goes anywhere without her beloved dog Billy. But he is more than just her pet - he is her lifesaver. For the 16-year-old student has a severe form of diabetes which means her blood sugar levels can suddenly drop or rise without
Mango and Strawberry Salad Serves 6 3 ripe mangoes (the Pakistani honey mangoes are delicious) A large punnet of strawberries 1-2tbsp unrefined caster sugar Juice of 1 lime A few generous splashes of tequila
POLICE are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following a suspected arson attack on a house in Bournemouth. Firefighters were called to the two-storey house in Belle Vue Crescent, Southbourne, at around 2.20pm
ON behalf of myself and family, may I through your letter page give my sincere thanks to the many people who expressed their condolences on the recent death of my husband, Tom Hall. In particular I would like to mention the local groups of which he was
“IT’S time for more enlightenment” (June 29, 2011). As a Christian, I would distance myself totally from this group who have nothing to do with any teachings from God’s Word as found in the Bible. People cannot pick and choose what parts of the Bible
AT a time when most towns and cities are focussing on improving the quality of places and mending the mistakes of the 60s, 70s and 80s traffic engineering, Poole council is hell-bent on repeating those mistakes by proposing a traffic-dominated gyratory
I BECAME a Poole taxi driver a few years ago and I have to say that I wish I hadn’t bothered, with all the expense of medicals, CRB checks, new driving test, etc. We have no respect from the council or some of the public. The violence, bad language
IN response to a letter from Paul Taylor where he claims that, ‘Thatcherism is back and I blame Clegg’. No, it was Tony Blair, who under the banner of New Labour, continued with Thatcherism including selling off council houses and going into
THE internet’s font of all knowledge Wikipedia can’t be trusted to tell you all the truth all the time, but it does reveal that newspaper executive Rebekah Brooks and I have more in common than I realised. We were both born in Cheshire and we both worked
ON behalf of the Don McMath Foundation, I would like to thank everyone who attended or contributed to our annual garden party on July 3. We raised £1,132 which for these times of austerity is outstanding. Further thanks are also due to The Rotary Club
THERE are now quite a few road sections in the borough that have the sign “Merge In Turn”, including Castle Lane West, Cemetery Junction and Castlepoint. It’s designed to ease traffic flow when two lanes merge into one. It’s a simple concept that for
A BUS company that ferried hundreds of children to schools in Poole and Bournemouth has suddenly ceased trading. From today, Shamrock Buses of Holton Heath is no longer operating, putting 30 drivers and six mechanics, as well as several office staff
THE government will rush in emergency legislation to countermand a controversial legal ruling on police bail that has sent shockwaves through Dorset’s law enforcement community. Currently there are 720 persons suspected of being involved of a wide range
CHERRIES chairman Eddie Mitchell has accused Des Taylor of disguising his reasons for wanting to quit as the club’s chief scout. Mitchell has hit back after Taylor said a lack of ambition by the club had been behind his decision to tender his resignation
EVEN Darcy Ward’s biggest admirers must be running low on superlatives to describe his breathtaking performances. It is not just the fact that rival riders simply cannot contain him at Wimborne Road, it is the manner of his victories that are
