POLISH race ace Przemyslaw Pawlicki lit up Wimborne Road with an impressive debut display and then expressed his delight at his arrival in Dorset. The new Pirates recruit delivered a 10-point haul as new-look Poole made a winning start to life
AN 86-year-old pedestrian suffered serious injuries in a collision with a car driven by a 92-year-old woman. The accident happened at 4.20pm on Monday at The Chase, Verwood, and involved a Verwood woman and a Honda Civic whose driver was from the
POLICE are hunting a robber who is thought to have held up a petrol station at knifepoint. Officers have been deployed to the scene at the in Sway Road, Brockenhurst, following the robbery this afternoon. According to Hampshire police a man
Although the garden is about 4 weeks behind, it has actually given us a bit of time to get our new raised vegetable beds built, all ready for planting out. My lovely husband has constructed them from decking, two high stacked on top of each other
THERE’S less than a month to go until the launch of Bournemouth’s Food and Drink Festival and preparations are in full swing. Flags and banners are popping up around town and the publicity campaign has been stepped up to highlight the wide variety
A BIG-HEARTED bathroom designer is planning to use pedal power to raise funds for children with life-limiting conditions. Tom Aird, 27, from Westbourne, will set off for France with five friends on June 28 for the opening weekend of The Tour de
A POOLE schoolgirl with a 'heart of gold' is having her head shaved in solidarity with her best friend after she was diagnosed with leukaemia. Ten-year-old Ashleigh Lambert raised more than £1,000 in just three days after pledging to crop all her
A 16-year-old boy had to be released by firefighters after becoming stuck in mud in woods off Burley Road in Brockenhurst on Monday morning. Hampshire Fire and Rescue was alerted at 10.42am to the incident and sent appliances from Brockenhurst,
GREEN campaigners have expressed their fears that shale gas fracking may take place in Dorset. Gas companies control six drilling licences covering south Dorset from Christchurch to Weymouth, which while they do not specify the means of extraction
PIRATES team manager Neil Middleditch is confident emerging talent Rohan Tungate will continue his scoring spree when he leaps into the main body of Poole’s line-up. The Australian star is set to jump from reserve to don the number two race jacket
AROUND 30 firefighters tackled a blaze which broke out in the roof of a Southbourne home while the occupants were out. Neighbours raised the alarm after seeing smoke coming from the house in Glenroyd Gardens at around 12.43pm on Monday. The
A THRIVING school has marked its 150th anniversary by unveiling a beautiful stained glass window designed by one of their pupils. Young students at St Mark’s School in Talbot Village, Bournemouth held a special dedication ceremony for the window
KIDS with catapults and school traffic were just two of the issues raised with Dorset’s Police and Crime Commissioner as he held his second public forum in the county. The two-hour forum was at the Alderney West Community Centre in Poole on Friday
A POPULAR wheel and skate park in Christchurch is to undergo a major overhaul after years of heavy use. The wheel park at Two Riversmeet Leisure Complex originally opened in 2005 but its popularity by skaters and other users has taken its toll
A CRAFTY group of Dorset women have taken a charity cause to heart by raising more than £1,000 with a special fair. The team, who are collectively known as Stitch N Bitch for Charity, organised a craft fair at Pamphill Village Hall in March.
DEREN ALP YILMAZ aged 19 of Gandalfs Ride, Chelmsford. Admitted driving a Renault at Mordern Road, Wareham without third party insurance. Discharged conditionally for six months. To pay victim surcharge of £15. Costs of £35. Disqualified from holding
LIAM WRIGHT aged 21 of Montrose Drive, Verwood. Convicted in absence being the driver of a Ford and failing to produce a driving licence when required to do so by a constable. Fined £200. To pay victim surcharge of £20. Also convicted in absence of
ALEX ERNEST BARTON aged 21 of no fixed abode. Admitted theft of three Playstation games worth £70 from Asda at Castlepoint. Committed to prison for two weeks suspended for 18 months. Ordered to participate in Thinking Skills programme for 19 days and
GARETH EVANS aged 33 of Green Road, Poole. Admitted driving a Suzuki through a red light on the A350 Holes Bay Road. Fined £235. To pay victim surcharge of £23. Costs of £35. Licence endorsed with three points. KAREN VALERIE FRIPP aged 48 of Yeatminster
LEE RODERICK CADMAN aged 41 of Gunville Crescent, Bournemouth. Admitted driving a Rover car on Ringwood Road, Ferndown otherwise than in accordance with a licence authorising you to drive that vehicle. Fined £30. Licence endorsed. Also admitted driving
GREEN campaigners have expressed their fears that shale gas fracking may take place in Dorset. Gas companies control six drilling licences covering south Dorset from Christchurch to Weymouth, which while they do not specify the means of extraction
SCORES of families and visitors had fun in the sunshine with bank holiday festivities. Feet were tapping across Weymouth and Dorchester with a number of live music events. Thousands of beat lovers flooded to Weymouth harbourside for the sixth
A SURVEY has been launched to investigate the value of recreation in Poole’s huge harbour, from jetsking to bird watching trips. The Dorset Coast Forum is urging those involved in windsurfing, kitesurfing, waterskiing, wakeboarding, canoing and
BOURNEMOUTH could host a royal visitor if the town’s outgoing mayor has his way. Councillor Phil Stanley-Watts, who is coming to the end of his year as mayor, met the Duke of Edinburgh at a Royal Garden Party on Wednesday afternoon. He promptly
SEA Cadets from Bournemouth took on the challenge of a 500-mile rowathon to raise funds for a new boat. Youngsters had to complete a minimum of five miles on rowing machines at Winton Arts and Media College sports hall, raising funds towards £2,600
THE biker who organised a ride-out in memory of Jade Clark said it was “an honour” to do it for the family. Around 40 bikers and scooter riders from across the south arrived at Ringwood Rugby Club on Sunday (May 26) lunchtime to remember the 16
A MAN has suffered serious head injuries after an assault in a residential street. Neghbours in Comley Road, Moordown, heard the victim was hit with a brick following a disturbance. They heard shouting and swearing around 7.30pm on Sunday as
THESE pictures show the heart-stopping moment when youngsters scaled a landslide, dislodging rocks onto a beach yards from sunbathers. Coastguards have sent out a stark warning to Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door visitors to stay away from the massive
YOU might imagine the word “battle” would describe an event taking place over days, months or even, occasionally, years. But the Battle of Atlantic went on throughout World War II, as the Allies fought to keep Britain supplied in the face of U-boat
Regarding the publicity of the 70th anniversary of the German air raid over Bournemouth. All those years ago with my older brother in our back garden in St Swithuns Road, we first heard the roar of planes then looked up and saw a plane very low
Our beloved Druitt Hall will celebrate her 60th birthday on Monday, June 3 and we will be marking the occasion from noon onwards. A very warm welcome awaits you all – young, old and in-between. Come and share a cuppa and chat over your memories
A MAN has died after being hit by a train at a Dorset railway station. The man was pronounced dead at the scene after being struck by a train near Hinton Admiral station on Sunday morning. The main line between Southampton and Bournemouth was
It re-situated, after about 20 public benches were removed without any notice or consultation. There are many elderly and disabled people in this part of town, and I am surprised there has been no hue and cry from them on this subject. I am
FORMER Pirates hero Davey Watt is backing Poole to soon overcome their early-season woes by predicting: “They are not going to stay down for long.” Ex-Wimborne Road ace Watt insists captain Chris Holder can lead a Pirates revival following the
