CORFE Mullen completed their first season in the top flight by registering a comprehensive nine-wicket win over last season’s runners-up Swanage. Skipper Peter Hoar, who guided Corfe Mullen to the Division Two title 12 months ago, remained undefeated
A VAN driver has denied being responsible for the death of a cyclist in an early morning crash in Southampton. David Irving, 48, died following a collision with the vehicle on Mountbatten Way on December 12 last year. Today the driver Steven
THE transformation of a Poole school that was devastated by fire last March has been hailed as “nothing short of a miracle” by its head teacher. Buckholme Towers opens its doors to 120 pupils for the start of the new academic year on Wednesday
AN EMERGENCY inspection into an alternative independent Ringwood school found safeguarding procedures to be “insufficiently robust” after pupils cut themselves with blades during an art history lesson. The teacher who oversaw the lesson at Ringwood
WITH Boscombe Cliff already proclaimed as Section One champions, attention switched to the basement battle. For the second year in a row, Broadstone-Wessex performed a last-day Houdini act by defeating fellow strugglers Wimborne 12-2 (88-72), a
A MOTHER and her 14-year-old son have both smashed their Channel relay team charity swims within one day of each other. Three teams from the same Southbourne-based swimming group all completed the gruelling challenge in the same week. Liam Artingstall
A CAMPAIGN to reinvent Christchurch Museum of Electricity has received a welcome boost of support. Mission Ignition, the community initiative to revive Christchurch’s Museum of Electricity as a Science and Engineering Discovery Centre, has generated
A PLANNING agent has gone on trial accused of borrowing £25,000 from another businessman without declaring he had been made bankrupt. Planning Solutions consultant Anthony Ramsden-Geary was loaned the money from Christopher Wardrop in 2007 for
THOUSANDS of rail enthusiasts are expected to flock to Swanage Railway’s annual Grand Steam Gala and Vintage Transport Weekend. The three-day event, starting on September 6, also sees the return of a classic 1920s Southern Rail-way steam locomotive
A COURAGEOUS youngster with cancer will take a well-deserved break with his family thanks to the kindness of friends. Alfie Roberts, seven, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia on his sixth birthday, and mum Clair said it has hit all
DETECTIVES investigating violent robberies which left two elderly women with horrific injuries have renewed their appeal for help from the public. A 91-year-old woman suffered a broken pelvis after being knocked to the ground and an 86-year-old
POOLE Harbour beauty spot Brownsea Island has been shortlisted for a national award in this year’s BBC Countryfile Magazine Awards. It is one of 10 nominees in the favourite nature reserve category, as chosen by nature writer Mark Cocker and Ellie
COLEHILL residents left in the dark by council cuts have signed a petition to see street lights turned back on. Councillor Janet Dover gathered the 25 signatures from residents of Rotary Close after fears that emergency vehicles will not be able
THE glass is half full at Kingston Lacy after the estate, pictured right, received a grant to restore some historic buildings. A number of the glasshouses in the National Estate property’s kitchen garden had fallen into disrepair and couldn’t be
CHRISTCHURCH’S sole night-club has shut to make way for a new convenience store and flats. Club Epic in Bargates has closed its doors and a planning application for the shop and flats submitted to Christchurch Bor-ough Council. A statement
THE inquest into the death of a Boscombe man discovered in public toilets at West Cliff, Bournemouth opened this morning. Bournemouth Coroners' Court heard that Darren Mark Woolnough, 44, was found by a member of the public lying face down in the
STAR of The Impressions Show and Dead Ringers, Jon Culshaw will be the special guest Voice of the Book when the touring production of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Radio Show – Live! arrives at the Lighthouse Poole on November 24 at 7pm.
A SINGLE mum woke to find the scooter she relies on to get to work had been stolen and torched. Anne Pavelin, manager of a Poole garage, eventually found the vehicle after searching the Slades Farm area. The scooter was in an undercover shelter
A MAN who brandished a knife in front of a bus driver was jailed for 24 weeks. Elliott Elwart, 23, pleaded guilty to possession of a bladed article in a public place, in breach of a nine month suspended prison term he was issued in May last year
SCOTTISH rockers Del Amitri return from a ten year sabbatical to wheel out every hit from every era of their lengthy recording career. Justin Currie and Iain Harvie will once again be joined on stage by Andy Alston, Kris Dollimore and Ashley Soan
CHERRIES manager Eddie Howe believes Eddie Mitchell’s drive and vision helped lead to a “real innovation” at the club. Howe has worked under Mitchell’s chairmanship during his two spells in the hot-seat, the pair both having played a pivotal part
THIEVES have fled with jewellery and priceless sentimental items from a New Forest woman’s home – just months after she was at the centre of a terrifying kidnap ordeal. Janice Grabau from Lymington says a thief has trawled through drawers at her
Weymouth-based Michael Watson continued his remarkable run of success by winning the St Austell Pro-am for his 11th victory in his last 23 pro-ams. He has also finished second three times. The Wessex Golf Centre professional shot two-under-par
BOURNEMOUTH Alliance star Michael Watson turned the clock back 12 months when he made his victory speech after the pro-am at his original club Weymouth as he also won the event last year. It was the Wessex Golf Centre player’s tenth triumph of
September is here and with another wonderful Bournemouth Airshow splashing Dorset across the world, it’s time to look ahead for UKplc. Our colleagues at The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) have done just that. In revising its economic growth
BOURNEMOUTH is ‘leading the way’ in promoting safe cycling and shedding its reputation as a danger hotspot, it is claimed. The Government recently announced a series of measures to Get Britain Cycling, including providing extra funding and introducing
THREE monks made a beautiful marble creation at Christchurch Priory on Wednesday as part of their tour around the UK. The Tibetan Monks of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, who are currently based at Salisbury Cathedral, worked using marble crushed to a
A NEW magic shop has opened in Poole’s town centre for those who are part of the entertainment industry. Fun Fancy Dress, which already has a base on Blandford Road, and a shop in Parkstone, has launched its latest shop, which is specifically dedicated
RODERICK Harris is a man who is truly passionate about what he does – a diamond geezer, if you’ll excuse the obvious pun. He is the man behind Why Jewellers in Corfe Castle which, despite its appearance as a small rural shop in picturesque Purbeck
A WOMAN arrested in connection with the death of a Poole property developer has been released without charge. The 41-year-old had been questioned on suspicion of drug offences after Paul Banyard’s body was discovered at his Images apartment block
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze involving 15 tons of rubbish at Swanage Recycling Centre this morning. Crews from Swanage are using main lines, a hose reel jet and breathing apparatus to fight fires in three individual skips. They were called
A HOTEL boss claims he has lost thousands of pounds of business due to noise in Bournemouth’s Lower Gardens at night. Matthew Winchcombe, assistant manager at the Lampeter Hotel, said there have been comments in internet reviews about groups of
STAFF at a charity are having to man the entrance to their site after travellers attempted to move in. Holton Lee, which works with disabled and vulnerable people, is asking visitors to sign in and out at the main entrance after a group of seven
The Gardens are jewels in Bournemouth’s sparkling crown. There aren’t too many towns that have such natural areas in their centre. But those who visit them late at night must understand that there are people living and working nearby. There
I SEE Dr Martin Rogers is at it again (‘Extraction of gas not appropriate’, Letters August 31). There is a kind of argument being used by the supporters of renewable energy, which is in fact not an argument but a means of forestalling debate and
I WRITE in response to Cllr Philip Eades’s accusations that I was attempting to seek political capital in respect of the recent planning approval for affordable housing on Terrace Row (‘Concerns will be addressed’, Letters, August 30). I was simply
I WOULD like to pay tribute to all the staff involved in this year’s Air Festival. What a super event and magnificent weather! I was there all four days with the veterans’ tent and we were pleased that all four days were sunny and warm – the
WE HAVE just returned from our yearly trip to see and take part in the most amazing free show on the planet, the Bournemouth Air Festival. What can we say – the most fantastic weekend we have ever spent in Bournemouth. First of all the atmosphere
A 31-year-old Bournemouth man arrested after a protester dressed as Spiderman brought traffic to a standstill on a busy road, has been bailed. The Cooper Dean flyover was closed in both directions on Sunday afternoon until the man was brought down
LIVES are at risk because Dorset’s fire service is being targeted by hoax callers. Figures show that over the last five years Dorset Fire and Rescue Service has been plagued by more than 700 hoax callers. The service has also had to respond
FIRE crews were called to a Branksome Park property this morning after a bonfire spread out of control and set light to woodland. A crew from Westbourne attended at 4.40am after receiving calls from the occupier of the property and from a concerned
CHERRIES chairman Eddie Mitchell – who has stepped down and sold the family stake in the club – has been credited with "changing the face” of Bournemouth. Cllr John Beesley, leader of Bournemouth Council, said: “AFC Bournemouth’s recent success
