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  • Woman trapped in single vehicle crash

    AN elderly woman was medically trapped in a car after a single-vehicle crash near East Orchard, north of Sturminster Newton this evening. Two fire engines attended the scene at 6.45pm and using hydraulic cutting equipment removed the roof of the car

  • Retired veteran Gilly's exploits in vain for Holt

    EX-Hamworthy United and Gosport defender Steve Gilbert came out of retirement to prevent “an embarrassment from escalating” during Holt United’s 6-2 defeat at Tintinhull. Gilbert, who hung up his boots due to a serious knee injury two years ago

  • Rival managers beg to differ over result

    RIVAL bosses Adi Trimby and Carl Poore begged to differ after the battle of the rookie managers had finished all square at Christchurch Road. Trimby, just two games into his tenure, felt Parley had deserved all three points, while Poore, who took

  • AFC Bournemouth: Ritchie rocked by another injury setback

    BOSS Eddie Howe has revealed Cherries are contemplating sending Matt Ritchie abroad to get to the bottom of his persistent thigh injury. Ritchie, who has been sidelined since the start of pre-season, appeared to be on the mend after stepping up

  • Mariners stuck after Twin Sails Bridge blew a fuse

    THE Twin Sails Bridge at Poole blew a fuse on Wednesday afternoon, at the start of the scheduled 4.30pm lift, leaving mariners unable to pass between Holes Bay and the quay. “This was caused by a damaged control cable,” said John Rice, engineering

  • Police hunt arsonists who torched historic chapel

    POLICE are hunting yobs who torched an historic chapel at the weekend. The emergency services were called to Blandford Chapel in Cemetery Road early on the morning of Sunday, September 15 following the blaze, which is believed to have started between

  • Stourfield pupils get into character on Roald Dahl Day

    IT WAS Roald Dahl himself who said: “A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men.” And the great author would have enjoyed the tomfoolery on display at Stourfield Junior School as pupils and staff alike dressed up as some of his

  • Diabetes family inspires school fundraiser

    A FAMILY in which three of the four children have type one diabetes has inspired a school to hold a day of fundraising. Debbie White hopes her children’s experience will raise awareness of the condition, which is on the increase in the UK.

  • Dean Gaffney set to star in Dickens classic at Lighthouse

    EX-EASTENDERS star Dean Gaffney, below, is set to tread the boards at the Lighthouse Poole in November. A brand new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic The Pickwick Papers will feature the actor alongside John D Collins (Allo, Allo) and Rebecca

  • Ringwood School sixth form recognised as ’outstanding’

    RINGWOOD School has been praised by government inspectors for its high quality sixth form, with achievement, teaching and leadership all recognised as outstanding. The school was graded a very strong ‘good’ with many outstanding features overall

  • Battle is lost to rescue Boscombe artefacts

    CAMPAIGNERS who lost their battle to save a community building in Boscombe from demolition have been told they cannot rescue artefacts from inside. Part of the derelict Boscombe Centre for Community Arts (BCCA) building in Haviland Road is being

  • Lester Aldridge takes on eight new trainee solicitors

    EIGHT new trainee solicitors have started their two-year training contract with law firm Lester Aldridge. Jessica Maidment, Alistair Robertson and Franca Bosompim have joined LA and David Newnham, Jade Phillips, Ben Cobb, Alison Collier and Lucy

  • New daily opening hours for Albert Marsh Funeral Directors

    Albert Marsh Funeral Directors in Upton, Dorset, are open again daily having been available during the last decade for pre-booked appointments only. The office and chapels of rest in Moorland Way have been completely refurbished to bring them into

  • VIDEO: New £2.5m complex opens at Tank Museum

    TV PRESENTER Dan Snow joined in celebrations as a new £2.5 million complex opened at the Tank Museum Bovington. The historian, who is a museum trustee, was among the dignitaries, volunteers and guests at a ceremony at the attraction along with

  • UPDATED: Further arrest in attempted murder probe

    A FOURTH arrest has been made by police conducting an attempted murder investigation. A 26-year-old man from Poole is the third person to be arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following an incident in Sea View Road, Parkstone on Monday evening

  • Astonished by licence

    I HAVE just read, with some astonishment, your article of September 17 reporting the granting of a licence to sell alcohol in Boscombe Crescent. Everyone knows that the area has huge problems with drug and alcohol abuse, except, it would seem,

  • In the dock: Blandford Forum

    JADE CLARKE aged 23 of Fairfield Close, Okeford Fitzpaine, Blandford Forum. Proved in absence that she used a colour television without a licence at the above address. Fined £55. To pay victim surcharge of £20. Costs £20. NATASHA HEARNE aged 27

  • Nurses and doctors top

    I HAVE just recently had a spell in Poole Hospital and must write and praise the Doctors and Nurses and general staff who do wonderful work in the Coronary Care Unit, a great nursing team. Thank you Poole Hospital for kind care and attention.

  • Thank you for pick up

    I JUST had to say in your paper, how well I was looked after following a fall at Wimborne Market by their staff. Also thanks to the ambulance crew. Many thanks. ELSIE FULLER, Acton Road, Wallisdown

  • Kindly ladies helped faller

    JUST wanted to send a message of thanks to the two ladies who stopped their cars to help my mother-in-law after her fall on the Alder Road, Parkstone, on the afternoon of Tuesday August 26. These two ladies did not know my mother-in-law or in fact

  • Put an end to this littering

    I GO up to Boscombe every day. The council has put lovely bins for rubbish and dog ends. I cannot believe the amounts of stubs on the bus station floor and by the seats through the town. Not a nice scene to see. What do people do with their

  • AFC Bournemouth: Mostyn is back in the chairman's hot seat

    CHERRIES owner Maxim Demin has appointed Jeff Mostyn as the club’s new chairman following the Russian’s acquisition of Eddie Mitchell’s shares. Former vice-chair Mostyn returns to the hot seat he vacated following the club’s administration in 2008

  • Vandalism of town’s assets

    THOUGH it’s encouraging to see Christchurch is thriving, viz the Saxon Square and Travelodge Hotel developments, there’s no excuse for further diminishing the elements of the town that make it worth visiting and living in. To protect and preserve the

  • In the dock: Bournemouth

    NEIL THOMAS aged 51 of no fixed abode. Admitted being drunk and disorderly at Horsham Avenue, Bournemouth. Fined £35. To pay victim surcharge of £20. JAKE MICHAEL TURNER aged 20 of Deacon Road, Bournemouth. Admitted failing to provide a specimen

  • Guilty man with no shame

    ONLY those who have suffered in the way that Jade Clark’s family has suffered can possibly have the faintest inkling of what they have gone through. In her darkest moments, as she told the court yesterday, Jade’s mum blames herself for what happened

  • Disturbed by dog dismay

    ON September 9, walking from Alumhurst Road, Westbourne with my dogs I decided to take them to Branksome Woods via Western Road. Turned out to be nice and sunny and very quiet. Just before the tennis courts I looked back and could see a couple. I didn