HAYWARD Sunday League Division Three champions Tuakana clinched the double with a 2-1 win over Division Two title favourites Gullivers Tavern Thursday night’s M A Hart In-Excess final at Hurn Bridge. Gullivers had a lucky escape in the third minute
GRAHAM Kemp has delivered a withering assessment of the Dorset non-league scene, insisting clubs need to look on their own doorstep for a solution to the demise. Kemp was speaking as the county – once a powerhouse in the Wessex League – contemplated
TOM Killick shouldered the blame for Poole Town’s promotion “failure” but vowed to deliver next season in his quest for Conference South football. Dolphins’ chances of a top-five finish in the Southern Premier were all but ended by yesterday's
JUST 24 hours after one promotion dream almost went up in smoke in Dorset, another was well and truly extinguished as weary Poole were powerless to prevent their big day getting away from them. While Ipswich’s defeat resuscitated Cherries’ play-off
NEIL Middleditch praised iron man Shamek Pawlicki after the Pole recovered from a spill to play a starring role in Pirates’ Elite Shield triumph on Good Friday. Pawlicki withdrew from Pirates’ first meeting against holders Swindon after he had
RELEGATED Bournemouth might have received a second-half battering from Ampthill & District – but only after they had given the promotion chasers a mighty scare. Lions shipped nine tries during their 61-23 reverse at Chapel Gate yesterday but
A SIXTH consecutive defeat finally ensured the wooden spoon for threadbare Bashley despite a valiant effort in yesterday's 3-1 reverse at St Neots. Having arrived at Rowley Park with just 12 fit and available players, Bash were further hampered
WINGER Marc Pugh insists Cherries are well equipped to handle the pressure of their “must-win game” at Ipswich and that playing away could aid their cause. Cherries travel to Portman Road tomorrow (3pm) having stuttered in their last-gasp bid for
ANDREW Surman insists Cherries will have nothing to fear when they step out for their win or bust Easter Monday showdown against Ipswich. The Norwich City loan star says Eddie Howe’s men will be pulling out all the stops in a bid to keep alive
MANAGER Eddie Howe says uncertainty over Cherries’ on-pitch destiny has had little bearing on his squad-strengthening plans for next season. Howe wants to keep together the core of his existing playing staff, irrespective of whether Cherries are
PLUMES of smoke were seen billowing from Boots in Bournemouth Square after a security device was activated this afternoon. The automatic smoke machine went off after the front door was smashed. Known as a smoke cloak, the security device is
A LOW-budget zombie film shot in a Dorset barn has impressed the critics and proved a success on DVD. The film, Stalled, is set around one toilet cubicle, from which a janitor tries to hold out against a zombie apocalypse. It was conceived
A SCHOOLGIRL from Poole town centre is the latest young person to sign up to a running challenge in Poole Park in June. Olivia Taylor, 10, is entering the Minithons event in the Daily Echo-backed Poole Festival of Running, on June 1, for her second
I wonder if Angie Inwards’ new neighbours in sunny West Moors are aware they have a film star in their midst? Have they not clocked the glamorous woman who has appeared in everything from Harry Potter to Layer Cake to EastEnders and who will be
A CHARITY challenge to help raise funds for a new women’s health unit will take place for the fourth year this summer. The Twilight Walk for Women returns to Bournemouth seafront in June, with all money going to the Jigsaw Appeal at the Royal Bournemouth
DORSET Fire and Rescue Service is reminding residents to ensure their chimneys are kept clean after firefighters were called to two separate chimney fires this morning. A retained crew from Wimborne was called to a house in Beaucroft Lane in Colehill
AMONG the thrills and spills of the first-ever Bournemouth Wheels Festival next month will be something that has never been attempted before. On the Saturday and Sunday of the event, which takes place between May 24 and 26, there will be a real
INTERNATIONAL movie star Hugh Grant was spotted in Christchurch last week. The Love Actually and Notting Hill star was seen visiting restaurants in the area on Thursday and Friday. Staff at Masala Bay, an Indian restaurant on Bridge Street,
STOCK is urgently needed at two Purbeck charity shops which are working to help fund cancer care across the region. Residents are being urged to think carefully the next time they’re poised to throw something away, and instead consider donating
It was the best summer for seven years, but while most of us were enjoying the sunshine, there was also cause for celebration in the butterfly world. A survey by Purbeck-based Butterfly Conservation has revealed that the glorious weather of 2013
AS THE continuing improvements to a busy Poole road move on, work has started on another junction. This phase of the rolling programme of pedestrian, cycling and traffic improvements in Ashley Road, Parkstone is scheduled to take three months and
