GLYN Treagus fell agonisingly short of a superb century in an even day one of Dorset's Minor Counties Championship clash at Cornwall. The Bashley opener held a patchy Dorset innings together with a terrific 94 - but was then dismissed just six runs short
FURIOUS Andy Sexton has told his misfiring Bashley (Rydal) players they need to lift their level of performance by 30 per cent or more if they are to make a fist of the ECB Southern Electric Premier League this season. Sexton was seething after Bashley
DORSET'S Shaun Webster saw his hopes of a lucrative top-10 finish dashed by a costly triple bogey at his penultimate hole in the final round of the Austrian Open in Vienna. The Canford Magna touring pro, who was in a tie for fourth place with just seven
PIRATES mascot Brendan Johnson plans to join the Conference League full-time next term, despite making a strong senior debut at Weymouth last Friday. The 15-year-old scored three paid five from five outings in the Wessex Best Pairs event at Radipole
RESIDENTS in Lymington say they cannot get to grips with a bid from the town's tennis club to relocate from the sports ground to Woodside. They say they are unconvinced there is a community need for the move away from the Avenue Road site, costing more
IT was another successful celebration of traditional arts, craft and music at this year's Wimborne Folk Festival. The annual event continues to grow in popularity and offer a host of entertainment. Dorset Police say they received a barrage of reports
THE crowds that lined the streets of Corfe Mullen on Saturday got a feast of decoration from this year's Carnival Parade. Music and colourful floats were just part of the entertainment at this year's carnival, which offered everything from the traditional
BOROUGH councillors were out on the streets of Christchurch at the weekend to launch a campaign to save the town's Job Centre from the threat of closure. Under a government cost-cutting scheme first revealed by Christchurch MP Christopher Chope late
HAVING tried several times already to quit smoking, Joanne Alford is determined to stop by the time the new law is introduced on July 1. Joanne, who lives in Branksome and is a customer services assistant for Bournemouth Borough Council's revenues and
Andrea Lindsay of Bournemouth's Halo Hypnotherapy has produced the following tips on stopping smoking. 1. WHY CHANGE? Know your reasons for wanting to be a non-smoker. Understand the impact and consequences on your life and that of those you love, of
Morecambe and Wise wore stripy pyjamas, Wee Willy Winky donned a jaunty nightcap, while Marilyn Monroe famously said that she wore nothing but "two drops of Chanel Number Five". What we wear to bed is no coincidence, according to experts, who reveal
A PROJECT to demolish and rebuild a leaking 130-year-old church hall in Blandford has finally got the go-ahead a year after it was first proposed. The Church Rooms, in the Tabernacle area of the town, will be knocked down and replaced with a modern,
TWO Bournemouth drag queens will be starring on TV talent show the X-Factor. David Mitchell, as Dame Kitty and Robert Clothier, as Lady James, travelled to London to support a friend Jaqueline Hall, who also performs at Rubyz, in Bournemouth in her X-Factor
THE unassailable march of time can do a lot of different things to a man. It can persuade him to wear driving gloves or admire knitted jumpers worn by his peers in pubs or restaurants. It can make him believe that dancing is simply a series of small
THE demolition of recently-built homes at Sandbanks to pave the way for luxury apartments has highlighted a costly Inheritance Tax (IHT) pitfall. When people die, IHT is usually based upon the value of their assets at that time. But for houses with large
CRITICS of Bournemouth's bus services claim weekend and evening services could be slashed soon. They fear the proposed shake-up of Yellow Buses routes will go a step further within months. And Bournemouth council has been warned it may have to subsidise
A LOOKOUT station, which helps ensure the safety of sailors, fisherman and small craft along the Purbeck coast, has been officially re-launched after a month-long refit. Trained volunteers from the National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) keep a constant
RUMOURS that further job cuts are imminent at Barclays House have been denied by the bank. However, Barclays has admitted that should its takeover of Dutch bank ABN Amro go ahead, job losses in the UK are inevitable. Employees inside the Poole base
A HEDGEHOG doctor, who has committed her life to saving the small prickly mammals, says that people are unwittingly poisoning them by putting out slug pellets. Angela Squires established the Care, Rehabilitation and Aid for Sick Hedgehogs hospital in
THE investigation into Poole car brokerage Mondial Motors has now uncovered 86 alleged victims who claim to have lost more than £430,000 in total. The Ringwood Road premises were raided in February and 22 cars seized after a number of people complained
DON'T miss your chance to buy our series of Pirates All-Time Greats posters. Each glossy poster in the series costs £1 each - or you can buy all 10 for £7.50, with the Daily Echo. The posters are on sale at Poole Stadium on Monday night when Pirates
Event: BSO, Dorset rusty and not so rusty musicians Venue: Lighthouse, Poole TAKE one large concert hall, carefully remove all traditional seating and fill with a vast orchestra and, hey presto, you have an acoustic cauldron fit for a Witches' Sabbath
