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  • Troy's impressive on borrowed bike

    YOUNG gun Troy Batchelor returned to his old stomping ground at King's Lynn and finished a creditable seventh on his Elite League Riders' Championship debut. Then the 20-year-old Poole Pirates ace, who had celebrated his latest birthday on Wednesday,

  • Fatigue factor hits Pedersen

    BJARNE Pedersen admitted he ran out of steam after he'd finished fifth in the Elite League Riders' Championship at King's Lynn. The Pirates star was fourth in the qualifying heats in front of a bumper 4,000 crowd at the Norfolk Arena. But despite having

  • Justice at last for Princess?

    FOR nigh on 10 years, Princess Diana lived with the knowledge that there was a third person in her marriage. Her distress at this situation was evident to anyone who saw her and to all those who knew her, years before she made it public in that interview

  • Outdoorsman's life a mystery

    THE true background of a man who lived his last two years in New Forest woodland will forever remain a mystery. Police have tried to piece together the history of 73-year-old Albert Van Beest, who died of a heart attack while out shopping on Lodge Road

  • Pressure mounting to protect green belt

    CAMPAIGNERS are vowing to redouble their efforts to protect Dorset's green belt amid fears it could be earmarked for housing development. Councils across south east Dorset have rejected the idea of building on green belt land, claiming they can provide

  • Tanks a lot as museum nets £100,000 grant

    BOVINGTON's world-renowned tank museum has been awarded a £100,000 cash boost to help fund a £16 million development project. And the money has already been earmarked for displays in the museum's Discovery Centre - a completely new exhibition to be created

  • Family shocked by soil piled on grave

    A FAMILY who came to pay their respects at their mother's grave in Swanage say they were "gobsmacked" to find it covered by a mound of earth. Swanage resident Winifred Handley passed away at the end of June and many of her family made the 350-mile round

  • She met the stars at Opera

    THEY say you shouldn't live in the past, but when the memories are so lovely you want to hang on to them, don't you? With a twinkle in her eye that belongs to someone a fraction of her 83 years, Joyce Bull lets the past flood back as she recalls her

  • Beware of credit card charge rises

    THE cost of using a credit card is increasing as providers use a range of charges to make money from customers. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) said last year that credit card companies must cut the penalty fees they charged customers to a maximum of

  • I can tell you what is scary

    Among the usual Bank Holiday festivities of social gatherings, gardening and facing more barbecued food than you can shake a ketchup bottle at, a few friends and I took a drive through Bisterne. Nothing too unusual in that, but at this time of year Bisterne

  • Ponies' pain due to grass cuttings

    PONIES are at risk from people who dump grass cuttings and hedge clippings in the New Forest. The warning comes after a mare belonging to commoner Steve Kitcher was found suffering from colic at Mill Lawn, Burley. Mr Kitcher, who runs the New Forest

  • Plans for new homes steam in for approval

    PLANS to shunt 24 new homes into a long abandoned railway siding near Christchurch station have been unveiled two years after a previous scheme hit the buffers. Landowners Network Rail want to demolish a house in Clarendon Road to pave the way for developing

  • Plans for new homes steam in for approval

    PLANS to shunt 24 new homes into a long abandoned railway siding near Christchurch station have been unveiled two years after a previous scheme hit the buffers. Landowners Network Rail want to demolish a house in Clarendon Road to pave the way for developing

  • Call to back cancer screening campaign

    A BOWEL cancer survivor wants Dorset residents to pledge their support for a new cancer screening campaign that saves lives - including possibly their own. Ian Harvey from Shaftesbury is in remission from bowel cancer after his treatment finished in

  • Towns unite in war on smokers’ litter

    THE Borough of Poole and Bournemouth Borough Council are to be at the forefront of a new nation-wide campaign aimed at tackling cigarette litter. The news has been welcomed by smokers and non-smokers alike who say it is time to get tough on thoughtless

  • Did you see bus crash?

    AN elderly man was injured after a Yellow bus hit a barrier at Poole Bus Station. The bus is thought to have mounted a kerb and gone into the railings of the bus stand. The man was taken to Poole Hospital with a suspected leg injury. If you witnessed

  • WOMAN DIES IN LORRY TRAGEDY

    AN elderly Wimborne woman died after being crushed under the wheels of a bin lorry in the town Square on Thursday Horrified witnesses were in shock following the accident. More than dozen emergency vehicles were at the scene and police officers taped

  • Skate expectations

    HOPES of building an ice rink in Bournemouth town centre have been revived by the new Conservative administration - even though it may delay existing plans. Under the Liberal Democrats, councillors made the provision of a permanent ice rink a top priority

  • Ten tradition is kept alive and kicking!

    A GRANDMOTHER has swum across Swanage Bay 50 years after she did it for the first time as a 10-year-old. And this time she did it with her 10-year-old granddaughter by her side. Diana Matthews, 60, was determined her unusual tradition should go on,

  • Firms urged to go green

    BUSINESSES in Wimborne are being encouraged to think green by a forward-thinking town councillor. Wimborne town councillor Richard Booth has sent out a survey to 30 businesses, both within the town and on the Riverside Industrial Estate, to see if they

  • MODEL DREAM IS OVER

    A TEENAGER told how her dreams of being a model may have been shattered after a horrific bottle attack in Bournemouth. Fifteen-year-old Charlotte Kitchener of Wavell Road, West Howe, received serious facial injuries when her lip was sliced in two and

  • Pedersen hails 'great' Jason

    PIRATES captain Bjarne Pedersen paid tribute to Jason Crump after they had pulled off a last-heat 5-1 to finally send Swindon home empty handed last night. A late charge by table-topping Robins saw them trail by only three points going into the final

  • 'I WANT YOU TO STAY'

    KEVIN Bond is hoping to persuade Josh Gowling to extend his stay at Dean Court - even though the highly-rated Cherries star appears to be keeping his options open. Bond has already held talks with Gowling regarding a new deal although the defender has

  • Crump’s out of championship

    PIRATES' top gun Jason Crump admitted his anguish after he was forced to withdraw from tonight's Elite League Riders' Championship at King's Lynn. Crump took a knock to his recently repaired left kneecap while riding for Swedish club Vetlanda at Hammarby

  • Medals reward for School Games trio

    EAST Dorset's three swimmers at the second UK School Games returned with four medals between them - and it could easily have been five. Lydia McManus collected a relay gold and an individual bronze at Coventry while her new Ferndown Otters team-mate