IN this bizarre conclusion to the Sky Sports Elite League British speedway season, if Castle Cover Pirates win at Eastbourne tonight and at Ipswich on Thursday, we could finish in third place in the final table after all. Had we been able to ride those
TOWN Hall licensing chiefs have called time on two Bournemouth off-licences and demanded a shake-up at a third, after all three sold alcohol to children posing as customers. Premier Hillside Stores in Kinson and Ensbury Park Wines were both stripped
A WAVE of support swept through Bournemouth Dolphins yesterday as demands grew for head coach Graham Bassi to withdraw his resignation. Club officials have agreed to meet parents of swimmers at Littledown tomorrow in a bid to thrash out the future of
IT'S a week since it was revealed that two police community support officers failed to jump into a lake to save a young Manchester lad from drowning and it's still a burning topic of conversation in various cop shops up and down the land. At time of
PET Chihuahua? Over. Third-world orphan? Soooo last year. No darling, the must-have accessory for any self-respecting celebrity this season is the signature scent. Not content with hogging every magazine cover in the universe, style icons such as Kylie
THE parents of a New Forest teenager who was found hanged have spoken of their hope that some good may come of her death. Rosemary Edwards, 15, was found dead by walkers in the Forest on Sunday, three weeks after walking out of the family home. Her
THOUSANDS more chipped wheelie bins are set to be rolled out across Bournemouth with the launch of a new green waste service. Plans to introduce garden waste bins will go before cabinet on October 10, with councillors expected to approve a scheme for
HAVE you heard the one about the Englishman who lost his funnybone? It's no joke! According to a new survey, Britain is suffering from a lack of new material, with the average person only able to remember two jokes. Can it really be true? Can the land
The Pirates of Penzance, Christchurch Gilbert & Sullivan Society, Regent Centre, Christchurch THE element I always particularly enjoy about Nigel Finch's productions is that the libretto is given so much attention, and the story comes over loud and
ONE of the last times I clapped eyes on Dave Edmunds he was standing in a Hollywood TV studio playing guitar in one of Ringo's All Starr Bands. The line-up included Nils Lofgren from the E-Street band, Joe Walsh and Timothy B Schmidt from The Eagles,
CHERRIES midfielder Jean Francois Christophe is set for an extended spell on the sidelines after dislocating his left wrist. The Frenchman, who is on loan from Portsmouth, is likely to be out for around three months after sustaining the injury during
A railway line is due to close on Sunday (September 29) for seven weeks to enable engineers to build a £3.4m flood defence scheme. Trains on the Lymington to Brockenhurst line will be replaced by buses while the Environment Agency constructs a barrier
A RUSH-hour crash caused traffic tailbacks and left a Bournemouth man with neck injuries on Friday. His Renault Megane was in collision with a Peugeot 306 at the Richmond Hill roundabout in the town centre. Fire fighters cut away part of the car frame
FIRST of all, welcome to Dorset Business online. The Chamber goes from strength to strength under the leadership of Peter Scott and his incredible team. There are some amazing new plans for the forthcoming year, particularly with respect to training
WHAT do you get if you blend a four by four with a sportscar?well if Mazda is to be believed the answer is their new CX-7 crossover. On the face of it's the five-seat CX-7 ought to be competing with the likes of the new Peugeot 4007, Citroen C-Crosser
DORSET has a stunning coastline but just how easy is it to get to the cliffs, bays and beaches of the Jurassic Coast? Residents are being invited to air their views in a new coastal survey. The Dorset Coast Forum wants to know how people find getting
TWO Dorset hospices are joining forces in a bid to ensure terminally ill teenagers get the support they need. Julia's House - the only children's hospice in the county - forged the partnership with Poole's Lewis-Manning Hospice after concerns were raised
TONY Gilroy, screenwriter of The Bourne Identity and its quality sequels, makes his directorial debut with this self-penned legal thriller set in a world where money overrules morality. Michael Clayton is an incredibly assured first feature, tightly
IN A society driven by chaos, where citizens are afraid to walk the streets, who should accept responsibility for restoring order? The government? The police? Or the people, meeting the intimidation with an even greater show of force? Neil Jordan's provocative
NOTHING strikes fear into the heart of an overweight, self-conscious young boy quicker than the prospect of double PE class. Assuming you remember the correct kit and avoid the embarrassment of taking class in your vest and pants, there's still the ritual
"I would love to be able to say, I plumb toilets,' and have someone say, Now that's something I've always wanted to do'." So says Kenny Smyth (Shane Jacobson), an irrepressible knight in shining dungarees from Melbourne-based Splashdown, a company responsible
WITH Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's ode to B-movie double-bills Grindhouse falling flat on its B-hind, it's the turn of a couple of crazy Asian filmmakers to try to make the format work. While not strictly a double-feature, both films were made
THERE'S nothing startlingly original here but the new sitcom from Fred Barron passes the time enjoyably enough. Nicholas Lyndhurst plays divorced dad Jimmy, invited back into the family home to look after the kids while his "ex" goes off to Africa on
WITH some sound performances from Ed Norton and Naomi Watts (particularly the latter), this third incarnation of Maugham's 1920s literary masterpiece benefits greatly from some absolutely stunning scenery around China's Yangtze River (the untouched parts
LUDICROUSLY daft cartoon from 1994 that provided no end of inspiration for The Incredi-bles (this first season also starts with a TV interview - snap!). The Tick is a buffoon of a superhero, packed to the rafters with sensational superhero drivel ("
PROPELLED by great, big, fat hip hop beats and strident string arrangements (a second disc carries a lush orchestral mix), Brother Brown's fifth solo album may yet achieve its creator's intent and bury his others. Much will depend on how easily you can
LIKE some kind of latter day Pied Piper, Devendra Banhart has never shrunk from leading the (flower) children onto the hillside of incredible dreams and his fifth album finds him as comfortable as ever in that role. But you don't need to scratch the
TIME was when the cynics suggested Jon McClure (aka Reverend) was the brains behind the Arctic Monkeys' considerable artistic brawn. He's good, but he ain't that good. The State of Things takes a similar view from the afternoon as Alex Turner (who adds
SOME 30 years since the world met Siouxsie Sioux, arguably the most influential female artist of her generation, she has seen fit to visit her first solo efforts upon us. And a mixed old bag they are too, but we're fully rewarded with the piano and strings
VICIOUS dogs savaged a man and bit a boy in two separate incidents within an hour on the same road in Bournemouth. A 23-year-old Southbourne man called 999 when he was attacked by two fierce dogs in the shopping precinct outside TJ Hughes on Christchurch
GREG Abbott believes Darren Anderton could pose a major threat to his chances of earning the Carlisle manager's job on a permanent basis. But despite singling out the former England star as Cherries dangerman, the Cumbrians caretaker-boss insists Kevin
CHERRIES boss Kevin Bond will keep faith with Asmir Begovic - but has sounded out a warning to the erratic goalkeeper: "No more mistakes." Begovic is set to keep his place against Carlisle tomorrow, despite coming under fire after his blunder proved
PHIL Simkin is hoping for more tears from chairman Bruce Scammell as Hamworthy United prepare for the biggest game in the club's history tomorrow. Hammers host Blue Square South big-guns Eastleigh in the FA Cup Second Qualifying Round at the County Ground
EDDIE Harper insists Bashley can use the VTFC experience to their advantage when they take on Corsham Town in the FA Cup Second Qualifying Round tomorrow (3pm). The New Forest outfit travel to Wiltshire off the back of their cup replay victory against
TOM Killick has hailed goal machine Karim Benssaouda's enthusiasm. Strike sensation Benssaouda plundered his 100th Poole Town goal in last week's victory against Alton and has bagged 87 strikes from just 91 league games for the club. Killick, whose
DAVID Dunn has said Lions' South West One worries "paled into insignificance" after witnessing stricken hooker Richard Brokenshire's horror injury on Saturday. Former Wimborne forward Brokenshire was rushed to hospital with a fractured and dislocated
UNBEATEN Wimborne travel to third-place Frome tomorrow (3pm) without three key stars. Flanker Andy Davey (unavailable), back row Dave O'Bryan, (unavailable) and fullback Karim Lynch (knee) all miss the trip to Somerset. Big-scoring Frome will be a
CAPTAIN Robert Elford is set to miss only his sixth game in as many seasons ahead of Swanage and Wareham's South West Two East clash against Windsor tomorrow (3pm). Hooker Elford sits out the encounter at Bestwall with a knee injury sustained in Swans
POLICE burst through the front door of an ill man in the early hours to pick up a wanted man. But Dorset Police had the wrong information, and the resident needed medical attention for shock. Trevor Woods of Medway Road, Ferndown, who spends his days
SCOTT Joyce reckons new strike partner James Stokoe can bring the best out of him and help fire Wimborne Town into the Southern League. Former Lymington and New Milton striker Stokoe, plucked from Southern League outfit Farnborough Town, and fellow new-boy
LEE Bradbury has expressed his "disappointment" at his goal return - but is backing Cherries' shot-shy strike force to turn the tide. Bradbury is still searching for his maiden league goal for the club, despite opening his account with a double in the
