AFTER a glittering 36-year career spent interviewing the world's biggest acting, sporting and singing stars, the curtains are set to close on one of the most popular chat show hosts of all time. As the cameras stopped rolling on Parkinson's final programme
A HOME owner in North Dorset had a nasty shock when he carried out a land search on his new property and found that a public footpath cut right across his back garden. But rights-of-way chiefs at County Hall say the position of the footpath in Shaftesbury
WAREHAM publicans are on their guard this week as the Lord of the Manor and his team carry out their traditional inspections. Court Leet is an ancient annual custom where the town's hostelries have their wares tested to ensure they are being run in a
LEE Hughes scored two and made another as Oldham extended Cherries' winless home league run to 12 games with a 3-0 victory. The former West Brom player netted with a crisp 25-yard shot to open the scoring at Dean Court after 56 minutes. And Hughes then
CHERRIES striker Sam Vokes could be set for an extended spell on the sidelines after sustaining a suspected broken rib against Oldham today (Saturday). The 18-year-old was stretchered off after being caught by Oldham defender Neal Trotman's 15th-minute
A WAREHAM photojournalist has scaled the Eiffel Tower without ropes before gasping crowds in protest at oil giant Total's operations in Burma. Mike Robertson needed his 18 years of climbing experience as he staged the bold assault on Paris' most famous
FORMER Cherries boss Harry Redknapp has raised questions over the FA's recruitment policy and insists: "They wouldn't want me as England manager." Redknapp, who was in charge at Dean Court between November 1983 and June 1992, is now the shortest-priced
FROM the tabloids' most vilified Chav Princess to classical muse in less than five years - it's been a strange old journey for Coleen McLoughlin. It's perhaps hard to believe that the model posing for fashion photographer John Paul Pietrus in the style
FROM the tabloids' most vilified Chav Princess to classical muse in less than five years - it's been a strange old journey for Coleen McLoughlin. It's perhaps hard to believe that the model posing for fashion photographer John Paul Pietrus in the style
British and Irish holidaymakers forced to abandon their cruise liner when it struck ice are expected to be flown to mainland South America. The 24 Britons and four people from Ireland were among 100 passengers forced to use lifeboats when the M/S Explorer
THINK Barbados and your thoughts will naturally turn to palm-fringed white sand beaches lapped by an azure sea. You would, of course, be right - but there is so much more to this most easterly of the Caribbean islands than sun, sea, and sand and exclusive
BOSS Kevin Bond is hoping new Cherries loan signing Dominic Shimmin will start to realise his potential during his stay at Dean Court. The 20-year-old QPR defender will link up with Bond's squad at the start of next week after joining Cherries initially
TWO women have admitted the gruesome murder of former West Moors schoolgirl Stacey Mitchell in Australia. The pair, who were teenagers at the time, dumped Stacey's body in a wheelie bin and were still debating the merits of using chainsaws and lime to
WHICH well-known Dorset landmark attracted the worst kind of headlines both before and when it was built? Surely The Waterfront complex housing the Imax cinema? Or perhaps the controversial Dolphin Quays development on Poole Quay or even the Sea Music
ALLOW me to join the chorus of disapproval over the very public spat between Brett Pitman and Max Gradel during Cherries' fortuitous FA Cup triumph against Barrow. Quite what the petulant pair of teenagers were thinking as they childishly argued over
MAX Gradel is already planning his memoirs. Over a pasta lunch at the Norfolk Royale Hotel, he tells me he is keen to pen an autobiography in "six or seven years' time". He could probably fill it with the events of the past four months. Since joining
