PIRATES' traditional Good Friday home and away meetings against Eastbourne will be Craven Shield clashes this year. Poole Castle Cover chief Matt Ford had indicated they would be Elite League tussles when he originally confirmed the meetings would go
POOLE Town manager Tom Killick thinks AFC Totton are the team "best equipped" to win the race for the Wessex Premier Division crown. That was Killick's view after watching his side's own championship hopes rocked by a home defeat at the hands of their
IT HAS been a productive few days on and off the field for Hamworthy United as they picked up three points, as well as three new players. With his squad already hit by injuries and set to suffer from suspensions, Hammers boss Phil Simkin has swooped
LEIGH Phillips feels Bournemouth Poppies are in with a chance of Wessex Premier Division title glory after securing a narrow win over Moneyfields. In a repeat of Tuesday night's Senior Cup tie, which Moneyfields won in extra-time, Scott Sanderson's 50th-minute
PRIORY boss Graham Kemp praised his in-form young striker Russell Cook after the "cool customer" hit a late winner to see off lowly Ringwood. Marc Burrows gave the hosts a 57th-minute lead at Hurn Bridge before Simon Atkins's volley seven minutes from
FIVE-star New Milton Town turned on the style to condemn Wessex Premier Division whipping boys Downton to another heavy defeat. Trevor Parker's improving side look to have overcome the relegation fears that surrounded the club earlier in the season.
ADIE Arnold believes his Verwood Town side could hold their own in the Wessex Premier Division and they may get the chance to prove it if their good form continues. Verwood boosted their Division One promotion hopes as they ran out 3-0 victors at Andover
BARELY 10 years after it was opened following a near £500,000 public appeal, the award-winning stroke unit housed at Christchurch Hospital could be transferred to Bournemouth. Hospital chiefs want to build a new acute stroke care ward at the Royal Bournemouth
IF rival teams were still unsure of Bashley's promotion credentials prior to the weekend, Saturday's brilliant victory over title contenders Chippenham Town will have left them in no doubt as to the quality of Steve Riley's side. Bash, unchanged from
YOU could have been forgiven for thinking you had stumbled on to the set of a Richard Curtis movie, rather than a League One relegation battlefield. With a smattering of snow sprinkled over Cleeve Hill in the distance, Whaddon Road would not have looked
CONSISTENCY paid off for Dorset's Lee James in Johannesburg today. The Parkstone-based professional carded a level par 71 in the Joburg Open fourth round to finish tied in 21st place with a cheque for £9,095. It was James's second South African pay-day
PIERS Morgan's documentary lifting the lid on the luxurious lives of the multi-millionaire residents of Sandbanks looks let to sizzle on screen. The three part series called Sandbanks was filmed at the so-called Millionaires' Row last summer. In it
OF COURSE, we should be celebrating the news that Sir Trevor McDonald is finally back where he belongs - fronting News At Ten on ITV. And surely we will all flock to our sofas at 9.59 pm to see the dawn of another new age as Sir Trevor anchors the first
POLICE have released CCTV images of people they would like to speak to in connection with a series of break-ins and fires at beach huts in Southbourne. They are hoping members of the public might help identify the two men, thought to be aged in their
They were inseparable in life and death. When his beloved wife of 67 years passed away, grandfather Ken Bartrip couldn't cope without her. Just eight days later, the grief-stricken 92-year-old died at Delph House in Broadstone where they had both been
COUNCILLORS and concerned residents in New Milton are banding together in the fight against two proposed gravel extraction sites. To the surprise of New Milton Town Council, Hampshire County Council has listed both of the previously rejected sites of
A BLANDFORD centre for people with learning disabilities will stay open after a U-turn by County Hall care chiefs. Proposals to send day visitors with learning disabilities to centres in Sturminster Newton and Verwood have been scrapped. But plans for
"PLEASE don't buy them a powerful car, please don't pay for their insurance. "These are powerful machines you are giving to your children and they could end up killing them." The strong words of advice for parents come from a mother whose life was devastated
RESEARCH has showed that nearly half of Britons expect to be able to fund their current lifestyle during retirement but one in three is failing to save any money into a pension. Despite people claiming that 24 is the ideal age at which to start saving
A PIONEERING community project to build affordable houses in Worth Matravers is on track to be completed this year. The Worth Community Property Trust, which is run by volunteers, plans to build five affordable homes in the sought-after village, where
