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  • Double injury blow to Magpies' title tilt

    WIMBORNE Town's seventh league win on the spin came at a cost, as Christer Warren's team suffered an untimely double injury setback. Goals from the prolific Scott Joyce, Tom McCormick, Scott Arnold and Steve Whitcher secured a comfortable 4-1 win at

  • Tom's team are in seven heaven

    POOLE Town recovered from their Dorset Senior Cup disappointment in resounding style as they thumped drop zone dwellers Downton. Having been knocked out of the cup on Tuesday night by underdogs Portland United, Downton provided another potential banana

  • Poppies' title hopes alive after narrow win

    BOURNEMOUTH Poppies remain in the title mix after a set-piece double handed them a victory over Brading Town. Despite being big outsiders for the Sydenhams Wessex Premier Division crown, fifth-placed Poppies still have a chance after goals from Mark

  • Taylor tonic as Brock beaten

    DELIGHTED Ringwood Town boss Jy Taylor hailed his side's best result of the season as the relegation candidates shone under lights on Friday night. Tasked with the difficult prospect of a trip to Brockenhurst, not many pundits would have predicted a

  • Graham slams 'deluded' side

    GRAHAM Kemp thinks his inconsistent Christchurch side will be fortunate to collect any more points this season if they continue to perform as they did in the second half of Saturday's heavy defeat against Cowes Sports. The Priory boss, who recently targeted

  • New boys in Linnets form

    TWO of New Milton Town's recent recruits combined to fire them to victory at Fawcett's Field on Saturday. Robbie Woolner, who joined Linnets from rivals Christchurch, netted the only goal of the game against Moneyfields after 37 minutes, having latched

  • Simkin happy with seventh

    HAMWORTHY United manager Phil Simkin would be more than happy to finish where his team are at present after they moved into the top seven with a goalless draw against Hamble. Despite not producing as good a performance as they had in recent weeks, Hammers

  • Agony for Adie as Town slip up

    VERWOOD Town's promotion hopes were left hanging by a thread after they squandered a two-goal lead to lose at Division One rivals Farnborough North End. Adie Arnold's men were in dreamland inside the opening seven minutes as goals from Charlie Elysee

  • Bash play has pulling power

    BASHLEY boss Steve Riley is hoping his side's attractive brand of football can attract more fans to the Recreation Ground after the New Foresters consolidated their position in the play-off places. Midfielder Craig Davis had a hand in all three goals

  • Hundreds object to forest rock plan

    OUTRAGED residents packed a public meeting in St Leonards to condemn plans for concerts for 5,000 people in Ashley Heath forest. Nearly 300 turned up at St Leonards and St Ives Village Hall to make their feelings known to the Forestry Commission's recreation

  • Chinese ties bolstered by college visit

    Bournemouth and Poole College recently played host to guests from one of its international partner colleges when representatives from The Shandong College of Tourism and Hospitality visited the UK. As part of the college's ongoing investment in international

  • Council says bomb can’t stop building

    RESIDENTS in Highcliffe were left disappointed and angry when Christchurch Borough Council approved an application to build two large chalet bungalows on a former piece of open land, which may contain an unexploded bomb. More than 20 residents of Kilmington

  • ‘Building here is vandalism’

    PURBECK council faces a race against time as it aims to block a vast housing development proposed for Lytchett Matravers, Lytchett Minster and Upton. A South West Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) report, published last month, recommended a 2,750-home

  • Keep saying, it’s only a fish...

    TIME WAS when acquiring a pet goldfish necessitated a trip to the fair, some carefully-aimed darts and the unwilling parental cash injection for a small glass bowl. These days, things are rather more scientific as I discovered when I called a specialist

  • Small businesses braced for budget

    DORSET'S owners of small businesses are warned to be prepared for the worst when Chancellor Alistair Darling stands up to announce his first budget in the House of Commons next week. The Forum of Private Business (FPB) is predicting the 2008 Budget is

  • They’re class acts

    GRADED "good" and heading for "outstanding" next time - that's the upbeat message on a Poole secondary school which 15 months ago was tagged "inadequate". Carter Community School at Hamworthy had been given a Notice to Improve by Ofsted in 2006, which

  • FPB welcomes energy market probe

    The Forum of Private Business (FPB) is welcoming a probe into soaring utilities prices. The gas and electricity watchdog Ofgem has launched an investigation into recent price hikes, which will heap even more costs onto many smaller businesses. The regulator's

  • Grandfather proud of rooftop protest

    The Dorset landowner grandfather of one of the "Commons Five" who protested on the roof of Parliament, has applauded her actions. Sir Thomas Lees, owner of the Holton Lee estate at Lytchett Minster said of Tamsin Omond, "I'm very proud of her." The

  • Super Sam’s brace sinks hapless Pools

    ACCORDING to the TV advert for a well-known injury lawyer, the world is in a "delicate state of spiritual balance". For every good thing that happens, something bad occurs to even things out. But in May, when Kevin Bond looks back on a season that

  • WOMAN DIES IN HOUSE FIRE

    A woman in her 90s has died in a house fire in the Talbot Woods area of Bournemouth. Redhill Park crews attended the address in Dulsie Road shortly after 10 am on Saturday following a call from ambulance service colleagues. The property was completely

  • Bye Gum

    I'M STANDING in Old Christchurch Road outside River Island by the entrance to the pedestrianised area. And I'm counting gum. In two minutes in this location I count 196 pieces stuck to the walkway. On a fairly fresh-looking patch of asphalt outside