SOME 300 people packed Lytchett Matravers Village Hall for a protest meeting at plans for almost 3,000 new homes around the village. Crowds spilled out the doors at the event on Saturday, organised by the parish council, with invited speakers including
A PET duck had its skull smashed with a brick in one of two savage attacks carried out by a gang of teenagers. Another duck targeted by the yobs was badly injured and has had to have extensive veterinary treatment costing hundreds of pounds. Householder
JO Kuffour's injury-time winner stole a sensational victory for Cherries at the home of League One leaders Swansea City. The striker scored from close range after excellent work from substitute Brett Pitman to breath new life into Cherries' survival
WE recently visited Cheltenham, having never visited this part of England before. Some 100 miles away from Bournemouth, it was quite a jaunt for a weekend stay. Lying beneath Cleeve Hill, Cheltenham is at the highest point in the Cotswolds and above
LIKE many elderly smokers, Carly suffers from the debilitating lung disease emphysema. What makes her case different is that she is a dog and was once owned by a heavy smoker, which has left her suffering from the effects of tobacco. Carly is presently
FROM the Russian mafia to Noel Gallagher, Pete Bell has fronted up to some seriously frightening people in his time. He's got "messed up" with Johnny Depp in the Viper Room in Los Angeles (the club outside which actor River Phoenix collapsed and died
IT'S nearly two years since David Werner's last drinking binge. He still flinches as he describes the night when, with four bottles of wine inside him, he was kicked to a pulp by strangers. This was the brutal awakening that set him on the road to recovery
DEREK Timoney wants "another Winter Gardens spirit" after calling an open meeting of the Cherries Supporters' Trust. Trust vice-chairman Timoney is hoping for a big turn out of fans, as happened back in 1997 when supporters packed the Winter Gardens
DEREK Timoney wants "another Winter Gardens spirit" after calling an open meeting of the Cherries Supporters' Trust. Trust vice-chairman Timoney is hoping for a big turn out of fans, as happened back in 1997 when supporters packed the Winter Gardens
STANLEY Cohen has not ruled himself out of the running to buy Cherries, despite admitting such a move was unlikely. At Thursday's press conference, administrator Gerald Krasner reopened the bidding for the Dean Court outfit after a "breakdown" in chairman
THIS is the dramatic new look planned for Bournemouth seafront as moves to regenerate the Pavilion continue apace. This new computer generated image has been released by Bournemouth council to give a flavour of what the revamped Pavilion Theatre and
NEIL Middleditch believes Davey Watt's intimate knowledge of King's Lynn's track will favour Pirates' challenge to retain the Elite League Pairs' title tonight (7pm). Watt impressed for the Norfolk outfit in the Premier League in 2003 while he was doubling
DAVEY Watt has admitted he and Bjarne Pedersen go into the Elite League Pairs' Championship at King's Lynn tonight (7pm) with "high expectations". But the Pirates star believes this year's competition is also the most open for years, although Peterborough
