FORMER England star Austin Healey is excited about this summer’s Bournemouth Sevens after predicting the event could become a “major international festival”. Healey, the ex-British Lions utility back also known for his Strictly Come Dancing appearances
JUBILANT skipper Christian Pain hailed debutant Simon Cook after Lymington had battled back to claim the New Forest bragging rights with victory over Division One rivals Bashley. The former Australian paceman struck with successive deliveries
THOUSANDS turned up to watch a slice of railway history as the first steam train in 42 years made the trip from London to Swanage. The 11-coach Dorset Coast Express, hauled by 1940s-built engine Tangmere, carried some 400 people from the capital
FIRE-FIGHTERS spent three hours battling a blaze which ripped through a barn in Wimborne on Saturday afternoon. Fire broke out at the 20m by 40m barn at March Farm in Lodge Road at around 3.15pm. Crews attended from Wimborne, Ferndown, Verwood, Redhill
A KNIGHT in armour was airlifted to hospital when he fell from his horse at Lulworth Castle and suffered neck and back pains. The 43-year-old man was dressed in full armour and performing in a jousting display when he fell on Sunday lunchtime, a spokesman
Ladies and gentlemen, says a voice from offstage, put your hands together for a man who has to introduce himself... Andy Parsons has established himself as a top comedian with regular appearances on Mock the Week and Live at the Apollo, so it’s
A CONSTANT stream of heavy lorries bearing stinky sludge is making life unbearable for residents of a Bournemouth village, it is claimed. An appeal has gone out to Wessex Water to reduce the number of tankers currently visiting the Berry Hill sludge
ALLOCATION of care hearings and arguments over the residency of children – it’s all in a day’s work at the family courts. A veil of secrecy has been partially lifted as the press are, for the first time, allowed to attend cases previously held in private
