JAY Herne’s luck ran out in heat 20 at Rye House as he had to settle for third place in the National League Riders’ Championship tonight. Buccaneers captain needed to beat Plymouth’s Kyle Hughes to force a run-off for the title with Buxton’s Craig Cook
PIRATES chief Matt Ford is going to give guest run-outs to young Poles Artur Mroczka and Dawid Lampart next month. The duo, who ride for Grudziadz and Rzeszow respectively in their home country’s league, will turn out in challenge matches against
BUCCANEERS assistant team manager Neil Vatcher admitted he was “delighted” after Jerran Hart grabbed victory in the British Under-18 Championship at Scunthorpe. Vatcher also praised fellow Bournemouth Castle Cover rider Kyle Newman for bagging
HAMWORTHY United are this evening searching for a new manager - but there are differing accounts of how Phil Simkin's reign came to an end. Today's defeat at Totton and Eling proved to be Simkin's final match in charge, with Hammers lying second bottom
EDDIE Howe’s high-flying Cherries this afternoon shrugged off an injury crisis to achieve the club’s best start to a season since joining the Football League in 1923. Despite a mounting list of absentees, Cherries secured a hard-fought 1
KEY midfielder Mark Molesley and influential defender Ryan Garry have both been added to Cherries’ mounting casualty list. Molesley and Garry were both surprise omissions from the starting line-up for Cherries’ League Two clash with Burton Albion today
I am sat at home watching the beautiful Autumn sun from the window and feeling so grateful to have a whole day with nothing to do except catch up on e-mails, blog, and enjoy the world. To say things have been busy would be a bit of an understatement
BRITPOP survivors Ocean Colour Scene are set to release a new album, Rockfield, and celebrate with a UK tour that includes the O2 Academy Bournemouth on February 3. “This album is the one that the fans deserve,” says OCS guitarist Steve Cradock. “It
What a band! Albert Lee – guitarist’s guitarist supreme – may play fast and furious country rock, picking like a man possessed, but he does it with unbelievable finesse. Which is why, over the years, he has worked with everyone from The Everlys to Emmylou
IT'S A daunting task for anyone when they start a new job, so I thought it very brave of the Rev Dr Ian Terry to agree to an interview on his first week in post as Rector for Bournemouth Town Centre. Ian was still getting to know his way around St
BASED on The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan, this re-vamped musical comedy directed by Shane Nippard, was brought to life by the students based at Bournemouth and Poole College. Although the plot is confusing in parts, the cast delivered the dialogue
BEST-selling children’s author Jacqueline Wilson drops into Borders in Bournemouth Square at 4pm on October 14 to sign copies of her latest book. The author, who is known for tackling controversial topics in her novels for young people, will
A FEW weeks back I wrote a feature for this newspaper about the issue of Christmas coming too early. It fascinates me because it seems to arouse such strong feelings in people. Now the issue has risen again, thanks to a new survey where the
TO anyone of my generation, it seems incredible that the Waverley is the last of the sea-going paddle-steamers (Daily Echo, September 15). When I was a boy, in Southampton, before the War, there was a small fleet (Balmoral, Lorna Doone, Gracie
HOW many of your readers, I wonder, have been startled by joggers looming rapidly towards them from behind? Recently, my early evening walk was affected in this way, and I have since been considering the nature of such activity. When I was young,
I AM afraid S Jenton (Have Your Say, September 24) couldn’t be more wrong when he or she states, regarding wheelie bin surveillance in Poole, “this measure has obviously been debated and approved by councillors”. As with most things in the Borough of
I AM a caring canine cavalier called Buster, and I visit elderly folk at a rest home where many of them enjoy seeing me and stroking my silky coat. I go there with ‘Grandma’ and afterwards she often takes me to the recreation ground at Corfe
BEARING in mind that Keir Group were responsible for building the disastrous Castlepoint car park, I must confess that I’m surprised that this company was chosen to build the Royal Bournemouth Hospital’s controversial £5.3 million car park (Builder faces
THE sentence ordered by my colleagues was that I be taken to a place of execution. The offence? Whistling “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” in the office. That’s all. Honestly, a fellow provides a bit of pre-seasonal jollity and finds himself in fear of
I HAVE lived all my life in Christchurch, grown up around the town centre, quay and its streams and rivers. The past few years have seen the once beautiful and cared-for mill stream become overgrown, silted, untidy, sluggish and, it seems, somewhere
AS THE debate on assisted suicide moves on let’s not forget Pamela Weston, the latest Briton to take her life at Dignitas in Switzerland. Her main aim in telling her story was not to promote assisted suicide but to “push the government hard on medical
I'M delighted to inform Branksome East residents who live in and around Talbot View estate of an additional bus service, which should alleviate some of the problems they have spoken and written to me about. The 36 Yellow Bus will, from Monday, September
HARRY Potter has been spotted in Poole. Actor Daniel Radcliffe was seen at the cinema in the town and staying for a spell at the Harbour Heights Hotel in Sandbanks. Lighthouse box office assistant Chris Tapler says he and his friends
A TEACHER has quit her job at a Poole boys’ school after being suspended and cautioned by the police. The member of staff at Poole Grammar School offered her resignation to the school following her suspension and this was accepted earlier this month.
BELTS may be tightening throughout the NHS but Poole Hospital has just had its best ever year financially, the trust’s annual general meeting was told. Director of finance David Taylor told guests at the Lighthouse that turnover in 2008-
A MUM of a disabled child who has campaigned over crime on her estate says she has “nothing but sympathy” for a despairing woman who killed herself and her disabled daughter over anti-social behaviour. Asher Nardone, who lives on Poole’s
AN ALPHA course was one of the first things that Jon-Paul Hughes from Bournemouth did when he left the Royal Marines after 22 years' service. It might seem a strange choice for someone who has been in service in Bosnia, Northern Ireland and Iraq, but
READING has the Madjeski, Bolton has the Reebok and Stoke has the Britannia. Now AFC Bournemouth’s stadium is looking for a new name – and, for just a few hundred pounds, you could be the one to choose it. Back in July, the Cherries were on the verge
ALMOST three months after their central post office was destroyed by fire, frustrated Wimborne residents have discovered a replacement could still be weeks away. Campaigners raised more than 2,600 signatures on a petition calling for a temporary
POOLE Town vice-chairman Chris Reeves has offered a vote of thanks to Cherries boss Eddie Howe for his part in nurturing Swindon-bound Charlie Austin. The prolific striker is next week expected to complete a dream move to the League One outfit
HARRY Redknapp – the most successful manager in Cherries’ history – is hoping to see Eddie Howe bring back the glory days to Dean Court. Redknapp masterminded the club’s elevation into the second tier of the Football League after leading Cherries
Cherries title-winner Paul Morrell is banking on similarities between Harry Redknapp’s heroes and Eddie Howe’s hopefuls being a good omen for the club. Morrell was a key figure in Cherries’ 1987 championship campaign when Redknapp guided the
AROUND 100 children have already been found for a local trial of two new swine flu vaccines. Scientists in Southampton are looking for children between six months and 12 years old to test two new vaccines. Children are needed from across
JAY Herne believes the overall standard of National League racing is improving despite Buccaneers’ dominance of third-tier action this term. Bournemouth Castle Cover are highly fancied to complete a league and cup double after crushing reigning champions
CHURCHGOERS will invite people to services on Back to Church Sunday tomorrow. The idea began in 2004 in Manchester and every one of the 44 Church of England dioceses is taking part in the initiative this year. St Peter’s in Parkstone will
BATTING linchpin Nick Park admits the lure of the Caribbean sunshine will provide an added incentive as he looks to guide Bournemouth to national glory. The Dorset batsman will take his place at the top of the order when the Lions compete in
