THE Football League has this morning moved to clarify the reasons behind its decision to block Eddie Howe’s bid to sign a second emergency player. The league confirmed that it had received medical records for Cherries’ injured players, but
MPs are mostly white, male and well-off... according to primary school children in Bournemouth, Brighton and Manchester. Eighty-seven pupils were asked to draw what they thought an MP looked like as part of a fun experiment for the Equality
HAVING just spent a week on holiday in the company of 130-plus frequent travellers from the States, it is clear that our glorious coastline has made little impression on our cousins across the pond. Unless you are from London, Cambridge, Bath, Stratford
COMMUTERS are about to heave a sigh of relief because a major traffic improvement scheme in Boscombe is set to end. For more than five months frustrated rush-hour motorists have had to contend with long delays on Christchurch Road sparked by various
SPENDING money like it’s going out of fashion is nothing new for the rich and famous. But every now and then comes along a little tit-bit of news that makes you feel just a teensy bit jealous that they obviously have more money than sense. I read recently
MORE than 700 people turned out to blustery Christchurch Quay on Saturday to celebrate the historic St Faith’s Fair. Local people in medieval costume were celebrating the everyday lives of the town’s 13th century residents with a host of music, games
POLICE intent on clamping down on noisy boy racers in Christchurch have been targeting the nuisance motorists in Highcliffe, Walkford and Saxon Square. An operation designed to stamp out the noisy and intrusive sound of the boy racers’ engines
Nurse Jan Boot has collected her Unsung Heroes award after missing the ceremony because she was on holiday. The colorectal cancer nurse specialist, 55, who works at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital was taking a well-earned break in the Isles of Scilly
A £90 million programme to transform secondary education acRoss Bournemouth and Poole is facing delays. Nine Schools across the boroughs are due to be transformed with work due to start to turn Kings High and Ashdown schools into state-of-the-art
A FORMER bodybuilder who was jailed for 12 years for sexually abusing five young girls is appealing against his conviction and sentence. During his two-week trial at Bournemouth Crown Court last year, John Phelps from Edwina Drive, Poole, maintained
THE Mayor of Christchurch showed the fledging football stars how it’s done as he took the first kick on the new pitches at the Two Riversmeet Centre in Christchurch. The Mayor, Cllr David Flagg, took the first penalty on the new 3G synthetic turf pitches
A parking strategy which could see a whopping 15 per cent increase in charges over three years in Poole, has been slammed as a “stealth tax”. Poole council is considering a pricing strategy from 2010/11 to 2013/14 which assumes that parking
IT’S a television institution celebrating its 21st birthday this year. And a Poole shop assistant has won a special appearance on the show to help mark the occasion. Kim Old, a member of staff at Shakeaway in Poole, applied for a makeover on ITV’s
MUSHROOMS could help you stave off colds and sniffles, according to research carried out at Tufts University in Massachusetts. They believe that a diet of mushrooms is good for the immune system and leading UK dietician Dr Sarah Schenker agrees
AS autumn creeps upon us, our routine starts to change. With fewer hours of daylight, the curtains get drawn earlier, which often makes us feel like something indulgent and warming. Why not try a little fizz to cheer you up when the winter
FOR six years Ana Pita was a prisoner in her own home and confined to a wheelchair because her weight had rocketed to a colossal 30 stone. She was also on a cocktail of pills every day to help with a number of health-related problems including
“PLEASE help us catch the dangerous dog that attacked our lovely Bayliss.” This is the plea from Jo East and her family who are still reeling after the seven-year-old Labrador/lurcher cross was horrifically mauled by a bull mastiff or Staffordshire
SU Pollard and Chris Jarvis brought some colour to a drizzly Bournemouth at the launch of their upcoming pantomime, Snow White, which will be showing at the Pavilion in December. The former Hi-De-Hi star will play the wicked queen in the
POLICE have warned of the dangers of sleep-starved motorists getting behind the wheel in the wake of a horrific late night crash that claimed the life of a recovery driver. Susan Lowe, 62, dozed off on her way home from a music convention in
AN MP is embroiled in a Boris Johnson-style controversy over reports that he claimed “criminals” from Liverpool were “flooding” into Bournemouth and taking over pubs. Bournemouth East MP Tobias Ellwood, who is the Conservative spokesman on
NOT many times do our postmen receive the acclaim they deserve. Ours deserves it – his name is Glen Smither. He delivers to us daily in Alum Chine and you could not find a more cheerful chappy. THOMAS MCALLISTER WHITTON, Burnaby Road, Bournemouth
A publican preparing to leave a Shillingstone watering hole says he fears for the inn’s future. Cliff Dacombe, a tenant at The Old Ox Inn, took on the pub less than three months ago but has handed in his notice and will leave on October 18.
IN REFERENCE to proposed dog control orders on Corfe Mullen recreation ground, the recreation ground is for all – young, old, healthy, disabled, wheelchair users, everybody! I strongly oppose the dogs on leads proposal. I am a 63-year-old disabled
NORTH Dorset’s new police chief has called on people in the district to work with officers in the fight against crime. Inspector Shawn Whitley has taken charge of policing in the north of the county following the retirement of Insp Phil Cheverton.
I felt so sorry for the lady who was knocked over by a dog and injured (Have Your Say, October 2). She is right in saying that not everyone wants strange dogs jumping up at them as you can never be sure of a dog’s temperament. I was recently walking
Although it is true, as Sir Peter Spencer, Chief Executive of Action for ME says (Have Your Say, September 26) that the priority in the farewell note of long-term ME sufferer Pamela Weston before going to Dignitas, Switzerland to die, was to “push the
You’ve just missed the last of the 2009 Summer Season of the Bournemouth Pavilion’s Organ Fund Concerts. The Summer treated us to a wide repertoire, from Ryan Edwards’ Cocamba, to Michael Woodldrige’s Phantom of the Opera, appearances from the Brighton
PARKSTONE, which this year celebrates it centenary, is not just one of the best golf courses in Dorset, but among the finest in the country. Many of the sport’s top names have played here, including Peter Alliss, today known as “the Voice of
ANGRY campaigners fighting to save Wareham’s pedestrian rail crossing have packed a highly-charged public meeting. The two-hour forum, convened at Wareham Town Council’s East Street headquarters on Friday, was attended by more than 70 people
BUSINESSES in Ferndown are reeling from a spate of burglaries. Four shops in the town centre have been attacked, and security equipment tampered with at a fifth premises, in the last two weeks. Mandy Kemp, a director of the Xerocad print
FOR as long as most of us can remember it has been a lapdog. But now the rallying cry is for Parliament to be more “more bulldog, less poodle.” In the wake of the expenses scandal over the summer and the fact that it exposed how inadequate our creaking
As a victim of the credit crunch, I find Mr Cole’s suggestion of putting people on the dole to work clearing litter very offensive and extremely naïve (Have Your Say, October 3). I hope Mr Cole never falls on hard times and I would suggest he looks at
I am writing on behalf of the Meningitis Research Foundation to thank everyone from the South West who participated in Meningitis in Babies Awareness Week on September 21-27. During the week we’ve been raising awareness of the symptoms of meningitis
YOUNG gardeners have been getting their hands dirty in the school’s new allotment. The horticulturists have been sowing seeds in a bid to win a government “food for life” award for the Blandford St Mary Primary School. Seasonal vegetables have been
Please can I warn your readers of the new parking restrictions at the top end of St Stephen’s Road to the rear of the Town Hall? There are two signs at the start of the restriction saying “permit holders only” in marked parking bays and one red sign
Building work at a leisure centre is now at the halfway point after being saved by local authorities. The Riversmeet Leisure Centre in Gillingham closed its doors in March 2008 because of council tax capping but was given a £4 million lifeline by the
So the Irish people have now given a ‘yes’ vote to ratification of the Lisbon treaty. Now, when the first referendum got a ‘no’ answer. some people didn’t like that. So they organised the second referendum in order to get a ‘yes’ Now they have this
WHAT now for the derelict Greenridge site in Upton? The heart of the town has become an eyesore since the pub was closed by Hall and Woodhouse 18 months ago. The Blandford brewery saw its planning application to build a care home on the plot thrown
AN essay written by Sir Paul McCartney as a 10-year-old has been found after lying undiscovered in a Liverpool library for more than 50 years. Mini mop top Macca won a prize for his 1953 musings on the Queen’s Coronation. The Scouse schoolboy compares
Clavell Tower at Kimmeridge is in the running for a top national award. The Grade II listed historic landmark was dismantled piece by piece and rebuilt 25 metres back from the cliff edge to save it from coastal erosion. It won the RICS South West Building
The Dorset Bat Group is holding a Halloween event at Upton Country Park to help people learn more about these elusive night-time creatures. The session, on October 31, starts with a bat hat-making workshop for children at 3pm followed by a walk through
A FORMER Lymington businessman and his wife have been found shot dead at the luxury villa they shared on Spain’s Costa Blanca. Police investigating the double tragedy believe David Rouse, 70, shot his wife Heather, 58, as she slept before turning
VETERAN Cherries star Lee Bradbury believes the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy represents his best opportunity to play at the home of Football – with time running out on his Wembley dream. The 34-year-old has enjoyed a long career, but the lack
CHERRIES boss Eddie Howe faces a delicate balancing act after hinting that he may be forced to rest some of his walking wounded at Northampton tonight. Howe’s League Two pacesetters visit Sixfields looking to progress in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy
A FANCY dress reveller is fighting for his life after being found suffering from multiple head injuries behind a Bournemouth nightclub. Detectives are unsure whether the 22-year-old Poole man’s injuries were caused accidentally or if he was
TOM Killick believes it is “unfair” to label Poole Town hotshot Steve Smith the new Charlie Austin, but confessed that the striker’s goals were “invaluable”. Smith has impressed since Austin’s move into the pro ranks at Swindon Town, with
