BOURNEMOUTH put one hand on the National League Knockout Cup with a fantastic 48-44 triumph at Buxton, but team manager Garry May admitted: “It’s not all done and dusted.” The Buccaneers won the first leg of the final, courtesy of a stunningly
AS the festive season creeps ever closer, a group of young singers from Highcliffe have celebrated the 40th anniversary of their award-winning choir with a Christmas CD. The Highcliffe Junior Choir, which is made up of around 40 singers aged 8-18, was
THE community is being invited to get involved in a new nature reserve in the middle of Verwood. Budgens Meadows is an unimproved meadow and a site of special scientific interest between the Ringwood Road and Morrisons supermarket. New owner of the
A DOMESTIC violence victim who stabbed her partner with a kitchen knife has escaped being sent to prison after a judge heard how he had forgiven her. Danielle Warman, 27, from Cairns Close, Christchurch, admitted unlawfully wounding Christopher Willett
A FORMER able seaman from Bournemouth, who was the first British man to fire on Japanese forces during the Second World War, has died aged 90. Jim Mariner was a 21-year-old aboard the gunboat HMS Peterel when he won his place in history around
BASHLEY boss Steve Riley rarely allows his emotions to get the better of him – whether in victory or defeat. The level-headed Recreation Ground chief prefers to keep his cool and focus on the road ahead, rather than dwell too long on successes or failures
POLICE are hunting a thief who stole a council hedge trimmer in Ferndown while out walking with a toddler. Ferndown Town Council’s lengthsman, Ralph Haydon, 62, said he was working in Bracken Road at about midday on the last Friday in September when
THE post office has landed. Nearly three months to the day since Wimborne’s postal counter was lost in a fire at the Martin McColl newsagent, a temporary building to house the new post office arrived in King Street. BT is set to install technical cables
TITLE rivals Poole and Wimborne both dropped points on the road after coming from behind to secure draws. The Dorset heavyweights look destined for a gruelling battle for Premier Division glory this season after making strong starts to the campaign.
IF Simon Browne did not already realise the size of the task facing him at Hamworthy United, he does now. The former Weymouth, Dorchester and Salisbury defender took charge of his first match since being named Hammers boss on Thursday. And he watched
The plans have been revealed for the new Co-op proposed for Hamworthy, Poole. This proposed new development in Blandford Road consists of a new store with a separate block of nine flats on the north of the site, the Hinchliffe Road end.
POOLE MP Robert Syms has said control of the Royal Marines housing in Hamworthy should be taken away from the Ministry of Defence. He suggested transferring control of the 178 family homes and 638 single-accommodation places from Defence Estates to Poole
REGULAR readers will know that I am a sucker for those strange adverts which appear in the back of some Saturday newspapers. Amazing hair loss remedies and unattractive plastic snowshoes vie for attention alongside raunchy invitations to buy what I remember
A FIFTY-five per cent rise in non-residential burglaries has led to Police to take action in East Dorset. Between April and September this year there were 195 burglaries from sheds, garages, industrial premises, storage units and offices, up
SHE was just a teenager when she decided she wanted to become a teacher, but 12 years on, Rebecca Spencer is on the verge of realising an incredible dream. The 30-year-old, from Capstone Road, Charminster, is soon due to start building a community
SENIOR citizens and people with chronic Health problems in Dorset are being urged not to put off having their seasonal flu jab. But it has emerged that some could be facing a return trip to the doctor after the new swine flu vaccine becomes
Plans are being revealed for the first Poole and Bournemouth Schools to be developed under the £160 million Building Schools for the Future programme. Outline planning permission is being sought to transform Ashdown Technology College at Canford
VINTAGE glamour and a touch of Italian class are just two of the themes at this year’s Purbeck Film Festival which starts on Friday, October 16. The two-week festival, which began 13 years ago, is now the biggest and longest running rural film
