THE superior football skills of Verwood Town FC saw them triumph in a football match against a team of Afghanistan veterans. The match with 2 Rifles was fiercely contested but it was a day when the 4-0 scoreline hardly mattered to the spectators
CRAIG de Weymarn hopes explosive debuts from newcomers Chris Cooke and Scott Barlow are a sign of things to come for Bournemouth this year. South African wicketkeeper-batsman Cooke notched 65 as Bournemouth raced to 260 for six against Hampshire Academy
A CONVICTED paedophile has appeared in court after being spotted striking up conversation with two children during services at a Boscombe church. Christopher Taylor, 72, from Kings Park Drive, Bournemouth, admitted three breaches of a sexual offences
Twice in a week! First The Temper Trap fail to stay on stage for more than an hour, and now La Roux is on and off in the blink of a brightly decorated eye. When hits Quicksand and I’m Not Your Toy are played second and third, there is a whiff that Miss
An over-fussy twitcher stuck in a hide somewhere in East Anglia might not seem like the most promising main character for a play about a psycho killer on the loose. Just wait until you meet Roy Tunt. He’s neat, quiet and unassuming with, it seems, just
NORTH Dorset could be among the county’s most closely fought constituencies at the General Election. The majority held by Conservative candidate Robert Walter was reduced to 2,244 votes in the 2005 poll, with only South Dorset member Jim Knight
THE highly anticipated Christchurch Food and Wine Festival is upon us once again, kicking off next Friday. Now in its 11th year, the event is regarded as one of the best food festivals in the UK and this year’s will run all week until Sunday
PAKISTAN-born author’s heart-warming story about love and relationships. One day, Aruna, still wearing flimsy sleep clothes and flip-flops and carrying nothing but a handbag, decides to up sticks and leave her London home, booking a flight to her home
“IT'S fast becoming one of the best shows in the country.” That’s the verdict from one pilot who will lead his display team at this year’s Bournemouth Air Festival. Jez Hopkinson, who owns the Yakovlevs, said the Bournemouth event
BOSS Eddie Howe watched Cherries put on a command performance in their Dean Court finale and then tasked his players with staging a curtain call. Howe’s charges yesterday completed their home league campaign with a convincing 4-0 drubbing
IT’S nearly 40 years since Don McLean first sang about “the day the music died” in his hit song American Pie, which uses the death of Buddy Holly as a metaphor for the American Dream. But the hour of music’s demise could be getting closer,
COUNCIL chiefs have finally set a date for the long-awaited reopening of a Hampshire lido. The controversial closure of Lymington Sea Water Baths is due to end on May 29 – the first day of the bank holiday weekend. Admission prices for
