THE sun shone on this year’s Festibelly music festival in Lymington. Now in its third year, revellers were relieved to leave the wellies at home and bask in a day of sunshine and music. With established artists such as The Big Pink, Rob Da Bank and
As I walked into the foyer of the theatre a muscular man wearing a basque, fish-net stockings, suspenders and a posing-pouch strolled past heading for the gents. It was going to be one of those sort of evenings. Miss Fan-Teasy – founder of Bournemouth
Stand-up comedy can be a tough gig. Particularly to a small audience when you can see each face laughing or looking around trying to make an exit. For an intimate comedy show at the Royal Bath Hotel, this was all I was expecting and more. The lovely
A FORMER Special Forces soldier is trying to become the first man to complete an epic return journey to the South Pole alone and unsupported. Chris Foot from Poole will ski and walk 1,932 miles, dragging a sled with a starting weight of 22
With all the majestic power available from pipe organs, Stephen Binnington, currently Director of Farrington Music School, near Shaftesbury, had clearly decided to capitalise upon the instrument’s more intimate qualities for some of his programme. His
A PENSIONER who rolled her car in a drink-driving incident has been disqualified from driving for a year and a half. Sarah Penelope Anne Wareham, 70, of Lady Bailey Residential Park in Winterborne Whitechurch admitted the offence before Weymouth
AS she knows only too well, members of her profession often come into contact with people who are terminally ill. But nothing could have prepared Dr Josie Phillips, 27, for the devastating news that she, too, might have only a short time to
BOURNEMOUTH council has decided to buy the freehold of an area of public space at the Triangle. The council already has a 950-year lease on the open space but the freehold was registered to a company called Bournemouth Metropolis Limited, which
CHRIS Holder endured clutch problem despair as he bowed out of the Croatian Grand Prix in the semi-final at Gorican today. Pirates’ spearhead had amassed seven points from his opening four rides in front of a sell out 7,500 crowd inside the
EVERY day this angelic little boy fights against a rare muscle condition to stay alive. Will Collins, now 17 months old, is so weak he struggles to breathe and swallow. Holding his head up is a challenge and a simple cold could prove fatal.
THE mellifluous voice on the other end of the phone transports me back to a 1970s childhood, to dirndl skirts, far too much polyester and to watching television where a woman in a red dress is reading funny poems in a thick, regional accent.
Creamy Banana Roll Serves 8 6 ripe bananas 475ml soya milk 6tbsp pure maple syrup 2tsp vanilla extract 3tbsp toasted sesame seeds 3tbsp unsweetened sifted cocoa powder Chocolate, to decorate Freeze the bananas in their skins for about 2 hours
POLICE are appealing for the help of the public after officers in Poole seized a mountain bike from a man in the town. The cream bike was recovered after police arrested a 38-year-old Poole man on suspicion of theft on Friday, August 20. Sergeant Simon
AFTER the heartbreak of her cat being shot by an air rifle, the owner of Chloe the tabby has been dealt another blow – the vet’s bill. When Chloe was shot by an air rifle, she was taken to Cedar Vetinary Group in Ringwood for treatment. She survived
MY name is Rebecca Nichols, I am 26 years old and I have severe dyspraxia, which makes it difficult to do things like getting on a bus, doing a job, going out shopping or talking to people in groups. I am very, very angry about the government’s plans
THERE were unicycles, tightropes, diablos and juggling – but not a red nose in sight. This month at Lighthouse, Poole, children have been learning all about circus arts, with the help of NoFit State, a contemporary circus company. The
